grapevine24
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Hello everyone!
I am a 22-year-old RN BSN looking to start the journey to dental school. I graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing with a 3.21 GPA. Initially, after school, I thought I would be interested in pursuing an MD but have since changed my mind after my experiences in the hospital environment and working closely with MDs. I have worked with a few dentists and oral surgeons in my year of being a nurse and I believe dentistry would be the best career for me. I'm interested in attending dental school in Texas, more specifically either A&M, UTHSCSA, or Texas Tech, which I've heard are all pretty competitive. I've started shadowing dentists virtually through different sources due to COVID. I essentially need to take all the Texas prerequisites aside from Chem 1 and Bio 1 & 2. My question is do I have to attend another 4 year university within the UT system (where I got my BSN degree) to raise my overall GPA or would I be able to take the remainder of my pre-dental courses at a community college to raise the GPA? Also how do AP courses from high school factor in to the sGPA? I received college credit for Biology 1 & 2 based on my AP score in high school.
I am a 22-year-old RN BSN looking to start the journey to dental school. I graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing with a 3.21 GPA. Initially, after school, I thought I would be interested in pursuing an MD but have since changed my mind after my experiences in the hospital environment and working closely with MDs. I have worked with a few dentists and oral surgeons in my year of being a nurse and I believe dentistry would be the best career for me. I'm interested in attending dental school in Texas, more specifically either A&M, UTHSCSA, or Texas Tech, which I've heard are all pretty competitive. I've started shadowing dentists virtually through different sources due to COVID. I essentially need to take all the Texas prerequisites aside from Chem 1 and Bio 1 & 2. My question is do I have to attend another 4 year university within the UT system (where I got my BSN degree) to raise my overall GPA or would I be able to take the remainder of my pre-dental courses at a community college to raise the GPA? Also how do AP courses from high school factor in to the sGPA? I received college credit for Biology 1 & 2 based on my AP score in high school.
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