Question on NYU prereqs

[sdnmember]

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Does NYU require shadowing and/or volunteering? I'm pretty much set on going to NYU because i live in brooklyn and my only 'weak' part is my extracurrics. I have none 😳 . Just curious on how much they value in shadowing or volunteering so i can get started now. Thanks.

 

[speter33]

Well if you have none than how can you be sure that dentistry is right for you? At least that's what the NYU people will be thinking. You should get a little bit just so you can have something to write about in your essay and talk about at your interview. I'm from brooklyn too. I understand that you might have some trouble finding a doc to shadow. You can do what I did and volunteer in the Dental Clinic at Maimonedes hospital. It was kinda cool because there were 5 GPRs there, 4 of them NYU graduates. Oh ye and the stupid volunteer office requires you do 100hrs of volunteering before they write you a LOR 😱