I am a non-traditional student. (I have BS in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech)
I have worked for IBM for an year and decided that I want to get into medical field.
My undergraduate GPA is 2.78 (sciences are about 3.0) My weak point is the GPA. (GT is hard school imo, at least back when I was undergrad.)
My DATs(Most recent one) are(I've taken DAT 3 times now, scores in parenthesis are the best scores among 3 DATs.):
AA:18
PA:21 (22)
QR:17 (18)
RC:17 (18)
BIO:16
GC:19
OC:17 (18)
TS:17
I have done few unique things while I was in undergrad at GT. I did exchange program at Oxford Univ and voluteered/shadowed 5-6 dentists over 200 hours.
Basically, I took pre-req courses and some adv. sciences such as BIO I,II/G.Chem I,II/O.Chem I,II/BioChem/MicroBiology/MolecularBio.
I am 29 yrs old and gosh I feel like I am getting too old for starting all over... what can I do to improve my overall application?
I am debating if I should apply one more time or just forget about getting into dental schools...🙁
Also if I decided to go for it one last time, what are the things that I can do to improve myself/application?
I have been looking at post-bac programs for pre-med (predental) at various schools.
Right off the bat, I think I need to improve my DATs to like 20s then I might have chance at low tiered schools.
I think I need to get in a program where it will help me prepare myself for better DAT scores. Doing everything on my own is not working out for me.
So things that I want to ask you guys out there are:
1) What are the options I have to improve my application?
2) As for the post-bac programs, which schools will most benefit students like myself?
3) Is re-taking courses for better grades always help you? 😕
4) Ultimately, what would you guys do if you were in my shoes? 😳
Thank you very much for your time reading my post/quesitons.
Have a great weekend and congratulations to those who got in this cycle!!
p.s. My brother is at Upenn Dental school, and I applied this cycle and got rejected. Maybe I should get into Upenn Postbac program? Is that a good idea? Maybe I will have tiny bit of an edge having my brother already attending Upenn dental. But my GPA is big let down though...sigh...
I have worked for IBM for an year and decided that I want to get into medical field.
My undergraduate GPA is 2.78 (sciences are about 3.0) My weak point is the GPA. (GT is hard school imo, at least back when I was undergrad.)
My DATs(Most recent one) are(I've taken DAT 3 times now, scores in parenthesis are the best scores among 3 DATs.):
AA:18
PA:21 (22)
QR:17 (18)
RC:17 (18)
BIO:16
GC:19
OC:17 (18)
TS:17
I have done few unique things while I was in undergrad at GT. I did exchange program at Oxford Univ and voluteered/shadowed 5-6 dentists over 200 hours.
Basically, I took pre-req courses and some adv. sciences such as BIO I,II/G.Chem I,II/O.Chem I,II/BioChem/MicroBiology/MolecularBio.
I am 29 yrs old and gosh I feel like I am getting too old for starting all over... what can I do to improve my overall application?
I am debating if I should apply one more time or just forget about getting into dental schools...🙁
Also if I decided to go for it one last time, what are the things that I can do to improve myself/application?
I have been looking at post-bac programs for pre-med (predental) at various schools.
Right off the bat, I think I need to improve my DATs to like 20s then I might have chance at low tiered schools.
I think I need to get in a program where it will help me prepare myself for better DAT scores. Doing everything on my own is not working out for me.
So things that I want to ask you guys out there are:
1) What are the options I have to improve my application?
2) As for the post-bac programs, which schools will most benefit students like myself?
3) Is re-taking courses for better grades always help you? 😕
4) Ultimately, what would you guys do if you were in my shoes? 😳
Thank you very much for your time reading my post/quesitons.
Have a great weekend and congratulations to those who got in this cycle!!
p.s. My brother is at Upenn Dental school, and I applied this cycle and got rejected. Maybe I should get into Upenn Postbac program? Is that a good idea? Maybe I will have tiny bit of an edge having my brother already attending Upenn dental. But my GPA is big let down though...sigh...