Advice on BCPM courses

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Hi! I am a Canadian student and I am planning on applying to dental school. Right now my cGPA is 3.5. I haven't taken my DAT just yet. But, my main problem is regarding the BCPM gpa, because I took the basic physics and math courses over 3 years ago in my freshmen year.

During that time, my family was having a very difficult time because of a massive house fire that I had experienced. This trauma along with the stress translated into very bad grades (2.4 gpa). But I worked really hard to pull that to a 3.5, my last 2 years have been 3.8-4.0. Do you think US dental school admissions will look down at the low BCPM (3.2-3.3) which is being pulled down due to the terrible physics courses? If so, what should I do to improve?

Thank you!

 

[2THDDS]

you have a strong upward trend and your GPA is still pretty decent even after the tragic event/semester.
Just mention it in the application about why you had a bad semester and I think you should be fine.

If you really feel the need, you can take more BCPM classes to raise it even more, but IMHO, I think you will be fine as long as you get on-par DAT score.