Prince George's County?

[Roosevelt]

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Are there any pre dents from the pg county Maryland area?

 

[Jerm2911]

Yes, I'm in the PG county area!

 

[Roosevelt]

Nice! I was raised there and plan to practice in Maryland in the future. what about you?

 

[Jerm2911]

Yeah me to. I hope to practice here as well. Do you go to UMD?

 

[Roosevelt]

Cool, nope I'm still in undergrad but umd will definitely be on my list

 

[yoh95]

Hey im from Maryland too! what undergrad do you go to? and going to UMD dental school is my goal... very realistic too!!

 

[Roosevelt]

Me too, I'm at nca&t 🙂)

 

[wildzodiac]

Nothing like some O's and BO's with your crabs hon.

Harford county here. Applying to this cycle with UMD on the list.

 

[DogeDDS]

CP alum checking in! Applying this cycle. See you all at UMB in 2015 😉

 

[yoh95]

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[Sissi Romy]

Im gonna be a freshman at umbc this fall and unfortunately i didnt focus well in high school
do you think itll be a little harder to get into UMB just for the fact that i am from a not prestigous school 🙁
or if i get a good gpa itll be fine

or i need to do exceptionally well
cus your undergrad probably matters??

and i know ill have a better chance of getting in since were in state? im already afraidd

UMBC is a prestigious school! several times #1 public college! I am not sure what you mean "from a not prestigious school".

I have several friends that are UMBC graduates that got into UMaryland med school and dent school. Beware that at UMBC it is tough to get straight A's. Some of my friends have advised to go to College Park instead of UMBC, because it is easier to get A's there than at UMBC. Some other people on SDN also attest to it (use search feature to find these threads). You really have to work your b-tt off to have a 3.5 gpa at UMBC, and science and pre-health pre-reqs are so competitive that if you get a B you are typically in the top 10 in your class. The upside is that it prepares you very well for med and dent schools because you are well trained to study hard to get good grades. A couple of my friends who got into UMaryland dental school are saying that they feel very comfortable with their first year DS class load, the pressure is only a small notch above the one in undergrad at UMBC.

In your case, since you are just starting, you have a clean slate, so watch your gpa like a hawk. Every class counts toward getting into dental school in 4 years. Start with one science course and 3 non-science course your first semester to get accustomed to it. You should strive to get either A or B in your science and pre-req courses for dental school (A's are of course preferable to B's --- no C's, repeat C courses immediately). It goes without saying that you should not have any W's. Always carry full load. In your junior/senior year you should have 2-3 science upper courses each semester. I heard Adcoms look at not just your gpa but also your ability to carry heavy science load to gauge your ability to succeed in dental school.

UMaryland is the only dental school in the state, so if you are MD resident, I heard they give you preference only if your stats are competitive. They have 130 seats but apparently they have accepted 50 or so OOS students each year, so I don't know what that means. Does it mean they'd rather take OOS with exceptional stats over MD applicants with just so-so stats? It's kinda scary because they apparently receive close to 3000 applications each year.

In any case, good luck with UMBC.

 

[yoh95]

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[Sissi Romy]

Oh my gosh! thank you so much for this insight. I always thought it would be much tougher at UMD college park! i know that umbc is very hard in their science courses so im scared... I am planning ahead and I really really want to study hard to get those A's! I took AP science classes in high school, but are there anything that i could do this over the summer to prepare myself with whats coming for me? should i study??
And are you in dental school??

i was worried that even if i get good gpa they will not accept me because i am from umbc 🙁

I am still confused. Why would you be worried because "you are from UMBC", as opposed to which school in MD?

 

[yoh95]

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