Desperately Waiting

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I recently was dismissed from a dental college for failing two classes in my second year. I had personal circumstances which the college did not acknowledge. However, I am detetrmined to be a dentist. Now with my two F's, average grades, and not in good academic standing-- I am put in a tough situation. I am reapplying thorugh Addsas. I believe they average all your grades- which affects my science GPA -- may go to 2.1!!!!!! I know I will not have a chance in any dental school with these credentials. I am considering not revealing my last two years? - I already know and understand all the ethical concerns but????? I am searching for anyone who is in this situation or knows anyone who was to find out what the best approach is??? Desperately waiting...

I have a friend who was in a program with me and received a couple of F's, forced to withdraw. She ended up changing careers completely, never acknowledging that she had been in that program. It was pretty risky for her, but she ended up graduating with honors and then finishing her MBA in a year with a 4.0. She's glad she swept that under the rug.

I don't know what to tell you, especially since you are staying within the same field. If you withheld that information and they ever found out, you could get into big trouble, wasting more time and money and having misconduct on your record. Unlike a GPA, you CAN'T recover from that.

It seems the best approach is to talk to the dean of admissions at the school where you were enrolled and withdrew from. I've also known people who had to leave medical or dental school b/c of academic performance (always due to personal problems), and the dean had them go back to undergrad and take high level biology courses for a year and make all A's. Once they did that, they reapplied and got in and everything was fine. Yes, your GPA is destroyed, but if you do what the dean says to do, you have a better shot.
The other thing you want to make sure is that the personal problem that got you into the situation is now resolved and make sure the dean of admissions knows it, too.

Good luck.

 

[simpledoc]

I have a friend who was in a program with me and received a couple of F's, forced to withdraw. She ended up changing careers completely, never acknowledging that she had been in that program. It was pretty risky for her, but she ended up graduating with honors and then finishing her MBA in a year with a 4.0. She's glad she swept that under the rug.

I don't know what to tell you, especially since you are staying within the same field. If you withheld that information and they ever found out, you could get into big trouble, wasting more time and money and having misconduct on your record. Unlike a GPA, you CAN'T recover from that.

It seems the best approach is to talk to the dean of admissions at the school where you were enrolled and withdrew from. I've also known people who had to leave medical or dental school b/c of academic performance (always due to personal problems), and the dean had them go back to undergrad and take high level biology courses for a year and make all A's. Once they did that, they reapplied and got in and everything was fine. Yes, your GPA is destroyed, but if you do what the dean says to do, you have a better shot.
The other thing you want to make sure is that the personal problem that got you into the situation is now resolved and make sure the dean of admissions knows it, too.

Good luck.

👍 good answer! my advice would exactly be the same! also, think of this situation as a blessing in disguise and make sure if you really are determined to be a dentist..if not, this is the time to take the exit you want to...

 

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