predentgal111
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Hey guys. I'm a senior in college and I am applying to dental school this coming cycle and plan on applying as early as possible in like June. I am taking a gap year.
My stats are:
oGPA: 3.4
sGPA: 3.3 (by the end of this semester)
DAT= AA: 23, TS: 23, PAT: 20
Shadowing: 150 so far but by the time I apply, hoping to have 200
I've shadowed 3 dentists so far. 2 general, 1 pediatric
Volunteering: 80 right now but will definitely have it to at least 150 by the time I apply
majority of these hours are from American Cancer Society. I've volunteered there for 2 summers now and plan to go back this summer while I'm applying as well. I love volunteering and love working with the staff there so I hope consistency looks good to admissions.
(While I am in the process of applying, I will also be shadowing and volunteering so those hours will continue to build until I hit submit on AADSAS.
Research: will do summer research this coming summer as I am applying (is this okay?)
EC:
Bollywood fusion dance team my freshman year
Indian Student Association (all 4 years of college)
Alpha Phi Omega (community service fraternity): member for roughly 2 years
Pledge Master position for Alpha Phi Omega: one semester
Membership Vice President for Alpha Phi Omega: One year
Organic Chemistry 1 Workshop leader: one semester (current), basically I meet with students currently enrolled in Orgo bi-weekly and I pair with a grad TA to administer worksheets and quizzes. And when I work with fellow undergrads, we go over practice problems in a classroom with orgo 1 students (This counts as 1 credit).
Private tutor: 1 semester but it is current and I plan to keep up with that in the summer and in my gap year.
I'm hoping that my grades this semester can at least raise my overall to a 3.5. (My transcript at college is at a 3.531 right now but that does not account for this one class I had to retake). Basically, I calculated my own GPA and factored in that class that was retaken bc I know dental schools will count that.
Basically, I messed up a bit my freshman year. One aspect was the fact that I had to adjust and it was a major change coming from high school. But, more importantly, I had a learning disability that I only became aware of at the end of my freshman year. I earned a D+ in Calc 1, when I retook it a I got a B- (I know, not so great). My advisor told me I needed calc 2 for my major and I took it last sem and earned an A-! I hope that helps. I also earned a C in Bio 1 and a C and C+ in Chem 1 and 2 labs, respectively. The other C+ grade I got was in a random anthropology class. Those are probably my worst grades and all of them were in mainly my freshman year (the C in lab and C+ in anthro were sophomore year) due to the fact that I did not have the accommodations I needed, simply because I was unaware I needed them! But since then, I have shown an upward trend for sure. It just freaks me out because of that D+ and my number of C's. What are my chances??
Also I've started on my personal statement and I for sure think I need to include this journey and how it helped me grow from it, right?
My stats are:
oGPA: 3.4
sGPA: 3.3 (by the end of this semester)
DAT= AA: 23, TS: 23, PAT: 20
Shadowing: 150 so far but by the time I apply, hoping to have 200
I've shadowed 3 dentists so far. 2 general, 1 pediatric
Volunteering: 80 right now but will definitely have it to at least 150 by the time I apply
majority of these hours are from American Cancer Society. I've volunteered there for 2 summers now and plan to go back this summer while I'm applying as well. I love volunteering and love working with the staff there so I hope consistency looks good to admissions.
(While I am in the process of applying, I will also be shadowing and volunteering so those hours will continue to build until I hit submit on AADSAS.
Research: will do summer research this coming summer as I am applying (is this okay?)
EC:
Bollywood fusion dance team my freshman year
Indian Student Association (all 4 years of college)
Alpha Phi Omega (community service fraternity): member for roughly 2 years
Pledge Master position for Alpha Phi Omega: one semester
Membership Vice President for Alpha Phi Omega: One year
Organic Chemistry 1 Workshop leader: one semester (current), basically I meet with students currently enrolled in Orgo bi-weekly and I pair with a grad TA to administer worksheets and quizzes. And when I work with fellow undergrads, we go over practice problems in a classroom with orgo 1 students (This counts as 1 credit).
Private tutor: 1 semester but it is current and I plan to keep up with that in the summer and in my gap year.
I'm hoping that my grades this semester can at least raise my overall to a 3.5. (My transcript at college is at a 3.531 right now but that does not account for this one class I had to retake). Basically, I calculated my own GPA and factored in that class that was retaken bc I know dental schools will count that.
Basically, I messed up a bit my freshman year. One aspect was the fact that I had to adjust and it was a major change coming from high school. But, more importantly, I had a learning disability that I only became aware of at the end of my freshman year. I earned a D+ in Calc 1, when I retook it a I got a B- (I know, not so great). My advisor told me I needed calc 2 for my major and I took it last sem and earned an A-! I hope that helps. I also earned a C in Bio 1 and a C and C+ in Chem 1 and 2 labs, respectively. The other C+ grade I got was in a random anthropology class. Those are probably my worst grades and all of them were in mainly my freshman year (the C in lab and C+ in anthro were sophomore year) due to the fact that I did not have the accommodations I needed, simply because I was unaware I needed them! But since then, I have shown an upward trend for sure. It just freaks me out because of that D+ and my number of C's. What are my chances??
Also I've started on my personal statement and I for sure think I need to include this journey and how it helped me grow from it, right?
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