Yes, I'm pre-dent, but in between undergrad and dental school, I am choosing to get a master's in engineering. I finished my undergrad with a 3.65 overall, 3.48 BCP, 3.59 science, and 3.89 non-science (I wrote an algorithm that helped me do exactly the AADSAS calculations). I was a mostly B+ student when it came to bio courses.
I decided somewhat late about doing dentistry. Therefore, I couldn't get all of the shadowing hours and DAT done in time to go straight from undergrad into dental school. I know that dental schools at least want to see you doing something productive with gap years, thus I chose to do the master's in engineering out of pure interest (since I don't think I am in the position where I need to try to make up for a poor GPA). I would be taking all engineering courses, since I am already done with my pre-dent courses. I already accepted admission, thus it would look bad if I did not follow through with the program (so trying to suggest that I don't go for the master's isn't going to help here).
What is a good grad GPA (other than 4.0) for dental school? I often see that there are typically different standards for "good" between undergrad and grad.
I decided somewhat late about doing dentistry. Therefore, I couldn't get all of the shadowing hours and DAT done in time to go straight from undergrad into dental school. I know that dental schools at least want to see you doing something productive with gap years, thus I chose to do the master's in engineering out of pure interest (since I don't think I am in the position where I need to try to make up for a poor GPA). I would be taking all engineering courses, since I am already done with my pre-dent courses. I already accepted admission, thus it would look bad if I did not follow through with the program (so trying to suggest that I don't go for the master's isn't going to help here).
What is a good grad GPA (other than 4.0) for dental school? I often see that there are typically different standards for "good" between undergrad and grad.
