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with regards to applying to both medical and dental schools, and the apparent idea that doing both looks bad to both adcoms, I just think this just makes no sense. Even if it is true, I think to make the assumption that a person applying to both doesn't know which one he or she really wants is ludicrous. How many of us are taught from a young age that we must always keep our options open? Fine, dental stats might be slightly lower than med stats; but if someone applies to both schools, and gets rejected from med but accepted at dental, great for him/her. why are there so many haters out there who believe these ppl "steal" spots away from people who really do want to do dentistry? if you really want to do dentistry, then work your butt off in undergrad, and you'll get into dental school. don't worry about anyone else. and as for dental schools that are heavily biased against those who apply to both, my feeling is that such an ideology works completely against one of the most solid principles of young, mature adulthood: keeping one's options open.