Hello,
I just turned 24 and received a degree in Economics from a solid liberal arts school. My GPA was 3.0, played football, and was active in my fraternity. My dad is a dentist so I grew up with that path always on my mind. I have been working as an Analyst for a financial technology company since graduating about two years ago. While I enjoy it, I have been strongly considering pursuing dentistry for the past year. I did not take any science courses during college. Therefore, I need to take all pre-reqs (Chem, Bio, Phys) in order to apply to dental school. Just wanted to ask a few questions regarding my current situation.
-I'm looking to enroll in a Post-Bacc Program to complete all Pre-Reqs in about 12-15 months Full-Time. Would this give me a better chance when applying as opposed to continuing my full-time job and taking classes part-time?
-How important is it to have some type of medical/dental experience before applying? How often do dental schools see people in Finance apply? Would my experience in Finance help me in any way other than showing I haven't been sitting on the couch since graduation?
-Regarding my 3.0 GPA with Econ major, I have heard this might not be a terrible thing since I have not taken any science courses/ gives me a clean slate for my sGPA but I need to do extremely well obviously, how will that weigh out? Any thoughts?
-From all my research, doesn't seem like me being 24 is a huge factor, any thoughts on this considering I still need to complete my Pre-reqs?
-More of a question for the future but I heard if you join the Navy, they will cover your dental school tuition while you serve for 3 years I believe? How many people apply to this? How competitive is it? And do you get to choose your location?
I know this is very long so I apologize. Truly any thoughts or advice at any time is much appreciated. Thank you very much
I just turned 24 and received a degree in Economics from a solid liberal arts school. My GPA was 3.0, played football, and was active in my fraternity. My dad is a dentist so I grew up with that path always on my mind. I have been working as an Analyst for a financial technology company since graduating about two years ago. While I enjoy it, I have been strongly considering pursuing dentistry for the past year. I did not take any science courses during college. Therefore, I need to take all pre-reqs (Chem, Bio, Phys) in order to apply to dental school. Just wanted to ask a few questions regarding my current situation.
-I'm looking to enroll in a Post-Bacc Program to complete all Pre-Reqs in about 12-15 months Full-Time. Would this give me a better chance when applying as opposed to continuing my full-time job and taking classes part-time?
-How important is it to have some type of medical/dental experience before applying? How often do dental schools see people in Finance apply? Would my experience in Finance help me in any way other than showing I haven't been sitting on the couch since graduation?
-Regarding my 3.0 GPA with Econ major, I have heard this might not be a terrible thing since I have not taken any science courses/ gives me a clean slate for my sGPA but I need to do extremely well obviously, how will that weigh out? Any thoughts?
-From all my research, doesn't seem like me being 24 is a huge factor, any thoughts on this considering I still need to complete my Pre-reqs?
-More of a question for the future but I heard if you join the Navy, they will cover your dental school tuition while you serve for 3 years I believe? How many people apply to this? How competitive is it? And do you get to choose your location?
I know this is very long so I apologize. Truly any thoughts or advice at any time is much appreciated. Thank you very much