Hi guys so I used to be obsessed with wanting to become a dentist when I was younger. During my junior and senior year in high school I took this dental technical course where the first year you are taught a lot about the dental field and then your senior year you go out and volunteer at a dental office. I was able to shadow this great dentist who taught me a lot and I still keep in touch with today. He is actually a professor at a dental school where I work at and I think he will be great help for a recommendation. In between high school and college I joined the Navy Reserves as a hospital corpsman (medic) to get some experience in the health field. I tried to go to the dental side but I was never allowed and was always put in medicine. I think this is what changed my mind and made me give up on becoming a dentist, because I soon started to hate anything that dealt with the health field. As my time in the military and in college progressed my dream of becoming a dentist started to fade away. Eventually I ended up majoring in economics, going to grad school, and went down the business route.
Fast forward to today where I am working in a university hospital as a financial consultant. I like the job, the pay is great ($75k), but I just cannot see myself doing this for the rest of my life. I have been feeling it for some time that I am in the wrong profession and my heart is telling me to go to dental school. I wanted to get some advice on how I can get start the process to apply for dental school. I know I need to do the dental pre-reqs but how realistic is it for me to go to dental school?
Here are some of my stats:
- 23 Years old
- Not married and no kids
- I have paid off all my student loans
- Prior military service
- BA in Economics with minor in business (George Mason University) - 2.81 [not the best]
- Post-baccalaureate certification in IT (George Mason University) - I can't remember the GPA
- MS in finance (Liberty University) - 3.8
Since I have a low undergrad GPA will my grad GPA make up for it? Or will my acceptance rely more my pre-req GPA?
I am working for a university I can take up to 18 free credits per year. I was planning to use this to pay for the prereqs.
Also how hard is the DAT?
Fast forward to today where I am working in a university hospital as a financial consultant. I like the job, the pay is great ($75k), but I just cannot see myself doing this for the rest of my life. I have been feeling it for some time that I am in the wrong profession and my heart is telling me to go to dental school. I wanted to get some advice on how I can get start the process to apply for dental school. I know I need to do the dental pre-reqs but how realistic is it for me to go to dental school?
Here are some of my stats:
- 23 Years old
- Not married and no kids
- I have paid off all my student loans
- Prior military service
- BA in Economics with minor in business (George Mason University) - 2.81 [not the best]
- Post-baccalaureate certification in IT (George Mason University) - I can't remember the GPA
- MS in finance (Liberty University) - 3.8
Since I have a low undergrad GPA will my grad GPA make up for it? Or will my acceptance rely more my pre-req GPA?
I am working for a university I can take up to 18 free credits per year. I was planning to use this to pay for the prereqs.
Also how hard is the DAT?