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Hi, I am pretty new to this website, but here is my situation.
I have really poor stats (low gpa and no shadowing yet), I won't even mention details because of what I have seen so far on here. I applied into one dental school and have not heard from them (so I assume my rejection letter is coming). I had also applied into a dental hygiene program out of state. I know, I know. Why did I apply into two different programs? I heard of people that could not get into their desire program applying for another in the similar field and reapplying into the actual program they want later and getting in. Actually, I didn't hear this; I know a person that it worked out this way. I got accepted into the dental hygiene program.
What should I do? Will doing the dental hygiene program help my dental school application later on? If so, do I have to finish the program and then apply or can I apply into the 08 cycle with what one fall semester of DH? Before my acceptance letter into the DH program, I was going to just find dental work and shadowing. I was also going to take the DAT again to balance out my low gpa.
This is also troublesome because the dental hygiene program is out of state so the tuition is pretty high for my case if I really am just going to apply into dental school later. Don't get me wrong, if the program helps my case, I have no problem taking out more loans for the long run.
I have really poor stats (low gpa and no shadowing yet), I won't even mention details because of what I have seen so far on here. I applied into one dental school and have not heard from them (so I assume my rejection letter is coming). I had also applied into a dental hygiene program out of state. I know, I know. Why did I apply into two different programs? I heard of people that could not get into their desire program applying for another in the similar field and reapplying into the actual program they want later and getting in. Actually, I didn't hear this; I know a person that it worked out this way. I got accepted into the dental hygiene program.
What should I do? Will doing the dental hygiene program help my dental school application later on? If so, do I have to finish the program and then apply or can I apply into the 08 cycle with what one fall semester of DH? Before my acceptance letter into the DH program, I was going to just find dental work and shadowing. I was also going to take the DAT again to balance out my low gpa.
This is also troublesome because the dental hygiene program is out of state so the tuition is pretty high for my case if I really am just going to apply into dental school later. Don't get me wrong, if the program helps my case, I have no problem taking out more loans for the long run.