Should I Apply to Masters Program?

[Gbrando2]

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So I will be graduating from BYU with a Bachelors in biology in April and then taking my DAT and applying shortly after for the '10 cycle. This means I'll have at least one entire year off in between. My GPA is crap but I've already begun studying for the DAT in hopes of rocking it to compensate for my GPA, but acceptance for '10 is still iffy. So now my question for you geniuses: Should I put in my app for the BYU masters biology program before the deadline in a few months? I just feel like if I got rejected from d-school next summer, I would be wasting that whole year not improving my stats, but then if I do get accepted to dental school for '10, I'll have 1 year in the masters program in the books before jetting for D-school in fall '10. Basically I will need to just withdraw from the masters program after 1 or 2 semesters if I find out I got into d-school first try, which just seems like a waste. Any advice?

 

[rose786]

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[jntruong2003]

Hey Rose! Good luck on the 2009 cycle! Still remember you from the DAT forum =)

Anyways, I got rejected from Indiana University and I have a pretty low GPA of 3.22 and Sci. of 3.16. My DATs were just satifactory... 19 AA 20 TS 19 PAT. He told me that everything else I had was good. I worked at 3 dental offices for 4 years while in school, volunteered for about 300 hours providing direct patient care, research or 2 years, and a whole bunch of other things.

To the point, he told me that I shoul do a masters non-thesis 1 year program and reapply and said I would get an interview if I had a least a 3.3 GPA in the masters program.

Hope this helps you! So i'll be applying for a master's pogram now! YAY. more money.