Becoming Competitive for Ortho

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Im a 3rd year dental student interested in ortho. I have a so-so GPA (3.5) and decent board scores (average 96) and USC doesn't rank their students. I'm doing a little bit of research but it is going pretty slow for the most part. My question is: How can I become a more competitive applicant for ortho programs? I was thinking about doing externships and I'm also involved in a lot of extracurriculars (i.e. student government, etc.) Can someone please help me?
 
Funny how everyone on here has an upper nineties board score, a 29 DAT, or rank in the top 3 in their class.
 
There is a duplicate thread of this in the residency forum. Surprised a mod hasn't closed this one yet... 🙂
 
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