Hello everyone,
First of all good luck on everyone's application this year. I would like to start to give a little background of myself and some questions I have.
I just started my senior year but I am doing an internship abroad for a whole year. Basically, I am working with prevention schizophrenia on a hospital in Spain. The only thing that I am worried about is TIME!! I have some problems and I need some advice. So all I would like to hear people's advice.
1. I am will not be home until early August 2017. I have not taken the DAT and I don't know what to do. When should I take the DAT? I don't think there is a way to take it abroad. Maybe I can study but.. $$
2. This is tied to my first question - I am expected to graduate May 2017. If I don't make the application timeline (I basically have one chance at the DAT until early September; which is when I suppose I should submit my application). What should I do? I don't want to spend a year without school.
3. My GPA will be roughly 3.0 & 3.1 overall. I know this is kinda low; But I am taking courses while abroad to boost it up - I hope to get an interview. Any suggestions about this?
4. I have roughly 100 hours of shadowing - plan to do a little more when I go back to the states.
5. Another problem I have is my letters. Before leaving the states the dentist I was shadowing told me he would take care of my rec. letter. But since I am abroad it makes it a little harder to get the other three recommendation letters that I need form other professors. Maybe I can ask them by email but I think it might be unprofessional.
Maybe I am screwed. I will have two wait until August 2018 to apply and spend a year without school. But I do not want to be negative; I would love people's input.
Thank you for your time y'all.
First of all good luck on everyone's application this year. I would like to start to give a little background of myself and some questions I have.
I just started my senior year but I am doing an internship abroad for a whole year. Basically, I am working with prevention schizophrenia on a hospital in Spain. The only thing that I am worried about is TIME!! I have some problems and I need some advice. So all I would like to hear people's advice.
1. I am will not be home until early August 2017. I have not taken the DAT and I don't know what to do. When should I take the DAT? I don't think there is a way to take it abroad. Maybe I can study but.. $$
2. This is tied to my first question - I am expected to graduate May 2017. If I don't make the application timeline (I basically have one chance at the DAT until early September; which is when I suppose I should submit my application). What should I do? I don't want to spend a year without school.
3. My GPA will be roughly 3.0 & 3.1 overall. I know this is kinda low; But I am taking courses while abroad to boost it up - I hope to get an interview. Any suggestions about this?
4. I have roughly 100 hours of shadowing - plan to do a little more when I go back to the states.
5. Another problem I have is my letters. Before leaving the states the dentist I was shadowing told me he would take care of my rec. letter. But since I am abroad it makes it a little harder to get the other three recommendation letters that I need form other professors. Maybe I can ask them by email but I think it might be unprofessional.
Maybe I am screwed. I will have two wait until August 2018 to apply and spend a year without school. But I do not want to be negative; I would love people's input.
Thank you for your time y'all.
