Tell me more about your application! I'm a graduate with a degree in marketing and sales and don't want to take another 1.5 years of pre recs.
What schools are you interviewing? Just want to know if its possible to go into dental school without a traditional biology major.
cleanup is right, you will have to take these classes at one point or another to get into d school. I have fulltime class load scheduled all the way up til a few weeks before d school starts to meet their requirement.
Here's my advise to you, get 20+ on DAT, apply early(June 1st), do your research, and apply broadly (~ 15ish schools). Since ur in marketing/sales I assume u have no problem w/ interviewing.
There is nothing on the DAT that you can't teach yourself, I watched Chad's video while shadowing, taking classes and playing starcraft 2 (master league, holla) , WOW (gladiator, holla).
Schools publicly don't admit it, but we are at a disadvantage. I called up a few schools that rejected me, and often the answer I get is not enough "dental involvement", "academic interest" mismatch. Don't forget to apply for jobs while applying for d school, admission is by no means a given.
There will be schools that reject you because you're non bio with no science classes, there will be people on this forum that make sarcastic remarks in your attempt at dental school. But, I will be rooting for all your non trads.
that would be awkward, I'm gonna apply to UPenn thou. I guess no one's been in this situation before, I will update the community if I do get admitted.
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