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Hey there,
So as you can tell by the title, I am looking at advice and your guys’ opinion on my chances at acceptance this upcoming cycle. So a little background:
I completed undergrad at OSU with a really really subpar oGPA and sGPA (~2.65ish) due to some personal issues I completely bombed senior year and it dragged my GPA down significantly; I kind of gave up on dental after that and decided to work for a while so I found a job at a medical lab company working in Quality Assurance for about 6 months... Hated my life and became extremely motivated to do whatever it took to get back on track with dentistry and figured one of the only options I had was to get my MS and hope for outstanding grades before applying to dental school. I am done with my academic classes for my MS in Microbiology and Immunology and am about to start my research thesis (focusing on systemic diseases and how they tie into the oral microbiome). I have a 4.0 GPA and have 3 amazing LORs (2 from both directors of the MS program I am in). I have shadowing experience and some extracurriculars but volunteer time is definitely my weak point. My first round of DAT (2017) I scored: 20AA 20 Bio 20 GC 19 OC 19 PAT 19 QR 22 RC. I just took the DAT again in March and got the following scores: 22AA 21 Bio 22GC 20 OC 21 PAT 21 QR 24 RC. I am hoping to get into OSU, but I will be applying to most of the schools in the Midwest.
If you took the time to read this and respond, thanks in advance, all criticisms and advice are welcome.
Thanks,
Bryce
So as you can tell by the title, I am looking at advice and your guys’ opinion on my chances at acceptance this upcoming cycle. So a little background:
I completed undergrad at OSU with a really really subpar oGPA and sGPA (~2.65ish) due to some personal issues I completely bombed senior year and it dragged my GPA down significantly; I kind of gave up on dental after that and decided to work for a while so I found a job at a medical lab company working in Quality Assurance for about 6 months... Hated my life and became extremely motivated to do whatever it took to get back on track with dentistry and figured one of the only options I had was to get my MS and hope for outstanding grades before applying to dental school. I am done with my academic classes for my MS in Microbiology and Immunology and am about to start my research thesis (focusing on systemic diseases and how they tie into the oral microbiome). I have a 4.0 GPA and have 3 amazing LORs (2 from both directors of the MS program I am in). I have shadowing experience and some extracurriculars but volunteer time is definitely my weak point. My first round of DAT (2017) I scored: 20AA 20 Bio 20 GC 19 OC 19 PAT 19 QR 22 RC. I just took the DAT again in March and got the following scores: 22AA 21 Bio 22GC 20 OC 21 PAT 21 QR 24 RC. I am hoping to get into OSU, but I will be applying to most of the schools in the Midwest.
If you took the time to read this and respond, thanks in advance, all criticisms and advice are welcome.
Thanks,
Bryce
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