Hello, this is my first time on this forum and I've never thought about posting here before but I'm starting to get anxiety to the point that it's hard for me to sleep at night. I'm a third year in college and I should be graduating in the fall of 2019 and I can't be more excited about that. However, I obviously don't plan to stop just there. I want to apply to dental school and get accepted.
Up until last year I had minimal stress but after Organic Chemistry 1 my stress has been going up non-stop. Up until O.Chem 1 I've had 2 B's, those being in my Bio 1 and 2, and A's in my gen chems and physics classes. I ended up barely getting a B in O.chem 1 and ever since then I've had thoughts of stress. I keep thinking of the possibility of me messing up O.Chem 2 or Biochem. I know it's stupid to stress over getting a B in O.Chem 1 when I've had 2 B's in Bio but I'm starting to get worried because I've had no reassurance. I hear all these things about how dental school is a hard postgraduate program to get into. I need a minimum of 3.6 GPA, 200 shadow and volunteer hours, etc. And now I've heard that there are 11,000+ applicants each year for every dental school across the US. The only people I know who have gotten into dental school were upstanding citizens who were crazy smart so I can't exactly turn to them for reassurance. That's why I'm here today, I just want to know if I should be feeling stressed about my situation or if I can relax a little. Thank you.
Up until last year I had minimal stress but after Organic Chemistry 1 my stress has been going up non-stop. Up until O.Chem 1 I've had 2 B's, those being in my Bio 1 and 2, and A's in my gen chems and physics classes. I ended up barely getting a B in O.chem 1 and ever since then I've had thoughts of stress. I keep thinking of the possibility of me messing up O.Chem 2 or Biochem. I know it's stupid to stress over getting a B in O.Chem 1 when I've had 2 B's in Bio but I'm starting to get worried because I've had no reassurance. I hear all these things about how dental school is a hard postgraduate program to get into. I need a minimum of 3.6 GPA, 200 shadow and volunteer hours, etc. And now I've heard that there are 11,000+ applicants each year for every dental school across the US. The only people I know who have gotten into dental school were upstanding citizens who were crazy smart so I can't exactly turn to them for reassurance. That's why I'm here today, I just want to know if I should be feeling stressed about my situation or if I can relax a little. Thank you.
