WAMC low gpa

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Date of submission:
Overall GPA: 3.2
Science GPA: idk (but i can guess 3.4)
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: idk
DAT score (include AA and all sections): going to take it
State of Residence: MI

Undergrad Attended:
if you want to include this
Major: Biomedical Science
Minor: Chemistry
Minority?
South Asian
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: Dentist (general): 730hs and endo: 34hs
Volunteering Experience:
Dental-related, cleaned hygiene chairs, filled goody bags, got trained for dental sterilization, assistant in SRP
Employment: non
Research: non
Other Extracurriculars:
Pre-dental society secretary, vice president of the Muslim student association
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? non
Relevant Honors or Awards: no
LOR type and strength: Organic chem prof (strong) cell biology (middle), a dentist I volunteered for (strong), dentist shadowed (middle), and maybe as a backup human anatomy prof (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: 1 W and one E
School list:
Please include a list of schools you are interested in applying to! It is much easier for users to help you when you have taken the time to construct your own school list first!

1) College of dental medicine Illinois
2) Indiana university School if Dentistry
3) University of Illinois chicago
4) northwestern university
 
Date of submission:
Overall GPA: 3.2
Science GPA: idk (but i can guess 3.4)
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: idk
DAT score (include AA and all sections): going to take it
State of Residence: MI

Undergrad Attended:
if you want to include this
Major: Biomedical Science
Minor: Chemistry
Minority?
South Asian
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: Dentist (general): 730hs and endo: 34hs
Volunteering Experience:
Dental-related, cleaned hygiene chairs, filled goody bags, got trained for dental sterilization, assistant in SRP
Employment: non
Research: non
Other Extracurriculars:
Pre-dental society secretary, vice president of the Muslim student association
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? non
Relevant Honors or Awards: no
LOR type and strength: Organic chem prof (strong) cell biology (middle), a dentist I volunteered for (strong), dentist shadowed (middle), and maybe as a backup human anatomy prof (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: 1 W and one E
School list:
Please include a list of schools you are interested in applying to! It is much easier for users to help you when you have taken the time to construct your own school list first!

1) College of dental medicine Illinois
2) Indiana university School if Dentistry
3) University of Illinois chicago
4) northwestern university
what's an E?

you need a way bigger list and there hasn't been a dental school at northwestern in decades...
 
what's an E?

you need a way bigger list and there hasn't been a dental school at northwestern in decades...
like an E grade....

im not quite sure right now what exact schools i want to apply bc of the DAT
 
like an E grade....

im not quite sure right now what exact schools i want to apply bc of the DAT

it's also difficult to give you advice without a DAT score and a full school list
but you are going to need to be well into double figures of schools if your gpa is low unless your DAT is really high...
 
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