non-science majors a disadvantage???

[blankguy]

Schools state that one should major in what they are interested, but what I can gleam is that a lot of dental students were science majors especially Biology. The professor that I met at Tufts was telling me that a lot undergrads are science majors. It sounded like he hadn't met a non-science major in a while. Is there a hidden disadvantage from being a non-science major?

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[coodoo]

Depends how smart you are. The statistics at my school relevant to the people who apply with and without a science major and are accepted are equal. The plus of having a science background is that you have more knowledge for the DAT as well as when you enter dental school. I was a non-science major, however, and scored a 26 on the DAT, so, for me, it wasn't very significant. I was a Sociology major btw (ended up with a 4.0 gpa with this major which is not very hard at all).

 

[DDSSlave]

As long as you've done well in your science prereqs and you have a high oveall gpa there's no disadvantage. There are several of students in my class with backgrounds other than science.

coodoo, only a 26? You couldn't have done better than that? I'm disappointed.

 

[coodoo]

As long as you've done well in your science prereqs and you have a high oveall gpa there's no disadvantage. There are several of students in my class with backgrounds other than science.

coodoo, only a 26? You couldn't have done better than that? I'm disappointed.

yeah, I was actually kinda surprised myself. A few breaks here and there on the math portion. The sciences were a piece of cake. only a 18 pat though