Gap Year

[emoya14]

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Hello I'm a predental student who is graduating this spring of 2016 with my bachelors degree. I have an entire gap year and am undecided on what to do. What would you recommend ? I was thinking of doing dental assisting and going to a program and then work as a dental assistant but the program is expensive. What can keep me busy and also favorable in the eyes of admissions if I apply this year to dental school?

Thank you!

 

[Scumbag_Steve]

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[Bucks783]

AmeriCorps somewhere in a different part of the country. Rewarding work, new experience, living on your own and learning to deal with a limited budget, and was a talking point at all my interviews. Gives you some experience that will help you as a practitioner that you would never get otherwise.

I had a quick question for you...I know my sister did AmeriCorp before med school and she told me to look into it....I just started looking into it the other day, but was curious, do they cover for living expenses if you go somewhere else in the country? I emailed her asking, but she is currently flying and will be out of the country til the end of january.

 

[Scumbag_Steve]

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[Count_Plaqula]

Hello I'm a predental student who is graduating this spring of 2016 with my bachelors degree. I have an entire gap year and am undecided on what to do. What would you recommend ? I was thinking of doing dental assisting and going to a program and then work as a dental assistant but the program is expensive. What can keep me busy and also favorable in the eyes of admissions if I apply this year to dental school?

Thank you!

From what I have heard of, if you perform a job search in your area for dental assisting and find an opening, contact the dentist, inform him/her you would like to be a dental assistant, he/she will pay for your certification with the understanding you will come back to work at that dental office. I know others have done this. In my state, you don't have to be certified to be a dental assistant, you only have to have your certification in x-rays, and the rest is on the job training. I hope this helps and works for you! Best of luck!