Masters students with success?

[garrypayton]

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Hey guys
If you are a masters student (specifically smp), did you guys have any success this cycle or the previous cycle? If so, what was your masters GPA?
Thank you

 

[scoobydoo22]

Hey guys
If you are a masters student (specifically smp), did you guys have any success this cycle or the previous cycle? If so, what was your masters GPA?
Thank you

Hi, I'm a masters student (SMP). My GPA after this semester will be a 3.7 and I have a 21/21/19 DAT. I've been accepted to two dental schools.
If you're getting a masters, I would recommend aiming for at least a 3.5.

 

[Kingfish23]

Graduated with my masters in December, 4.0 masters gpa. Accepted to 2 schools this cycle

 

[UNCafDDS]

If dental school / dentistry is your goal, is there any reason for a masters other than to raise your GPA?

 

[Kingfish23]

If dental school / dentistry is your goal, is there any reason for a masters other than to raise your GPA?

Not really

 

[2jz]

If dental school / dentistry is your goal, is there any reason for a masters other than to raise your GPA?

Dentistry was my goal and raising my GPA was one of the main reasons I pursued a master's. However, I also decided on a master's that would give me real world skills if dentistry didn't pan out. The program I was in had nearly 100% employment among graduates right into well paying biotech jobs.

One to two years of additional education should offer you plenty of opportunities to grow as an individual. For me, alongside graduate level biology courses I also took classes that focused on professional communication. I also pursued research for the first time, found a mentor who would become extremely influential (and who wrote a killer letter of rec), took as many classes on modern molecular techniques as possible, and continued to shadow/volunteer. All of this is to say that you can gain valuable skills during your graduate studies. If you don't come off as a more mature canidate compared to someone right out of undergraduate who has barely cracked the surface of what's out there, you didn't get the full benefit of your graduate studies.

All that being said, if you're in a strong position to go directly into dental school out of undergraduate then do so. A graduate education is not at all necessary for dental school, but I don't think that devalues what you can gain from it if you choose to pursue one. There's a lot of intangibles easily overlooked.