I am equally as passionate about both and so I am planning on applying to both this summer. Is there any way for schools to know that I have applied to both?
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Nope.
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No, they won't find out, but I wouldn't recommend this.
First of all, it is pretty darn expensive. I'm assuming you'll be applying to a fair number of both medical and dental schools, so that's gonna be a couple grands right there with applications, secondaries, travel to interview, etc etc.
Also, although schools won't see where you applied to, aiming for both shows that you aren't 100% determined to pursue a specific career. Your passion isn't 100% medicine or 100% dental, and this is something you want to make sure you have before applying to medicine or dental. You might ultimately regret your decision.
First of all, it is pretty darn expensive. I'm assuming you'll be applying to a fair number of both medical and dental schools, so that's gonna be a couple grands right there with applications, secondaries, travel to interview, etc etc.
Also, although schools won't see where you applied to, aiming for both shows that you aren't 100% determined to pursue a specific career. Your passion isn't 100% medicine or 100% dental, and this is something you want to make sure you have before applying to medicine or dental. You might ultimately regret your decision.
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The AADSAS (primary application for dental school) asks "Have you previously, or are you currently applying to a health profession school other than dental school?" followed by "If yes, indicate school(s), type of program, year applied, and also indicate if you were accepted and/or enrolled."
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Here's a crazy idea - call it revolutionary. Make up your mind BEFORE you apply - and save yourself, or your parents, or your trust fund the 1000s of dollars it costs to apply and interview. You are going to be choosing whether or not to attend one or the other by next May, with all the same information at your finger-tips and some shadowing hours away right now.
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I would also recommend you pick one route to commit to before you start your application cycle. As others have mentioned, you'll essentially be doubling the amount of work you'll be doing, from writing two sets of personal statements to two sets of secondaries (multiplied by the number of medical and dental schools you'll apply to) to preparing for medical and dental school interviews. In addition you'd have to take both the MCAT and DAT. The cost of prepping for both may cost a good amount of money (depending on what resources you go with) and the cost of sitting for both exams have to be factored in as well.
It's a HUGE time and cost investment to do both. It'd be better to figure out which you like better before you apply and commit to one so that you can focus all of your energy into getting into medical or dental school.
It's a HUGE time and cost investment to do both. It'd be better to figure out which you like better before you apply and commit to one so that you can focus all of your energy into getting into medical or dental school.
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How can you write a genuine personal statement for two different fields? I don't think you can...
