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I would travel, volunteer, and enjoy life. If you matriculate this summer then there wont be anytime left to enjoy right? 🤣 but how uncertain though are you that you won't get in? It kind of depends on why you don't think you'll get in and how uncertain you are... Then you could spend that time (pretty much 2 full quarters!!!) on beefing up what you think in weak and be ready by the next cycle. Thats enough time to restudy for the dat, or retake classes, and still travel.
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With good time management, you'd be able to take classes, volunteer, and shadow. Plenty of students do it when they're taking classes full time and I believe you'd have no problem doing it as well. Tutoring is an easy way to volunteer without having to do it for an entire day. When I tutored in college, I did maybe 4 hours a week MAXIMUM. With a thorough google search, you'd be able to find plenty non-profit organizations eager to take on tutor volunteers. Possibly even a local elementary or high school.
I'm sure taking 2 classes won't take up your schedule 5 days out of the week so shadowing once a week on a day when you have no classes would be a good option. If you did this from January to June for 5 hours a day (5hr x22 weeks) that would add an additional 110 hours of shadowing. Now I'm sure 22 weeks at one dental office might be a little heavy so I might switch it up between shadowing either two different dentists or one general dentist and one speciality.
You could get even more than that in for both shadowing and volunteer hours, but I think this is a completely realistic and manageable goal. As for traveling, I'd leave that for next summer.
I'm sure taking 2 classes won't take up your schedule 5 days out of the week so shadowing once a week on a day when you have no classes would be a good option. If you did this from January to June for 5 hours a day (5hr x22 weeks) that would add an additional 110 hours of shadowing. Now I'm sure 22 weeks at one dental office might be a little heavy so I might switch it up between shadowing either two different dentists or one general dentist and one speciality.
You could get even more than that in for both shadowing and volunteer hours, but I think this is a completely realistic and manageable goal. As for traveling, I'd leave that for next summer.
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My .02$ Here is how I would plan it: Enroll in biochem and physics 1 for next semester. During that same semester you could volunteer and shadow because it wouldn't be a super packed schedule. Or in addition, maybe look into accelerated dental assistant training for that semester and see if you can get licensed to work after. When you get out in May go travel and enjoy life. When you hear that you're in dental school celebrate and matriculate! If on the sad note you don't get into the dental school you desire.. then take the next semester to finish physics 2 and shadow/volunteer/work. Reapply the same cycle. This would need a bit of fine tuning for budgeting time and money.
Thats how I would tackle it.
Thats how I would tackle it.
