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[predental89]

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I am going to be a sophmore at a community college in the fall and I ended my first year with a GPA of 3.364 is that a bad start if i plan on getting into dental school?

 

[dcsk8element]

What classes did you take at the community college and what grades did you get? I'm assuming ur planning to transfer to a university soon? so if u did bad in the science classes like bio and chemistry it's only gona get harder at the university when u take the higher sciences. But you can still improve your grade to show ur progression. On the other hand if u just took elective classes and got that GPA, then yes that's bad.

 

[jntruong2003]

Not at all, just do well on your science courses and the DAT and you should be fine. All that matters now is the upward trend really.

 

[predental89]

What classes did you take at the community college and what grades did you get? I'm assuming ur planning to transfer to a university soon? so if u did bad in the science classes like bio and chemistry it's only gona get harder at the university when u take the higher sciences. But you can still improve your grade to show ur progression. On the other hand if u just took elective classes and got that GPA, then yes that's bad.

First semester i took english, math, geology.
second semester i took math, english, prep for gen chemistry, history .

In the fall I will be taking gen chem 1, calc 1, music and art......... hoping to get straight As to raise my gpa to a 3.5

good or bad in your opinion?

 

[dcsk8element]

First semester i took english, math, geology.
second semester i took math, english, prep for gen chemistry, history .

In the fall I will be taking gen chem 1, calc 1, music and art......... hoping to get straight As to raise my gpa to a 3.5

good or bad in your opinion?

Honestly I think ur GPA from that year is low for the difficulty of the classes u just listed, i'm anticipating a lil lower GPA from you the next fall with chem and calc, unless u start working alot harder. also when are u gona transfer to a university? Cuz when u transfer, the university's science classes are a whole diff game from community college and expect an even lower GPA whenever u decided to transfer. I'm not trying to bring you down, infact i think this should only motivate u to prove people wrong and work ALOT harder.

 

[predental89]

Honestly I think ur GPA from that year is low for the difficulty of the classes u just listed, i'm anticipating a lil lower GPA from you the next fall with chem and calc, unless u start working alot harder. also when are u gona transfer to a university? Cuz when u transfer, the university's science classes are a whole diff game from community college and expect an even lower GPA whenever u decided to transfer. I'm not trying to bring you down, infact i think this should only motivate u to prove people wrong and work ALOT harder.

Thanks for being honest w/ your answer and to tell you the truth i did not give it my all my first year and I WILL raise my gpa to a 3.5 this year cause i know how bad i want this. Is there any other advice or tips you could share with me?

Thank you so much I appreciate it