Hi all, i'll try to be concise. Really grateful to anyone with advice for me. Feeling extremely lost in my path to pursuing dentistry.
- 24 year old Canadian citizen and would-be international dental student in the USA. I WANT to move to the USA for dental school and to live and practice dentistry in the USA. 1st choice NSU, 2nd choice NYU.
- Graduated York University in Toronto, Canada with a bachelor of science in 2019. The school endured 2 faculty-strikes which made those academic years absolutely hell. I took a 5th year of study, scored 3.8++ GPA for the last two academic years with full course loads while simultaneously owning and managing an espresso bar business that did over 1M in annual sales. Using this point to prove I am capable of multitasking.
- Overall GPA is 3.30. First two academic years were quite brutal, but the upward trend is significant. In Canada, my science-GPA is above a 3.0. In the USA, all the courses I have successfully appealed for exclusion from GPA in Canada and eventually retaken are fully counted in the American system's calculation of GPA. This reduced my sGPA and bcpGPA to 2.70. Embarrassingly low.
- My DAT score is 20AA on Canadian exam. I am rewriting, but cannot decide between rewriting the American DAT or Canadian DAT. I just want an advantage. I've already paid for the american DAT at prometric but i'll sacrifice any amount of money as debt to attain my goal of pursuing and practicing dentistry in the U.S.A.
- I applied to NOVA SU Dental November 2020 (very late; pandemic circumstances) and they rejected me only 4 days later. This opened my eyes to the reality that I am really on the lowest end of the applicant pool.
What can / should I do to improve my stats to be accepted? From what I understand: Post-Bacc will only increase my science GPA ever so slightly, even with several A's in science courses. Second option: A Master's program. Issues is that it is costly, and most likely a minimum of two academic years. At this moment, I am horrified by this reality. Third option: Going abroad, but then I'm faced with 3 more expensive years in the american dental school system.
Thank you a million times in advance for the advice, information, constructive criticism, and anything you have to contribute.
- 24 year old Canadian citizen and would-be international dental student in the USA. I WANT to move to the USA for dental school and to live and practice dentistry in the USA. 1st choice NSU, 2nd choice NYU.
- Graduated York University in Toronto, Canada with a bachelor of science in 2019. The school endured 2 faculty-strikes which made those academic years absolutely hell. I took a 5th year of study, scored 3.8++ GPA for the last two academic years with full course loads while simultaneously owning and managing an espresso bar business that did over 1M in annual sales. Using this point to prove I am capable of multitasking.
- Overall GPA is 3.30. First two academic years were quite brutal, but the upward trend is significant. In Canada, my science-GPA is above a 3.0. In the USA, all the courses I have successfully appealed for exclusion from GPA in Canada and eventually retaken are fully counted in the American system's calculation of GPA. This reduced my sGPA and bcpGPA to 2.70. Embarrassingly low.
- My DAT score is 20AA on Canadian exam. I am rewriting, but cannot decide between rewriting the American DAT or Canadian DAT. I just want an advantage. I've already paid for the american DAT at prometric but i'll sacrifice any amount of money as debt to attain my goal of pursuing and practicing dentistry in the U.S.A.
- I applied to NOVA SU Dental November 2020 (very late; pandemic circumstances) and they rejected me only 4 days later. This opened my eyes to the reality that I am really on the lowest end of the applicant pool.
What can / should I do to improve my stats to be accepted? From what I understand: Post-Bacc will only increase my science GPA ever so slightly, even with several A's in science courses. Second option: A Master's program. Issues is that it is costly, and most likely a minimum of two academic years. At this moment, I am horrified by this reality. Third option: Going abroad, but then I'm faced with 3 more expensive years in the american dental school system.
Thank you a million times in advance for the advice, information, constructive criticism, and anything you have to contribute.