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Hi, I joined today.
I applied last year but I did't get in.Because they required me B.S degree from US or Canada. I have my B.S and M.S in my country, Korea.
My DAT score
AA-19
Total Science-19
Math -27
PAT-17
But my reading score was poor 🙁 -15

Now I'm going to transfer in one of the college and want to get a B.S degree.
And then I'm going to retake DAT for the better score of reading section.
But I'm not sure if these will help me to get in Dental schools in NYC.

Also is the volunteer experinece considered important? Because I don't have it. I 'm planning to do that near future.

If any body have good comments for me?
I'm so depressed these days. 🙁
 
continue said:
Hi, I joined today.
I applied last year but I did't get in.Because they required me B.S degree from US or Canada. I have my B.S and M.S in my country, Korea.
My DAT score
AA-19
Total Science-19
Math -27
PAT-17
But my reading score was poor 🙁 -15

Now I'm going to transfer in one of the college and want to get a B.S degree.
And then I'm going to retake DAT for the better score of reading section.
But I'm not sure if these will help me to get in Dental schools in NYC.

Also is the volunteer experinece considered important? Because I don't have it. I 'm planning to do that near future.

If any body have good comments for me?
I'm so depressed these days. 🙁
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I would be very careful with the statement that you need a B.Sc. to get in. This is not completely true. What most schools require are 90+ credit hours from US / Canada schools. They do accept applicants without B.Sc. degrees that meet the above credit-hour requirement (plus of course DAT, GPA, potential for the dental field, etc, etc).

If all of your course-work is outside US/Canada, I've read that Dental Schools won't consider those grades unfortunately. If you are going to go for 90+ credit hours, you might as well consider getting a B.Sc. for all of this effort anyway.

Best of luck!!

By the way, what is your academic major / background?
 
The problem is that you have to take at least 90~100 quarter units or 60~70 semester units to receive the degree.
I don't think one can complete this in one year.
Anyway, cheer up!
 
I also applied for 2005, and I do not have BS here, but I have a MS here with 30 credits.
I applied 9 schools last year, and I called them before I decided to apply. Most private schools will take international students without a US Degree.
Well, I did not get in any of them, but I don't think that is because I do not have enough credits taken in US.
When I called AADSAS, they just said, I need to evaluate my transcript through ECE or other corp.
Also, in my interview, they did not say I should finish more credits in US.
I think you have to call all the schools and tell them your case and ask them how many international students they accepted in last 3 years.
It is hard, but not impossible. Especially if you can get a very strong DAT.
(DAT score should be higher than native students. )
I am thinking to retake the DAT 🙁.
Good luck, everyone.

Maxtor said:
The problem is that you have to take at least 90~100 quarter units or 60~70 semester units to receive the degree.
I don't think one can complete this in one year.
Anyway, cheer up!
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