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Hello!
I have decided that my undergrad and DAT score are not competitive enough for dental school therefore I need to look into getting a Masters.
Can anyone please advice me on what kind of Masters degree I should look into getting? Does it HAVE to be a biology, chemistry, physics degree or can it be another science oriented degree?

Thanks and I appreciate any input!
 
toothfairy13 said:
Hello!
I have decided that my undergrad and DAT score are not competitive enough for dental school therefore I need to look into getting a Masters.
Can anyone please advice me on what kind of Masters degree I should look into getting? Does it HAVE to be a biology, chemistry, physics degree or can it be another science oriented degree?

Thanks and I appreciate any input!
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Anything science related.

Come to UCR's program like me 🙂
 
toothfairy13 said:
Hello!
I have decided that my undergrad and DAT score are not competitive enough for dental school therefore I need to look into getting a Masters.
Can anyone please advice me on what kind of Masters degree I should look into getting? Does it HAVE to be a biology, chemistry, physics degree or can it be another science oriented degree?

Thanks and I appreciate any input!
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If your undergrad sGPA is slacking, then make sure it's a course-based bio, chem, or physics master's. Do not do an MPH or an environmental science master's. Adcoms want to see that you are challenging yourself to prepare for the courses in dental school.
 
2PacClone23 said:
Anything science related.

Come to UCR's program like me 🙂
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thats not entirely accurate. Math/physics is science, yet it won't show dental schools your ability to handle upper division biology courses.

The WHOLE point of a masters program is to show dental schools that you can handle upper level biologies. I don't see how Chemistry, Physics or any other science is going to prove this.
 
I have a question about this kind of program,

I'm a bio major and my case is similar to the OP's. Are bio majors allowed to enter the masters program?

I was talking to another student who said that the program is only for those who have a non-science majors otherwise it looks bad to dental schools.
 
Look into SMPs (Short master's programs). They are 1 year master's programs that are geared toward getting students into medical and dental schools. There is an interdisciplinary forum and click on the postbac programs sub-forum on SDN, find it and read about them, you'll get much better advice than in the dental forum. There are some dental specific geared ones, I did one at UMDNJ, Creighton has one, and a few other places, check it out.
 
I wouldn't recommend this program (UTHSC's MS in Pharmacology) unless you're in state for Tennessee. If you are, then I would highly recommend it. It serves well in prepping you for the rigors of dental school. Pharmacology is really applicable to dentistry with the rising number of drugs people are on and with rise in the senior population. And you end with an actual masters degree.
 
I'm in the 1-yr master's program at Midwestern. There are a lot of Master's programs but you should try to do something Biology related or biomedical science. There are many programs around the country, but you need to apply ASAP. Midwestern has one, Barry University, UMNDJ, BU, SFSU has a post-bacc program, and there are others. Good luck, the program here is difficult but if you do well, you'll have a good chance.
 
Tru WKU's online M.S. in Biology program and UNK's Masters in Biology program. Both can be completed online or in-person.


Also, check out Western.
 
If you have a low sGPA... I would highly recommend doing a science-based Masters... anything biology-related. The one year programs would be ideal - that's what I did. If you do well, you'll see a lot of love from adcoms
 
I was thinking about doing a Masters in Nutrition from my undergrad school. Then I came across VCU's pre-medical degree certificate. Its still considered graduate work, but not a masters.

my undergrad school is instate and ~15 minutes away, whereas VCU is out of state and 2.5 hours away.

i understand heavy science and having it related to "dental school material"

what do you guys think of this nutrition curriculum?

A. Science courses in Nutrition science to meet the Master of Nutrition requirements listed below (16 or more credits (excluding the employer projects/internship courses))
1) BCH 451 Introductory Biochemistry 4 cr
or NTR 501 Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism* 3 cr
or equivalent course taken in undergraduate status
2) BCH 553 Introduction to Molecular Biology & Metabolism 3 cr
or BCH 571 Regulation of Metabolism 3 cr
3) NTR 601 or FM 601 MR Seminar* 1 cr
4) At least 8 additional credit hours of NTR (nutrition science) courses at the 500 level or above.

NTR 500 - Principles of Human Nutrition*
NTR 501 Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism*
NTR 510 - Food Lipids: Issues and Controversies*
NTR 515 - Comparative Nutrition*
NTR 520 - Community Nutrition
NTR 521 - Nutrition through the Life Cycle
NTR 525 – Advanced Feed Science and Technology*
NTR 550 - Applied Ruminant Nutrition*
NTR 554 - Lactation, Milk, and Nutrition*
NTR 555 - Exercise Nutrition*
NTR 560 - Nutrition and Biotechnology
NTR 701 - Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism
NTR 706 - Vitamin Metabolism
NTR 708 - Energy Metabolism
NTR 775 - Mineral Metabolism
NTR 785 - Digestion and Metabolism in Ruminants
NTR 790-601 Advanced Feed Formulation*


5) 3-6 Credits, to total at least 18 credits in group A, from the following:
FM 594 - Advanced Feed Mill Practicum*, or
NTR 665 - Nutrition, Food and Feed Science Practicum*

Then 9-12 credits of business, leadership, and professional development courses. Thats for a professional science masters.

I can do 9-12 of more nutrition courses for a 100% nutritions masters.

Do you guys think these nutrition courses are sciency enough? A few look good, but then you have things like Feed and Mill nutrition, Feed science, Lactation and milk.
 
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