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Chance for Dental after Med School Withdrawal
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IIRC on the adea application there is a section that asks if you ever matriculated into med school or any other healthcare school so you're going to have to explain that you went to med school and your academic performance there as well as your resulting withdrawal. What year in med school were you and did you get any grades while in DO school? Because you will have to upload those grades onto your application and if those grades aren't good, it's gonna be a hard fight for you.
I don't really think dental schools are willing to accept a student who dropped out of med school for academic performance. If you dropped out because you realized you prefer being a dentist and not because of grades then I can see it sort of working out, but given that you dropped out because of academic performance issues I don't see a reason why dental schools would want to take the chance with you.
I don't really think dental schools are willing to accept a student who dropped out of med school for academic performance. If you dropped out because you realized you prefer being a dentist and not because of grades then I can see it sort of working out, but given that you dropped out because of academic performance issues I don't see a reason why dental schools would want to take the chance with you.
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Do you expect dental school to be much better?
Also, do you have any educational debt from undergrad and med school? If so, how much? Are you prepared to potentially add $600,000 or more onto that?
Dropping out of a program because of academics is going to be a significant red flag you have to overcome.
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Welcome to the forums.
You have a better chance getting into another medical school than getting into dental school (see the new schools that have opened on the MD and DO front), and that is even a little challenging. The two are not the same, and dental curricula are not easier than medical curricula. You like hands-on work? Maybe you've seen the movie Whiplash?
Okay, maybe it won't be like that with your dental preceptor. Not exactly.
You have a better chance getting into another medical school than getting into dental school (see the new schools that have opened on the MD and DO front), and that is even a little challenging. The two are not the same, and dental curricula are not easier than medical curricula. You like hands-on work? Maybe you've seen the movie Whiplash?
Okay, maybe it won't be like that with your dental preceptor. Not exactly.
