Applying for Grad School

[Mavs730]

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I am graduating in May and well.. I did not get accepted to any of the dental schools that I applied to. So I am going to go to grad school and work as hard as I can to get a good GPA, do some shadowing, all that good stuff, and reapply next year. Do dental schools care if you stick with a science related field, or could I go into psychology or healthcare management?

These are some options I am looking into:

MS in molecular and cell biology
Ms in Healthcare management
MS in Psychological Sciences

I am applying to UT-Dallas by the way.

 

[alanan84]

I imagine they're going to want to see some Biology courses. I would take mainly the upper level Bio courses that you didn't take for your bachelors degree. Probably want to contact some of the schools you're interested in or the ones you got rejected at.

 

[Hysteria24]

Sticking with a science related field will normally do much more for one’s application than either psychology or healthcare management. Ideally adcoms like to see good grades in solid science classes taken in the context of a full load (or so they told me).

 

[Lopyswine]

forget traditional MS programs. Find a SMP and rock a 3.7+ GPA. You'll get accepted next year. Its the tried and true method for reapplying. (worked for me!)

 

[Sephisabin]

Sticking with a masters in a science field is your best bet. You want to show them that you can handle a full course load of graduate level science classes. Make sure you have a GPA above 3.7 afterwards... a lot of masters programs have a gentleman's curve where you're pretty much guaranteed an A or B (and the schools know that). You may also consider applying to a dental post-bacc (if it's not too late).