Importance of dentists in your family

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Hey everyone,
I was going through the aadsas application and there is this section that asks if you have family members who are dentists. I was wondering if there is an advantage or disadvantage of having family members in dentistry when applying.

 

[dr.rex]

it is important to some schools....on the secondary at osu there is a full page out of the four dedicated to saying who in your family is a dentist and where they went to school

 

[Sbosu]

yeah I definitly dont think it hurts if you have a family member thats a dentist, also, I think it depends on whether or not they are a graduate of the dental school you are applying to

 

[IcemanDDS]

I would think if you got a LOR from your family member dentist that it would carry less weight personally. Its gonna be biased as compared to a non-family member. My uncle dentist is doing mine 🙄