Urgent! About Master's Program for Pre-dental

[DentGirl4]

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[TyrKinase]

I'm not sure how the dental application service works, but on the medical side of things, the applicant's graduate and undergraduate GPAs are not mixed together. You may want to investigate whether or not taking a lot of graduate units will help out your undergraduate GPA.
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[DentGirl4]

From what I know,
Graduate GPA do calculated together with my Undergraduate GPA and will show cumulative GPA at the end.
ALSO
there is separate column for graduate GPA so adcoms will be able to look at my graduate GPA separately too

 

[americanpierg]

From what I know,
Graduate GPA do calculated together with my Undergraduate GPA and will show cumulative GPA at the end.
ALSO
there is separate column for graduate GPA so adcoms will be able to look at my graduate GPA separately too

Well you have been misinformed.

Graduate and undergraduate GPA are not calculated together at any point. Graduate GPA has its own column on your AADSAS application and it will be reported separate of your undergraduate GPA. Only way to boost undergraduate GPA after you get your BS/BA would be to do a post bac, or go after a second bachelors.

If both are one year and costs the same, I would go with the Hopkins one unless you specifically want to attend UMDNJ's dental school. For one thing, it has a better name recognition, though I don't know but Hopkins would be able to fit 64 credits into one year so you may want to check that info again. As for UMDNJ , they push their program as a 1.5 year program although some peope do manage to finish it in 1. Their dental school might take preference to people graduating from their masters program.

 

[DividedByZero]

From what I know,
Graduate GPA do calculated together with my Undergraduate GPA and will show cumulative GPA at the end.
ALSO
there is separate column for graduate GPA so adcoms will be able to look at my graduate GPA separately too

That sounds right to me.

Undergrad GPA, Grad GPA, and Cumulative GPA are reported separately, I am almost certain of this. (With sci and BCP for each of those reported separately as well)

As for what you should choose, it's almost a no-brainer to go with UMDNJ. A public health masters is great and all but it will do almost NOTHING to raise your BCP GPA which is probably the most important GPA of them all. Sure, it will help your overall but I'm assuming you need to improve your science and BCP GPA because you're considering masters programs. If that is the case, go with UMDNJ... you take ACTUAL dental school courses as part of that masters program and that is the best preparation you could ask for.

Good luck!

 

[kaDa]

Whichever program has more science classes is what you should do...especially if your science GPA isn't stellar for your top choice. You have to show on paper that you understand the deficiencies in your application and that you took a deliberate path to remedy them. Also, keep volunteering/shadowing...

 

[DentGirl4]

If I attend hopkins, I' can still take upper level science classes like
biochemistry, immunology, reproductive biology, virology and etc.

are you guys saying that those classes will not count toward my science GPA ???

I'm confused 😕

 

[dstu1987]

If I attend hopkins, I' can still take upper level science classes like
biochemistry, immunology, reproductive biology, virology and etc.

are you guys saying that those classes will not count toward my science GPA ???

I'm confused 😕

your undergraduate cumulative and science gpa (which is the main gpa the schools will look at) will not be affect by anything other than undergraduate courses. thats why some people will do a postbac that rewards no degree over a masters becuase the postbac will help their undergraduate gpa while a masters will not.

graduate school scores will be reported separately.

think of it as how your college and highschool GPAs don't mix.

 

[DentGirl4]

your undergraduate cumulative and science gpa (which is the main gpa the schools will look at) will not be affect by anything other than undergraduate courses. thats why some people will do a postbac that rewards no degree over a masters becuase the postbac will help their undergraduate gpa while a masters will not.

graduate school scores will be reported separately.

think of it as how your college and highschool GPAs don't mix.

OooOOOoo icic...so it will be a fresh start for me... I get it.
If I have low science GPA from undergrad, then it will be better off for me to do science related master's
I hope admissions will overlook my undergrad GPA over Master's 😛

 

[DentGirl4]

That sounds right to me.

Undergrad GPA, Grad GPA, and Cumulative GPA are reported separately, I am almost certain of this. (With sci and BCP for each of those reported separately as well)

As for what you should choose, it's almost a no-brainer to go with UMDNJ. A public health masters is great and all but it will do almost NOTHING to raise your BCP GPA which is probably the most important GPA of them all. Sure, it will help your overall but I'm assuming you need to improve your science and BCP GPA because you're considering masters programs. If that is the case, go with UMDNJ... you take ACTUAL dental school courses as part of that masters program and that is the best preparation you could ask for.

Good luck!

Is Master of Health Science considered science-related degree ??

I heard 60-70% of students at Hopkins Master's program are people who are targeting for professional school (specially for pre-meds, although I'm pre-dental)...there has to be some reason why there are lot of students involved...not many pre-meds would be attending if the degree has nothing to help BCP GPA.😕

 

[DividedByZero]

Is Master of Health Science considered science-related degree ??

I heard 60-70% of students at Hopkins Master's program are people who are targeting for professional school (specially for pre-meds, although I'm pre-dental)...there has to be some reason why there are lot of students involved...not many pre-meds would be attending if the degree has nothing to help BCP GPA.😕

Sorry, I misread... I thought it was an MPH program at Hopkins. But my point still stands at the fact you take actual dental school courses at UMDNJ as part of their masters program. You really cannot beat that.

Also, it is true that your undergrad and your grad GPAs will NOT mix. BUT they will also report a cumulative GPA where they DO mix. Hope that clarifies.

 

[americanpierg]

OooOOOoo icic...so it will be a fresh start for me... I get it.
If I have low science GPA from undergrad, then it will be better off for me to do science related master's
I hope admissions will overlook my undergrad GPA over Master's 😛

Well it's a fresh start, but not with the same mentality. Your Undergraduate GPA wil still be weighted like 80% while your Masters will be only weighted like 20% or something absured like that. Most of the people who had a low undergraduate gpa and a 4.0 masters gpa still get rejected from like 9 out of the 10 schools they apply to. They do get in, but its usually to the same select few schools (schools like NOVA and BU and whatnot that like masters degrees)

 

[Chrono]

Well it's a fresh start, but not with the same mentality. Your Undergraduate GPA wil still be weighted like 80% while your Masters will be only weighted like 20% or something absured like that. Most of the people who had a low undergraduate gpa and a 4.0 masters gpa still get rejected from like 9 out of the 10 schools they apply to. They do get in, but its usually to the same select few schools (schools like NOVA and BU and whatnot that like masters degrees)

B.S?

Can anyone comment on this since I'm considering doing a masters. I've read other posts where people said they got into several schools upon doing well in the masters program.