Honors Thesis or Double Major?

[dienepredent]

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[ModifiedBass]

To be honest, since you have a solid DAT score and GPA, neither of these two things will really matter to admissions, or at least that was the case for me. I had the opportunity to do an honors thesis, but I didn't see the point and for me I felt it would have been a waste of time and unnecessary stress. If you really want to write one, go for it, but at least in my case and I'm sure in many others, it doesn't matter at all. Same goes for double majoring, if you have the time as it seems like you do and it's something that really interests you, go for it, it could only help. In the end, I think researching/volunteering is the best use of your time seeing as you don't seem to need help academically.

 

[jdye]

I would personally do the thesis. My double major hasn't been brought up in any of my interviews, but I have talked about my research a lot and I think doing a thesis helped me prepare to talk about that. Either way, you look like you'll get into dental school no problem.

 

[Glimmer1991]

I did neither and had no issues.

 

[Troyvdg]

Neither. Do something you're passionate about. If that happens to be research or sociology, so be it; but don't do it for the sake of "fluffing" your app-they won't help that much.

 

[predentalgirl]

I double-majored, only because I have a passion for Arabic. And well, Biology is always easy to complete, being pre-dental.

Don't just do another major if you think it will "help" your application. I would say either do one major and ace it OR do the second major if you LOVE Sociology

 

[y3nd0]

Neither matter. As some have said above, do something YOU like. Don't turn your minor into a major if you don't want to. I minored in another language but was only about 4-5 courses from majoring. I decided not to major in it because those extra courses were political/history courses. Blegh!

 

[Papasmurf1234]

Thesis! I learned so much from doing it. Not just the technical or conceptual nature of lab work, but really about my own work ethics, what i excel at, etc. It partially paved my road into dentistry because I realized I was pretty good with procedural things and working with small, delicate instruments. Also, I like how it looks on my degree. But the latter reason is really just a personal reason.

 

[DentalElle]

The honors degree looks pretty good, but I dropped the honors program as soon as I got into dental school this past cycle. I have already started it with the research and proposal approved...but it really wasn't necessary and I kind of wanted to enjoy my last semester of undergrad. So, I dropped the program which in turn dropped the thesis and the last two classes (which I heard are both extraordinarily boring) remaining for me to complete the program. I am very happy I did. I think I can relax now and take some classes I actually want to take.