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Hello Everybody,
I am a senior this year taking a gap year. I have been shadowing many health professions and have taken an interest in dentistry.
I am not sure how competitive I would be. I have a 3.4 GPA and a 3.0 science GPA. I believe I have all of my pre recs taken care of with the exception of anatomy. I have not taken any admissions test: DAT, MCAT, PCAT, etc. at this time. I have a fair amount of Extra stuff: Lots of volunteering at a health and dental clinic, two years of undergrad research, summer of research at a medical school, and even tutoring.
I also think that I have a superb letter lined up, the dentist I shadowed really helped me to see passion behind this profession.
So my questions if you don't mind me asking:
1) Are my GPAs good enough to at least get me to the interview stage? Are they even on the lower end of acceptable?
2) If my GPAs are good enough, What DAT score should I shoot for to offset the lower GPA?
3) If my GPAs are too low, are there special masters programs with guaranteed admissions to dental schools like medical schools?
4) What would be good DAT practice?
5) Overall, how do you think my chances would be?
I appreciate any feedback anyone could give! Thank you so much for your time
I am a senior this year taking a gap year. I have been shadowing many health professions and have taken an interest in dentistry.
I am not sure how competitive I would be. I have a 3.4 GPA and a 3.0 science GPA. I believe I have all of my pre recs taken care of with the exception of anatomy. I have not taken any admissions test: DAT, MCAT, PCAT, etc. at this time. I have a fair amount of Extra stuff: Lots of volunteering at a health and dental clinic, two years of undergrad research, summer of research at a medical school, and even tutoring.
I also think that I have a superb letter lined up, the dentist I shadowed really helped me to see passion behind this profession.
So my questions if you don't mind me asking:
1) Are my GPAs good enough to at least get me to the interview stage? Are they even on the lower end of acceptable?
2) If my GPAs are good enough, What DAT score should I shoot for to offset the lower GPA?
3) If my GPAs are too low, are there special masters programs with guaranteed admissions to dental schools like medical schools?
4) What would be good DAT practice?
5) Overall, how do you think my chances would be?
I appreciate any feedback anyone could give! Thank you so much for your time