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So I applied to dental schools this year. At the moment, I am on one waitlist for Nova Southeastern University's School of Dentistry. I'm trying to figure out what to do next year on the chance that I don't get into their dental school. I'm about to meet with an academic advisor from my undergrad to talk about options, but I figured that this would be a good place to also see if anyone has any advice to help me.
A little about me:
I got a BS in psychology with a minor in biology from the University of Alabama. (I was originally pre-med and decided like two months before graduation that I wanted to switch to dentistry - long story). My overall GPA was 3.28 and my science GPA was ~2.6. I took the following year to take some science classes at a closer university (University of Alabama - Birmingham) to home while shadowing my family dentist. I raised my science GPA enough to get accepted to a Master of Science of Biomedical Sciences program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. I finished that program with a 3.38 GPA overall. I took the DAT last July and got a 21 AA (PAT-25, QR-21, RC-20, Bio-21, GC-20, OC-21, TS-21). So this year, I applied to dental schools while working as a temp dental assistant to offices around my hometown. I did that full time in the fall and now part time due to other obligations that came up.
Because I've only been waitlisted at one school, I started applying to more post baq/Master programs just to start the ball rolling on a plan for next year. I got accepted to one post-baq so far (I applied to three) but then the thought crossed my mind that if getting another Master in the same degree is useful or if I should go for a different program (like MPH or MBA) in order to help with other options if dental schools do not pan out.
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
So I applied to dental schools this year. At the moment, I am on one waitlist for Nova Southeastern University's School of Dentistry. I'm trying to figure out what to do next year on the chance that I don't get into their dental school. I'm about to meet with an academic advisor from my undergrad to talk about options, but I figured that this would be a good place to also see if anyone has any advice to help me.
A little about me:
I got a BS in psychology with a minor in biology from the University of Alabama. (I was originally pre-med and decided like two months before graduation that I wanted to switch to dentistry - long story). My overall GPA was 3.28 and my science GPA was ~2.6. I took the following year to take some science classes at a closer university (University of Alabama - Birmingham) to home while shadowing my family dentist. I raised my science GPA enough to get accepted to a Master of Science of Biomedical Sciences program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. I finished that program with a 3.38 GPA overall. I took the DAT last July and got a 21 AA (PAT-25, QR-21, RC-20, Bio-21, GC-20, OC-21, TS-21). So this year, I applied to dental schools while working as a temp dental assistant to offices around my hometown. I did that full time in the fall and now part time due to other obligations that came up.
Because I've only been waitlisted at one school, I started applying to more post baq/Master programs just to start the ball rolling on a plan for next year. I got accepted to one post-baq so far (I applied to three) but then the thought crossed my mind that if getting another Master in the same degree is useful or if I should go for a different program (like MPH or MBA) in order to help with other options if dental schools do not pan out.
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
