Hi all,
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this. I've posted a few times previously and am in need of some advice once again.
So here's the deal: I applied this past cycle (16 schools, no interviews) and the cycle before that (12 schools, 2 interviews) with a 3.25 cgpa and a 3.08 sgpa. I had a DAT of 20/20/20 and roughly 500 hours of shadowing and dental assisting.
This past year, some SDNers suggested doing an informal post-bacc to raise my gpa and show some improvement. I listened to their advice and took three upper level science classes in the fall and got all A's. This raised my numbers to 3.31 cgpa and 3.18 sgpa. I am currently enrolled in four more science classes in hopes of getting all A's and raising my numbers to 3.37 cgpa and 3.29 sgpa. I know these numbers are still pretty low, so I'm wondering what I should do from here. Should I apply early for a third time and see what happens? Continue taking science classes in the summer and possibly in the fall? Keep up with dental assisting? A combination of the above?
I find myself in need of some guidance and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this. I've posted a few times previously and am in need of some advice once again.
So here's the deal: I applied this past cycle (16 schools, no interviews) and the cycle before that (12 schools, 2 interviews) with a 3.25 cgpa and a 3.08 sgpa. I had a DAT of 20/20/20 and roughly 500 hours of shadowing and dental assisting.
This past year, some SDNers suggested doing an informal post-bacc to raise my gpa and show some improvement. I listened to their advice and took three upper level science classes in the fall and got all A's. This raised my numbers to 3.31 cgpa and 3.18 sgpa. I am currently enrolled in four more science classes in hopes of getting all A's and raising my numbers to 3.37 cgpa and 3.29 sgpa. I know these numbers are still pretty low, so I'm wondering what I should do from here. Should I apply early for a third time and see what happens? Continue taking science classes in the summer and possibly in the fall? Keep up with dental assisting? A combination of the above?
I find myself in need of some guidance and any advice would be greatly appreciated.