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Hey all,
I'm switching from pre-med back to pre-dent and I'm very rusty on how Dental School admissions work.
Shadowing: 50 hrs GP, 15 ortho, 15 endo
I will finish up my prereqs (Bio 2 and Phys 2) and stay a semester late to take Biochem and a psyc requirement and apply a year later.
Questions:
1) Is it okay that I stayed an extra semester to take biochem?
2) Should I shadow more?
3) Is it okay that I only have 1 summer of research?
5) How many and what kind of LORs are usually needed for DS?
6) What else can I do, stats/EC's wise, to get into a California Dental School? (i really can't afford to go out of state)
7) For medical school admissions, adcoms like to see "clinical experience" w/ patient contact, besides shadowing/observing, is this an issue for DS admissions?
8) Is taking Bio 1 with a DAT prep course in Fall 10 and taking the DAT right after a good idea?
9) Will being a CC transfer hurt me? I got a 4.0 last semester and I don't expect my GPA to change too much.
10) Will being a psych major who won't taken any upper division science classes besides biochem hurt me?
11) I won't be continuing with the predental club because it is somewhat a waste of time, is this a big issue?
I'm switching from pre-med back to pre-dent and I'm very rusty on how Dental School admissions work.
Shadowing: 50 hrs GP, 15 ortho, 15 endo
I will finish up my prereqs (Bio 2 and Phys 2) and stay a semester late to take Biochem and a psyc requirement and apply a year later.
Questions:
1) Is it okay that I stayed an extra semester to take biochem?
2) Should I shadow more?
3) Is it okay that I only have 1 summer of research?
5) How many and what kind of LORs are usually needed for DS?
6) What else can I do, stats/EC's wise, to get into a California Dental School? (i really can't afford to go out of state)
7) For medical school admissions, adcoms like to see "clinical experience" w/ patient contact, besides shadowing/observing, is this an issue for DS admissions?
8) Is taking Bio 1 with a DAT prep course in Fall 10 and taking the DAT right after a good idea?
9) Will being a CC transfer hurt me? I got a 4.0 last semester and I don't expect my GPA to change too much.
10) Will being a psych major who won't taken any upper division science classes besides biochem hurt me?
11) I won't be continuing with the predental club because it is somewhat a waste of time, is this a big issue?
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