New to pre-DDS

[medicalmnt]

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I've been pre-med for as long as I can remember but I'm curious as to what makes a competitive pre-dental applicant. I've been thinking about pre-dental but never really jumped into it as I have with pre-med.

I'm currently a junior @ VA school (VA resident)
3.4 gpa with all of my pre-reqs out with (screwed up freshman year).
-freshman - 3.1
-sophomore - 3.6
-summer (7cred) - 4.0
I'm hoping that my upward trend can keep it in it and I'm hoping for a ~3.8 this semester/year.
I've done some research, volunteer @hospital,hospice,community, tutored, bluecollar jobs, clubs/sports. I know people say that pre-dental requires an insane # of hours but I'm dedicated to get them if needed.

If I were to end this year with and bring my cGPA to a 3.5-3.6, get about ~150 hours of shadowing, and hopefully get a ~19 (or average matriculate #) on the DAT... is there a chance for me at DDS?

 

[getintodentalschool]

another cant goto medical school so ill goto dental school post

 

[gatsby121]

another cant goto medical school so ill goto dental school post

you know "go to" isn't one word right? way to represent us pre-dents kiddo!

to the OP, yes you can definitely do it.

 

[Dental2000]

another cant goto medical school so ill goto dental school post

You've said something similar on another thread. What is the need to downplay a persons wish to change fields?

OP - Keep your GPA up and write out the reasons you decided to switch. If you can incorporate that into your personal statement as a story, that should def. catch the Adcoms attention.