Dental hygiene to DDS

[Christinenguy3n]

Hey everyone!!
I am trying to figure out the best route to become a competitive dental school applicant.

I will have completed my associates in dental hygiene by June 2020, and i would like to take the most strategic but quickest route.

There’s a program at Texas Women’s university that offers a bachelors in dental hygiene (I can take it online and it can take 1-2 years to finish, but I’m not sure if dental schools will accept that i finished it online).

I could also get my bachelors in hygiene while taking the extra prerequisites needed for dental. Or I could just solely focus on the dental pre-reqs (2 years). Should i just go for another bachelors degree? (I was thinking BS in Healthcare studies at UTD)

I’d really appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you so much!

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[ThatoneKorean]

I am not sure if anyone else told you this but going for a Dental Hygienist degree just to become a more " competitive " applicant isn't worth it. It would honestly have the same benefit as being a scribe, EMT, or other basic health professional jobs. If you want to really be more academically competitive I would do a masters program offered by universities that have Dental schools ( ex: Rutgers, BU, NYU, etc ).

For example, one of my friends went for a Hygienist degree in NYU with a 3.6, currently half way done with his Masters with around a 3.5, and 20 AA. He applied to multiple schools, including NYU, but got only 1 interview/waitlist at UNE. He said he personally met with the Vice Dean of NYU ( he knows her personally when he was doing his Hygienist program ) to see what happened to his application, and she simply said to apply again after he finishes with his Masters.

Tl;dr = Not worth to do the program if your sole purpose is to be more competitive as an applicant.

 

[Cookie_nibbler]

Hey everyone!!
I am trying to figure out the best route to become a competitive dental school applicant.

I will have completed my associates in dental hygiene by June 2020, and i would like to take the most strategic but quickest route.

There’s a program at Texas Women’s university that offers a bachelors in dental hygiene (I can take it online and it can take 1-2 years to finish, but I’m not sure if dental schools will accept that i finished it online).

I could also get my bachelors in hygiene while taking the extra prerequisites needed for dental. Or I could just solely focus on the dental pre-reqs (2 years). Should i just go for another bachelors degree? (I was thinking BS in Healthcare studies at UTD)

I’d really appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you so much!

im on the same boat, and im applying this cycle. Good luck!!!