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Okay so I've heard many dental schools say many times that they prefer students to take a full course load (say 12-15 credits per semester) to show they can handle the rigor or upper-level science courses before they enter dental school.

What about students (like myself) who's above the average age, works full-time, and takes night classes after work. I don't really hear them reference us in their panels when they do talk about "what potential students should do" or "what the potential student looks like"

I know adcoms are humans who can empathize and understand we all can't do 15 credit semesters, but are students like myself at a disadvantage to the more common 21yo-24yo who has taken 15 credits of upper lvl science courses their last 4 semesters in undergrad?

Any input would be helpful, thanks!

 

[DSchoolorBust202X]

Okay so I've heard many dental schools say many times that they prefer students to take a full course load (say 12-15 credits per semester) to show they can handle the rigor or upper-level science courses before they enter dental school.

What about students (like myself) who's above the average age, works full-time, and takes night classes after work. I don't really hear them reference us in their panels when they do talk about "what potential students should do" or "what the potential student looks like"

I know adcoms are humans who can empathize and understand we all can't do 15 credit semesters, but are students like myself at a disadvantage to the more common 21yo-24yo who has taken 15 credits of upper lvl science courses their last 4 semesters in undergrad?

Any input would be helpful, thanks!

I am also working full-time and taking classes part-time. From what I gather, they want to see that you can do well in your classes while balancing your other responsibilities.

You do not have to take 12-15 credit hours; take as many hours as you are comfortable with. It's definitely hard, but you must rise to the occasion and prove to them that you can do well. Admissions will understand your 40-hour work week and factor that in to their consideration of you as an applicant.

 

[Blueshirts]

I'm in the same boat and a non-trad. Just make sure you can allocate time to do well in classes to prove you can handle the classes; some people will be weeded out naturally, you don't want to have the duress from work or lack of study time to put you in that boat. I can probably answer some other questions related to this situation if you have any others.