hello , im an international dentist and would like to get into the regular 4 year dds program but want to ask ...is the gpa that dental school ask for in the regular dds program is the gpa that a one get after completeion of the required scinces courses in a 4 year university ? thx in advance
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hello , what i want to know specifically for entering to regular 4 year dds they ask for gpa which is include the gpa which i will get get from doing my science courses in a 4 year university in usa and it will be my science gpa and the overall gpa will be considering my forgein dental gpa plus adding the science courses which i will take in 4 year usa university and adding any non science course i will take in usa ? is it like that. thx in advance
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Are you saying you're an international dentist?
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You need to do a 2 year advanced training program for international dentists if you are indeed a foreign trained dentist, NOT a traditional 4 year program.
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Let me try to understand you better, you have a dental degree from out of USA right? Well there are many dental schools in the USA that accept international dentists in their 2-3 year USA programs. This is a MUCH easier path for you to obtain your DDS/DMD from USA..... well I shouldn't say "easy", its extremely competitive as you can imagine
What you are asking for is the typical 4-year DDS programs that WE (undergrad students) try to get into. This is would be a lengthy process for you because you have to go back to college (in USA) and take your pre-reqs (general biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, english composition, and maybe Biochemistry and microbiology) AND THEN take the DAT test. They are going to treat you just like a typical pre-dental student. This could take you anywhere from 2-3 years and many schools require at least 90 credit hours in college, thats almost the equivalent of a bachelors degree............ And to answer your question, for this process, they want to know the undergrad GPA (meaning USA undergrad GPA). So if you haven't taken any courses in the USA, your GPA is nothing
hello, thx dentalworks,dentaldawg23,vicviper and KKmaths90 for ur reply and yes im international dentist that just thought if i cant get in international dentist program to start all over instead of waiting . so what i understand is if im going to apply to the regular 4 years dds they are not gonna use my dental frogein gpa at all and the overall and science gpa that i will have to apply with for the regular 4 year dds is the gpa that i will get by doing pre-reqs in 4 year university in usa right ? corrcet me if im wrong ....thx in advance
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Short answer = yes
You are going to be treated like you don't have a dental degree.
My cousin got his dental degree from Iraq back in the late 1980s. He came to USA in 1995, spent about 1 year studying for NBDE-1 on his own and rocked a 96%. He got accepted into Detroit Mercy's 3-year international dentist program in 1997. Became DDS in 2000.... From what I remember, this was the first year for Mercy to switch their international program from 2 years to 3 years.
My understanding is, these international programs like to see applicants do well on step-1. However, the last dentist I shadowed, is also international dentist, he got 79% on his step-1 and got into New York back in 2000, he got his dental degree in 2003 and been practicing ever since.
