Questions about Dental pre-requiste classes.

[himnaejah]

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Hello guys, I have posted this before, and noone has answered this yet, so i am rewriting here.
I took a biology class for only non-majors when i was in sophomore year, when my major was economics, i just took bio class for my GE class. And i was wondering whether this would count towards the BCP GPA? And, this class was named " general biology " for non-majors.

And, one more question about taking classes at a JC, i know this has been mentioned many times already. I have taken all the gen chem and gen bio at my university, which is a total of 6 classes, and i have graduated last June. And i have been taking ochem and physics from a local JC, and i called many dental schools in CA. And it would be okay with them since i have finished all Gen chem and gen Bios at my university. And i am a bit surpised to find out JC classes are not that easy compared to where i have been to, i am from UC. And, i also finished one year of math and one quarter fo stats at my university. But, i am getting one B this semester, you guys think getting a B in Ochem will look bad?

Any inputs will be appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[whitethunder]

Hello guys, I have posted this before, and noone has answered this yet, so i am rewriting here.
I took a biology class for only non-majors when i was in sophomore year, when my major was economics, i just took bio class for my GE class. And i was wondering whether this would count towards the BCP GPA? And, this class was named " general biology " for non-majors.

And, one more question about taking classes at a JC, i know this has been mentioned many times already. I have taken all the gen chem and gen bio at my university, which is a total of 6 classes, and i have graduated last June. And i have been taking ochem and physics from a local JC, and i called many dental schools in CA. And it would be okay with them since i have finished all Gen chem and gen Bios at my university. And i am a bit surpised to find out JC classes are not that easy compared to where i have been to, i am from UC. And, i also finished one year of math and one quarter fo stats at my university. But, i am getting one B this semester, you guys think getting a B in Ochem will look bad?

Any inputs will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Yeah...that B in organic chemistry is going to ruin your chances of getting into ANY dental school. I mean...no serious predent ever gets a B in organic chemistry...at that rate, I'd suggest going to hygeine school because you will not get into dental school.

The only way to counter that B in organic chemistry would be to get a phd in chemistry. Make sure that your doctoral dissertation focuses on organic chemistry. However, just because you get that phd doesn't mean you're out of the woods yet...since that B is from a community college...you'll need to do a post doctoral as well.

All in all...10 years of hard core graduate training should counter that B in organic chemistry. Good luck, you've got a long long journey ahead of you.

 

[Dr IWannaBe]

A B in anything is not bad. Don't worry. I, just like many on this SDN site, are very motivated students and we try hard to get that A and if we fall short, we feel that we've somehow failed. Far from the truth. Just keep working hard and make that A next time. That B will one day "be" a memory that will have little to do with the drill in John Doe's mouth. All the best.

 

[studlyguy87]

Yeah...that B in organic chemistry is going to ruin your chances of getting into ANY dental school. I mean...no serious predent ever gets a B in organic chemistry...at that rate, I'd suggest going to hygeine school because you will not get into dental school.

The only way to counter that B in organic chemistry would be to get a phd in chemistry. Make sure that your doctoral dissertation focuses on organic chemistry. However, just because you get that phd doesn't mean you're out of the woods yet...since that B is from a community college...you'll need to do a post doctoral as well.

All in all...10 years of hard core graduate training should counter that B in organic chemistry. Good luck, you've got a long long journey ahead of you.

I don't think doing a post doctoral would be good enough to counter that B. You might also want to become an Ochem professor, just to really prove that you are capable of doing well in Ochem.
If you want to be REALLY certain that the B would not ruin your chance of getting into Dschool, you might want to aim for a Nobel prize in Organic chemistry.

Good luck!

 

[DRCM]

As for your first question, yes, all your science grades will be used in determining your science GPA. For your second question, a B is not bad at all. If you notice, the average GPA in many dental schools is a 3.something, depending on the school. Either way, this means that students recieve B's and maybe even lower grades in some of their courses. Some students may recieve C's or C+'s in some courses and A's in others that average out to a B+ or so. So a B is just fine, especially in O-chem. No prob for you.

 

[JTSLai]

haha, yea if a single B in Ochem kills chances of dental school i might as well be prepared to find a different profession...Ochem at my school is considered the hardest course second only to biochem...surprisingly though i think i'm doing fairly well....

 

[DRCM]

yea i agree with you. o-chem separates the men from the boys. lol. its hard stuff, and a B in it is really not bad at all