Serious question here regarding gpa and post bac

[TexasDental2014]

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Hi everyone,

I was talking to a friend the other day regarding gpa and post bacs.
I know that the higher the gpa, the better your chances are at getting accepted. So lets say a school's average gpa is a 3.5. My friend graduates with a 3.1 and has already been rejected by dental school so he is planning a post bac.

He will do a year of post bac and his new gpa after getting 4.0s will be a 3.2ish. Getting a 3.5 would be a lot more expensive and take a lot more time because his gpa wont go up much with A's anymore.
He was also under the impression that dental schools wont look at you if you have less than a 3.5 despite showing a 4.0 in his last year of undergrad and a year in a post bac.

Would admissions consider this an acceptable upwards trend with a 20 DAT?

Thanks!

 

[SafetyDog]

Hi everyone,

I was talking to a friend the other day regarding gpa and post bacs.
I know that the higher the gpa, the better your chances are at getting accepted. So lets say a school's average gpa is a 3.5. My friend graduates with a 3.1 and has already been rejected by dental school so he is planning a post bac.

He will do a year of post bac and his new gpa after getting 4.0s will be a 3.2ish. Getting a 3.5 would be a lot more expensive and take a lot more time because his gpa wont go up much with A's anymore.
He was also under the impression that dental schools wont look at you if you have less than a 3.5 despite showing a 4.0 in his last year of undergrad and a year in a post bac.

Would admissions consider this an acceptable upwards trend with a 20 DAT?

Thanks!

Do you go to UT???? Should PM me if you do!

Anyways, I think it's possible to get in with a 3.2, provided you get a 22+ on the DAT, not a 20. You need at least one of the two to stand out I believe, especially if one is well below the average. Sure, people get accepted with a 3.2 and a 20, but it's probably in your best interest to maximize the potential for an interview to showcase your EC's / interviewing skills!

 

[free99]

Hi everyone,

I was talking to a friend the other day regarding gpa and post bacs.
I know that the higher the gpa, the better your chances are at getting accepted. So lets say a school's average gpa is a 3.5. My friend graduates with a 3.1 and has already been rejected by dental school so he is planning a post bac.

He will do a year of post bac and his new gpa after getting 4.0s will be a 3.2ish. Getting a 3.5 would be a lot more expensive and take a lot more time because his gpa wont go up much with A's anymore.
He was also under the impression that dental schools wont look at you if you have less than a 3.5 despite showing a 4.0 in his last year of undergrad and a year in a post bac.

Would admissions consider this an acceptable upwards trend with a 20 DAT?

Thanks!

Not all dental schools are made equal - several schools have matriculant averages with oGPA<3.5.

Generally speaking, putting up a few years of consistent superior grades, abundant volunteering & "humility acts" (as koalified likes to put it), and a lofty DAT score should heal most wounds.

 

[dentalWorks]

Hi everyone,

I was talking to a friend the other day regarding gpa and post bacs.
I know that the higher the gpa, the better your chances are at getting accepted. So lets say a school's average gpa is a 3.5. My friend graduates with a 3.1 and has already been rejected by dental school so he is planning a post bac.

He will do a year of post bac and his new gpa after getting 4.0s will be a 3.2ish. Getting a 3.5 would be a lot more expensive and take a lot more time because his gpa wont go up much with A's anymore.
He was also under the impression that dental schools wont look at you if you have less than a 3.5 despite showing a 4.0 in his last year of undergrad and a year in a post bac.

Would admissions consider this an acceptable upwards trend with a 20 DAT?

Thanks!

Many dental schools like to see upward trends. So, if he does a year worth of fulltime post-bacc and taking higher end biology classes, and rocking 3.8+, thats going to look impressive. And don't forget, maybe the overall GPA won't go much higher than 3.2, but his science GPA (the more important one) will go significantly higher (assuming also 3.1 science GPA).

Just to demonstrate. When I graduated in 2004, my overall was 3.0, and science was just 3.1 I did a 3+ year post-bacc (partime because I was working fulltime) and after about 55 credits of solid 4.0 performance, my overall only went up to 3.3, but my science jumped to 3.6+ (and BCP was almost 3.9). I had no trouble landing interviews and acceptances (5 interviews which turned into 4 acceptances and 1 high-wait list). My DAT was 21