Dental GPA?

[Kat58885]

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Hello,
I believe the general entering GPA for dentistry is between 3.0 and 3.5, whereas for MD it starts at 3.4. What have you found?

Thanks,
Kat

 

[tennisboy93]

The best that I can find is by comparing schools that have both medical and dental schools. I think you will find that generally there is .2 difference. This especially holds true for the state schools, along with some private schools, that have both. For instance, in my state, the U of Illinois -- Medicine Scool's last entering class's "mean" GPA was 3.44, while the corresponding dental school class was 3.22. then at Harvard, the entering med GPA was 3.8, while the dental was 3.55. Almost the same dif.

I know what you mean about being unsure. I am still waffling between the two -- I have a passion for both, and I mean it. It is only natural i guess. In fact, reading Harvard's guidelines, they have the dental students with the med students for the first two years in their "Pathway" cirriculm, side by side. In addition, they make a point of saying in their introduction that dentistry is just a subspecialty of medicine, and offer a DMD degree, not a DDS. they are really trying to bring dentistry back under the "medicine" umbrella. Like ANY of us forgot that!

 

[willwash]

Bump for the oldest thread in Pre-Dental forums on SDN

 

[tooth knockn]

Wow an SDN relic....

Gives me the chills ....


So there was life online in the year 2000

[emoji33]

 

[virtualmaster999]

Bump for the oldest thread in Pre-Dental forums on SDN

With the ability to bring back posts from that long ago, I have no doubt that dental schools will be fighting over you...with the ability to find lost treasures, your meticulous nature and attention for detail serves as a working foundation for all.

 

[BeaverLover]

Wow, the amount of competition back then looked insane!

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

Wow, the amount of competition back then looked insane!

You mean the grade inflation now is insane?

 

[SXCoronado]

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[Pro-Dentite19]

Hello,
I believe the general entering GPA for dentistry is between 3.0 and 3.5, whereas for MD it starts at 3.4. What have you found?

Thanks,
Kat

The average GPA for our entering class was 3.5 overall and 3.65 sGPA

 

[BeaverLover]

The average GPA for our entering class was 3.5 overall and 3.65 sGPA

You've just replied to a member with 3 posts from 15 years ago. 👍

 

[OSUkid]

Im still amazed by the point @tooth knockn shed light on, people using internet in the 2000s with box computers, and better yet browsing SDN forums lol.