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I am not sure if I am a non-traditional student or not…I think I am lol
I am 26 years old. I got my BS degree in biology in 2014 and my MS degree in 2017. Dental school has been on my mind for a while, but life happens (I know it sounds lame) and I didn’t have chance to apply right after school. I have more than a year gap now. In the year gap, I worked as a biology research for 9 months and now I work as a dental assistant (to get more hand-on experience in dentistry)
My bright sides:
-Professors/mentors and dentist know me super well and I know they would write me super awesome recommendation letters.
-My GPA is good: general GPA 3.8, science GPA 3.7.
-I volunteered several places (~500 hours)
-I haven’t take DAT yet but it will be in May 2018.
My CONCERN: Expired prerequisite course? Most of my prerequisite courses are more than 6 years old. I called few dental schools today and they said that they have time limit (5-6 years) on required courses. I can retake some classes but I really don’t want to retake all of them because 1/ money 2/I can’t take all of them in short amount of time 3/ I don’t really want to.
If anyone is in similar situation, please feel free to share your experiences and opinions. I really appreciate your shares.
I am 26 years old. I got my BS degree in biology in 2014 and my MS degree in 2017. Dental school has been on my mind for a while, but life happens (I know it sounds lame) and I didn’t have chance to apply right after school. I have more than a year gap now. In the year gap, I worked as a biology research for 9 months and now I work as a dental assistant (to get more hand-on experience in dentistry)
My bright sides:
-Professors/mentors and dentist know me super well and I know they would write me super awesome recommendation letters.
-My GPA is good: general GPA 3.8, science GPA 3.7.
-I volunteered several places (~500 hours)
-I haven’t take DAT yet but it will be in May 2018.
My CONCERN: Expired prerequisite course? Most of my prerequisite courses are more than 6 years old. I called few dental schools today and they said that they have time limit (5-6 years) on required courses. I can retake some classes but I really don’t want to retake all of them because 1/ money 2/I can’t take all of them in short amount of time 3/ I don’t really want to.
If anyone is in similar situation, please feel free to share your experiences and opinions. I really appreciate your shares.