Transition from premed to predental

[korndoctor]

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I have been a premed student at the university of massachusetts and after shadowing and volunteering and participating in a lot of premedical activities such as hartford homeless clinic, etc, i have come to realize that med is not for me. I want something more hands on and have thought about dentistry when i was in high school but i was never really exposed to it in college because there were no opportunities for predental students.

How did all you predental students get dental experience?

Also, if i am transitioning to become predental, should i get all my recommendation letters now because ill be graduating from college next year as a materials engineer, so in case i decide to work a couple years and then apply i will not have to worry about LOR..is this a smart approach? Also, should i list all my premed activities like shadowing a cardiosurgeon or is this not appropriate or looked down upon? would i ever have to explain why i transitioned from premed to predental?

any advice is appreciated

 

[SugarNaCl]

First, to get dental experience I called offices at random and asked if they had saturday hours. For the next 8 months I spent almost every saturday shadowing from 8-12. Second, definitely put down your med experience. That looks good actually because you will be taking a lot of medical related courses in dental school. I received a masters in physiology, worked after as a research assistant for 3 years at a cancer hospital working with prostate cancer, volunteered in college at the VA, Red Cross and got EMT certification. I put that all down. Lastly, you will likely have to explain your switch from pre med to pre dent during an interview if there is evidence you were premed (ie taken the MCAT)...if not, the closest answer you may have to respond to is "Why dentistry over medicine." They aren't anywhere near the same field, but they aren't polar opposite either especially as many systemic diseases manifest in the oral cavity. Good luck.

 

[sajjy]

I have been a premed student at the university of connecticut and after shadowing and volunteering and participating in a lot of premedical activities such as homeless clinic, etc, i have come to realize that med is not for me. I want something more hands on and have thought about dentistry when i was in high school but i was never really exposed to it in college because there were no opportunities for predental students.

How did all you predental students get dental experience?

Also, if i am transitioning to become predental, should i get all my recommendation letters now because ill be graduating from college next year as a materials engineer, so in case i decide to work a couple years and then apply i will not have to worry about LOR..is this a smart approach? Also, should i list all my premed activities like shadowing a cardiosurgeon or is this not appropriate or looked down upon? would i ever have to explain why i transitioned from premed to predental?

any advice is appreciated

DUDE PM me about ur info...i might know you....IM me if u need any info...i am also an integral part of Pre-dent society at UConn plus i know pre-dent adviser very well....

 

[korndoctor]

SAJAL, that u man!!!!!

are you talking about crivello?
how do i explain to him i want to switch from premed to predent or after i apply to med schools and dont get in.

are there any predental programs at health center i can apply for to get oriented with dentistry? i want to see if dentistry is right for me. I think it is, just need to get some dental experience.

 

[flylou03]

Will dental schools know that you took the MCAT?

 

[korndoctor]

should i get all my recommendation letters now because ill be graduating from college next year as a materials engineer, so in case i decide to work a couple years and then apply i will not have to worry about LOR..is this a smart approach?

for mcat, they ask on the dental apps but u dont have to report hte score...my question for u guys is: will interviewers ask for your mcat score during the interview?

 

[sajjy]

SAJAL, that u man!!!!!

are you talking about crivello?
how do i explain to him i want to switch from premed to predent or after i apply to med schools and dont get in.

are there any predental programs at health center i can apply for to get oriented with dentistry? i want to see if dentistry is right for me. I think it is, just need to get some dental experience.

yeap its me....but sorry i could not recognize you...IM me or PM me....
forget Crivello...i have nothing to do with him and yes there are many dental oriented programs which are run by Assistant Dean of Admissions for the pre-dental society. Actually you missed one last month. But there will be more.

But how come now it says that you are from UMass?😕😕

 

[korndoctor]

ya man, no problem. IM or PM doesnt work for me. I dont know how that crap works dude.
crivello is crap, he doesnt care or do anything. when i have meeting wit him, he never pays attention. yo he always reading his article and talks to me for 1 min and says don worry and then rushes me out the door. lame

what denstistry oriented programs does dental society have? i only know of the shadowing and dat study group and some stupid volunteer activities. what else is there yo?