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A bit about myself. I graduated in May 2015 from a college in the U.S. as an international student. I wanted to do medicine but at the same time have been told numerous times how hard it is for international students to get in. Hence I got discouraged and slacked off during junior and senior year and had a bad downward trend in GPA in senior year (which I really regret). I eventually finished all the premed requirement with an overall GPA of 3.60, but my sGPA is probably somewhere around 3.3. I have really weak EC and clinical experiences.
I wasn't aware of the option of going to Australia until I graduated and hence decided to sit for the MCAT and give it a try. I got 511 (no section below 125) and also signed up for DAT just because I considered dentistry as a backup for medicine. Two days before I wrote the DAT I got admitted to UQ(not UQ-Os), but since I couldn't get a refund with such a late cancellation, I sat for the DAT anyway and surprisingly got a 24AA (TS24, RC25, PAT21, QR24). It's a really high score that I don't want to waste, but at the same time I know I might not be going into dentistry with the right mindset (backup for medicine) and I still have a lot to make up for (EC and shadowing, possibly a postbac to bring up sGPA as well, recommendation letters from professors that I didn't interact much with..) if I want to apply to dental school in the States. My visa expires in two weeks so I'm leaving the country soon. If I were to start over and switch to dent I need to apply for another visa and get things done before my DAT score expires.
I am hoping to complete my residency in the U.S./Canada but am also completely okay with staying in Australia or even going to Singapore. I'm not a green card holder or Canadian citizen so I'm going to considered foreign in any of these countries.
Can someone please share with me your thoughts on this? I would greatly appreciate it!
I wasn't aware of the option of going to Australia until I graduated and hence decided to sit for the MCAT and give it a try. I got 511 (no section below 125) and also signed up for DAT just because I considered dentistry as a backup for medicine. Two days before I wrote the DAT I got admitted to UQ(not UQ-Os), but since I couldn't get a refund with such a late cancellation, I sat for the DAT anyway and surprisingly got a 24AA (TS24, RC25, PAT21, QR24). It's a really high score that I don't want to waste, but at the same time I know I might not be going into dentistry with the right mindset (backup for medicine) and I still have a lot to make up for (EC and shadowing, possibly a postbac to bring up sGPA as well, recommendation letters from professors that I didn't interact much with..) if I want to apply to dental school in the States. My visa expires in two weeks so I'm leaving the country soon. If I were to start over and switch to dent I need to apply for another visa and get things done before my DAT score expires.
I am hoping to complete my residency in the U.S./Canada but am also completely okay with staying in Australia or even going to Singapore. I'm not a green card holder or Canadian citizen so I'm going to considered foreign in any of these countries.
Can someone please share with me your thoughts on this? I would greatly appreciate it!