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[longsnapper2019]

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I am a sophomore with a 3.2083 weighted GPA and 3.0833 unweighted GPA. I just started taking honors courses this year. Last semester I took Biology honors, English II honors, math II(combination of geometry and algebra, same as math III that I will mention.), and spanish I. I got all B's.

This semester I am taking Chemistry honors, Math III honors, Spanish II, and Civics honors. I have all A's.

My school offers IB. Next year, I plan to take Mathematics SL (highest math offered), Biology HL, Language HL, History HL, TOK. For honors/regular classes SAT Prep which is an honors credit, Anatomy/physiology honors, or health team relations/biomedical class.

Senior year I can go to my local community college and take courses. They offer calculus, chemistry, and biology. Would these count towards stuff in college for prereqs, and do dental schools mind the CC classes?

This summer I will take pre calculus honors to prepare for IB Mathematics. I am on my schools football team, do I need to do any clubs even though I'm already do that? I am just worried about college right now. I want to longsnap(position in football) for the college that I go to and hopefully get a scholarship. I live in North Carolina so schools that I am thinking about are Appalachian state, Wake Forest, NC State, East Carolina, UNC, and Duke. Not sure if it's smart to go out of state? I have two dental schools here if you want to know. UNC dentistry and ECU dentistry.

Thanks.

 

[nowaysurvey]

Idunnoman, you're GPA is mediocre at best. I don't think you'll be able to get into dental school unless you bring those up.

 

[8_man]

Enjoy your time playing football in high school, but I think you should hang up the jersey when you start college. Dental school is a real stretch if you plan on playing collegiate athletics.

 

[nowaysurvey]

Jokes aside, I think you're jumping the gun. You're a sophomore in high school yet now, my best advice for you is to enjoy your high school years.

It's still very early to be thinking about your career path, although it is good to have an idea about what you want to do. That being said, if dentistry if want you really want, start shadowing dentistry as much as possible in another one or two years. If you like healthcare in general make sure you shadow other health professions as well...you never know whether or not your preferences is going to change within the next six years.

Start seriously worrying about dental school after senior year of high school. Why you ask? Because some dental schools, like that one I'm going to doesn't care about what you did in high school. They told me only to list extracurriculars/volunteering/etc that I did during my undergrad years. Also as for CC classes, some dental schools are okay with them, while others are not. Check specific dental school websites to determine whether or not that's right for you.

Again, to summarize everything: unless you're on a fast track to dental school (those early dental school programs), I think you should just worry about high school and getting into college for now. Once you're in college, then start worrying about getting into dental school, which includes keeping your grades up, taking all prerequisites, shadowing, volunteering, killing the DAT, etc.

Until then, good luck.

 

[eldmd_32]

You have a substantial amount of time left before you'll even get to applying to dental schools. Pass one hurdle at a time: go for a bachelors, take the DAT, and depending on how those go you'll have a better idea of what your chances are. As it stands now just do your best to improve your current gpa. Some schools accept prereqs that have been taken at community colleges (a lot have a cap on how many credits can be from community colleges). However, there are some institutions that don't accept them at all (i.e.: Tufts).

 

[longsnapper2019]

Jokes aside, I think you're jumping the gun. You're a sophomore in high school yet now, my best advice for you is to enjoy your high school years.

It's still very early to be thinking about your career path, although it is good to have an idea about what you want to do. That being said, if dentistry if want you really want, start shadowing dentistry as much as possible in another one or two years. If you like healthcare in general make sure you shadow other health professions as well...you never know whether or not your preferences is going to change within the next six years.

Start seriously worrying about dental school after senior year of high school. Why you ask? Because some dental schools, like that one I'm going to doesn't care about what you did in high school. They told me only to list extracurriculars/volunteering/etc that I did during my undergrad years. Also as for CC classes, some dental schools are okay with them, while others are not. Check specific dental school websites to determine whether or not that's right for you.

Again, to summarize everything: unless you're on a fast track to dental school (those early dental school programs), I think you should just worry about high school and getting into college for now. Once you're in college, then start worrying about getting into dental school, which includes keeping your grades up, taking all prerequisites, shadowing, volunteering, killing the DAT, etc.

Until then, good luck.

Does my schedule look good enough for those colleges that I listed

 

[longsnapper2019]

Enjoy your time playing football in high school, but I think you should hang up the jersey when you start college. Dental school is a real stretch if you plan on playing collegiate athletics.

Why do you say that?

 

[nowaysurvey]

Does my schedule look good enough for those colleges that I listed

College admissions for me was a little over 7 years ago, I don't recall too many things to be honest. So take my words with a grain of salt.
But from what I can see, you're definitely on track. Try to bring your GPA up (aim 3.5+, but higher is always better), keep up your sports game, and ace the ACT/SAT when the time comes.

Why do you say that?

Sports during college takes up a good bit of your undergrad life. Being a pre-dent means grades are almost everything, you will need a lot of time to first and foremost study, volunteer, shadow, etc. That's not too say you can't do both, but it's certainly not going to be easy.

Best of luck.

 

[longsnapper2019]

College admissions for me was a little over 7 years ago, I don't recall too many things to be honest. So take my words with a grain of salt.
But from what I can see, you're definitely on track. Try to bring your GPA up (aim 3.5+, but higher is always better), keep up your sports game, and ace the ACT/SAT when the time comes.



Sports during college takes up a good bit of your undergrad life. Being a pre-dent means grades are almost everything, you will need a lot of time to first and foremost study, volunteer, shadow, etc. That's not too say you can't do both, but it's certainly not going to be easy.

Best of luck.

Would it be worth it if I got a scholarship to pay for my college or no. Also 3.5 weighted or unweighted

 

[nowaysurvey]

Would it be worth it if I got a scholarship to pay for my college or no. Also 3.5 weighted or unweighted

Uhm...only you can make that decision for yourself. But from what I can see, your current GPA is good, but it could be better. Ask yourself this, is your current GPA being held back because of your time in sports? Can you see yourself making better grades if you weren't a long snapper right now? The general consensus will tell you that you might need more time aside to study, volunteer, shadow, etc later on to be a proficient pre-dent during undergrad. That may or may not likely interfere will collegiate sports...

Again, the overall ability to succeed in undergrad with sports varies from person to person, but if you put your heart, mind, and soul into it, it's certainly doable. Besides, a sport scholarship has a nice ring to it if it puts you in less debt going into dental school.

What does weighted and unweighted GPA mean again? LOL. Regardless, I would aim for the lower GPA whichever that may be to be 3.5+, of course higher is better.

 

[longsnapper2019]

Uhm...only you can make that decision for yourself. But from what I can see, your current GPA is good, but it could be better. Ask yourself this, is your current GPA being held back because of your time in sports? Can you see yourself making better grades if you weren't a long snapper right now? The general consensus will tell you that you might need more time aside to study, volunteer, shadow, etc later on to be a proficient pre-dent during undergrad. That may or may not likely interfere will collegiate sports...

Again, the overall ability to succeed in undergrad with sports varies from person to person, but if you put your heart, mind, and soul into it, it's certainly doable. Besides, a sport scholarship has a nice ring to it if it puts you in less debt going into dental school.

What's does weighted and unweighted GPA mean again? LOL. Regardless, I would aim for the lower GPA whichever that may be to be 3.5+, of course higher is better.

You know how honors can be like a 4.5 instead of a standard 4.0? That's weighted. Thanks for everything man/gal.

 

[SmileItsLife]

I am a sophomore with a 3.2083 weighted GPA and 3.0833 unweighted GPA. I just started taking honors courses this year. Last semester I took Biology honors, English II honors, math II(combination of geometry and algebra, same as math III that I will mention.), and spanish I. I got all B's.

This semester I am taking Chemistry honors, Math III honors, Spanish II, and Civics honors. I have all A's.

My school offers IB. Next year, I plan to take Mathematics SL (highest math offered), Biology HL, Language HL, History HL, TOK. For honors/regular classes SAT Prep which is an honors credit, Anatomy/physiology honors, or health team relations/biomedical class.

Senior year I can go to my local community college and take courses. They offer calculus, chemistry, and biology. Would these count towards stuff in college for prereqs, and do dental schools mind the CC classes?

This summer I will take pre calculus honors to prepare for IB Mathematics. I am on my schools football team, do I need to do any clubs even though I'm already do that? I am just worried about college right now. I want to longsnap(position in football) for the college that I go to and hopefully get a scholarship. I live in North Carolina so schools that I am thinking about are Appalachian state, Wake Forest, NC State, East Carolina, UNC, and Duke. Not sure if it's smart to go out of state? I have two dental schools here if you want to know. UNC dentistry and ECU dentistry.

Thanks.

I think your jumping the gun a little worrying about dental school. Do your best, and I'm certain you will get into a state college (maybe not Duke though...). The good thing is though that Dental Schools don't really even rank Undergrad Schools; though, they all agree that they are 10X better than CC.

Relax, and yes be involved. Looking at your schedule, I'd say your shooting for an IB Diploma, so you do have to do the CAS thing. I would start getting involved with Service part of CAS now though if you haven't already (even though it won't count to your CAS hours).

Some Dental Schools mind CC classes and others do. The general rule is don't go over 60 CC in prerequisites; although, you can probably get a lot of college credits just by getting a 5 or 6 in your HL classes. I think your fine, and I would try to bring up your GPA a little. IB classes are hard, so learn how you learn-this will help in undergrad, too. At my lowest point I would study/ do homework 6 hours after 9 hours of school. It was not pretty... so I would learn how you learn. Looking back, I could have probably cut that down in 1/2 if I just understood that I need to study a bit different then others.

 

[WheatLom]

Enjoy your time playing football in high school, but I think you should hang up the jersey when you start college. Dental school is a real stretch if you plan on playing collegiate athletics.

College sports is probably a ticket to dschool. wth a decent GPA and D1 athletics. Thatntakes skill. (I haven't read the whole post)

 

[longsnapper2019]

College sports is probably a ticket to dschool. wth a decent GPA and D1 athletics. Thatntakes skill. (I haven't read the whole post)

so if i just have a good gpa and do d1 football then dental schools like that, is what you're saying?

 

[C_BryantDDS]

I wouldn't take any prereqs at a community college - many dental schools don't accept them or limit the number of hours they'll accept. If ECU or UNC are your top choices then you'd definitely need to remain in-state.

 

[asdf99]

Why do you say that?

Varsity sports would be a great extracurricular to have. Some of my friends did varsity sports and got into Canadian medical school (getting into those is no joke feel free to look at the stats).

However, those sports are a huge commitment and requires alot of focus and dedication to balance with academics and other commitments.


PERSONALLY, I would say spend first year of university just chilling and focusing on killing your schoolwork. Learn what study methods are most efficient for you so that you can add on more commitments as you go. Obviously this isn't feasible for everyone, as some people need a job in first year. But that's what I recommend.