Academic Probation Junior year

[azureaura]

Hello everyone, I would like to ask if there is any chance of getting into a dental school or a SMP after receiving academic probation spring quarter of my junior undergraduate year. I am a UCLA undergraduate biochemistry student (don't know if this is looked favorably/unfavorably by admissions). Due to poor choices (spending too much time in research instead of studying) and not knowing where my priorities were supposed to lie, I received a C- and 2 D's last quarter (all of which I am planning to retake). The phrase "Academic action taken" will be permanently on my transcript; however, I will regain good academic standing by getting above a 2.0 term gpa next quarter. I plan to take the DAT later this summer and plan on applying to dental school at the end of this coming school year. Assuming I do decently on the DAT and receive excellent grades for the rest of my undergraduate education (as I have before this school year), will I be able to have a fair shot at dental school or will my application be tossed in most cases after admissions see "academic action taken" on my transcript?

My cgpa is currently 3.21, sgpa: 3.05
Extra Curricular so far: 100 volunteer hours at a dental clinic, 30 hours shadowing, Histology Research Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (no publications)
Neuroscience Research Fall 2010

How should I approach this issue when I am writing my application? (Should I even mention my allocation of time into research?)


Thank you all very much for your time, and any input/advice is greatly appreciated!

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[jigabodo]

Hello everyone, I would like to ask if there is any chance of getting into a dental school or a SMP after receiving academic probation spring quarter of my junior undergraduate year. I am a UCLA undergraduate biochemistry student (don't know if this is looked favorably/unfavorably by admissions). Due to poor choices (spending too much time in research instead of studying) and not knowing where my priorities were supposed to lie, I received a C- and 2 D's last quarter (all of which I am planning to retake). The phrase "Academic action taken" will be permanently on my transcript; however, I will regain good academic standing by getting above a 2.0 term gpa next quarter. I plan to take the DAT later this summer and plan on applying to dental school at the end of this coming school year. Assuming I do decently on the DAT and receive excellent grades for the rest of my undergraduate education (as I have before this school year), will I be able to have a fair shot at dental school or will my application be tossed in most cases after admissions see "academic action taken" on my transcript?

My cgpa is currently 3.21, sgpa: 3.05
Extra Curricular so far: 100 volunteer hours at a dental clinic, 30 hours shadowing, Histology Research Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (no publications)
Neuroscience Research Fall 2010

How should I approach this issue when I am writing my application? (Should I even mention my allocation of time into research?)

I would just be honest about it. I was on academic probation for a quarter back in undergrad as well, with grades even worse than you and I got in. So as long as you don't have other red flags in your application I think you will be OK.

Good luck!

 

[wcombs]

Hello everyone, I would like to ask if there is any chance of getting into a dental school or a SMP after receiving academic probation spring quarter of my junior undergraduate year. I am a UCLA undergraduate biochemistry student (don't know if this is looked favorably/unfavorably by admissions). Due to poor choices (spending too much time in research instead of studying) and not knowing where my priorities were supposed to lie, I received a C- and 2 D's last quarter (all of which I am planning to retake). The phrase "Academic action taken" will be permanently on my transcript; however, I will regain good academic standing by getting above a 2.0 term gpa next quarter. I plan to take the DAT later this summer and plan on applying to dental school at the end of this coming school year. Assuming I do decently on the DAT and receive excellent grades for the rest of my undergraduate education (as I have before this school year), will I be able to have a fair shot at dental school or will my application be tossed in most cases after admissions see "academic action taken" on my transcript?

My cgpa is currently 3.21, sgpa: 3.05
Extra Curricular so far: 100 volunteer hours at a dental clinic, 30 hours shadowing, Histology Research Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (no publications)
Neuroscience Research Fall 2010

How should I approach this issue when I am writing my application? (Should I even mention my allocation of time into research?)


Thank you all very much for your time, and any input/advice is greatly appreciated!

There is a space on the application to take responsibilities for previous mistakes and explain the situation, and also how you've grown from it. In my freshman year I had some intense family issues and was placed on academic probation and was subsequently dismissed from my institution the following semester for letting my GPA sink to a 1.6. I took a year off to get my head in the right space, started back up and have held a 4.0 ever since. Now I have a cGPA of 3.16, sGPA 3.55 and BCP of 3.76 and I made sure to nail the DAT. My overall GPA is very weak numerically, but I hope it says a lot that I could raise it from a 1.6 to above a 3.0.

My point is that they understand us pre-dental drones are humans as well and we make mistakes. Do well from now on; let them see that you've changed and just be honest with them about the past. Good luck!

 

[azureaura]

Thank you guys for the input :] But assuming I do decently well my senior year and bump my sgpa to 3.3 and cgpa to 3.45, would you recommend I do a smp, post-bacc (retake classes i didn't do so hot in), or focus on extracurricular/possibly raising my DAT scores?