Hello all,
I have a few questions about podiatry schools that I really, really need help with. Please take a moment to look through my long thread. I appreciate any advice/comments.
I am an international student; this is currently my senior year and for the past four year I have been a Pre-Dental. Now my situation is a bit different. I have never shadowed podiatrists in my undergrad years(mainly because there is no podiatric clubs at my school that motivated my attendance; for me the profession was relatively unknown - sorry if this offended anyone). However, it all changed when I started shadowing a podiatrist for the first time...
And now I really, really wanted to be a podiatrist(let's just leave it at that no ranting hahah). Don't get me wrong; I still like dentistry. However, I myself understands that I had average if not minimal hand skills. I love the aspects and community involvement of dentistry, but I can't seem to see myself excel in the field in the future. I don't know if I would be happy with a career i'm not good at.
A little specs about myself :
International student F1 - Asian
Senior majoring in Biology/ minoring in Chemistry
GPA: 4.0
Dental Admission Score(DAT) : 22 Total Science/21 Academic Average/ 21 Perceptual Skills (this put me among 90-94% for each section)
Involvement in various clubs: VP for Student Government Association, VP for International Club, Treasurer for Biological Honor Society and Secretary for Pre-Dental Society. All clubs I have been involved in 2 years or more.
I work part-time as tutor/teaching assistant for chems/ Peer-leader/Freshman and International Student Councilors. In the summer, I mainly worked as Theater Usher+Manager and Tutoring. All my work history has consistency each with more than 2 years. All works were on campus as international students are not allowed to work off campus.
My questions:
1. What school will accept my DAT scores? I know Temple and NYCPM will. But other schools clearly state they will accept MCAT. Will there be any exceptions? I really don't want to focus my last semester on MCAT because I want to spend more time figuring out what I like and more time with friends in the last semester.
2. Will the scholarships named on the schools website be applicable to international students? I know a lot of school require students to be permanent residence to receive those scholarships. I wonder if there are any restrictions for me here as well. Also if you don't mind, how much are they willing to assist ???(Just for a record I want to keep ahead and plan my future education).
3. My aunt is a Texas dentist and she would like to help me with co-signing any loans. Does anyone know if the schools they are in have a program to lend money to international students with co-signer. I don't want to borrow shark loans at all. I do have enough money for the first 2-3 years but everything after that is a blur. My dad passed away in my freshman year(yep that's right it happened when I was 9000~ miles away) made it all the more difficult. I was very motivated in my undergrad life because of his passing.
4. IS IT TOO LATE? I don't see any days for application early/late submission on any websites at all. This confuses me greatly. Medical and dental applications always open in June 1 and the deadline for podiatry school is somewhere like APRIL>>????? I just started shadowing the podiatrist too. I need more shadowing time. This is nerve-wracking. Also, does the application/interview process also take a year like dental/med school's ?
Please leave any advice or inbox me if you can. I greatly appreciate any helps from your guys.
Have a blessed day!
I have a few questions about podiatry schools that I really, really need help with. Please take a moment to look through my long thread. I appreciate any advice/comments.
I am an international student; this is currently my senior year and for the past four year I have been a Pre-Dental. Now my situation is a bit different. I have never shadowed podiatrists in my undergrad years(mainly because there is no podiatric clubs at my school that motivated my attendance; for me the profession was relatively unknown - sorry if this offended anyone). However, it all changed when I started shadowing a podiatrist for the first time...
And now I really, really wanted to be a podiatrist(let's just leave it at that no ranting hahah). Don't get me wrong; I still like dentistry. However, I myself understands that I had average if not minimal hand skills. I love the aspects and community involvement of dentistry, but I can't seem to see myself excel in the field in the future. I don't know if I would be happy with a career i'm not good at.
A little specs about myself :
International student F1 - Asian
Senior majoring in Biology/ minoring in Chemistry
GPA: 4.0
Dental Admission Score(DAT) : 22 Total Science/21 Academic Average/ 21 Perceptual Skills (this put me among 90-94% for each section)
Involvement in various clubs: VP for Student Government Association, VP for International Club, Treasurer for Biological Honor Society and Secretary for Pre-Dental Society. All clubs I have been involved in 2 years or more.
I work part-time as tutor/teaching assistant for chems/ Peer-leader/Freshman and International Student Councilors. In the summer, I mainly worked as Theater Usher+Manager and Tutoring. All my work history has consistency each with more than 2 years. All works were on campus as international students are not allowed to work off campus.
My questions:
1. What school will accept my DAT scores? I know Temple and NYCPM will. But other schools clearly state they will accept MCAT. Will there be any exceptions? I really don't want to focus my last semester on MCAT because I want to spend more time figuring out what I like and more time with friends in the last semester.
2. Will the scholarships named on the schools website be applicable to international students? I know a lot of school require students to be permanent residence to receive those scholarships. I wonder if there are any restrictions for me here as well. Also if you don't mind, how much are they willing to assist ???(Just for a record I want to keep ahead and plan my future education).
3. My aunt is a Texas dentist and she would like to help me with co-signing any loans. Does anyone know if the schools they are in have a program to lend money to international students with co-signer. I don't want to borrow shark loans at all. I do have enough money for the first 2-3 years but everything after that is a blur. My dad passed away in my freshman year(yep that's right it happened when I was 9000~ miles away) made it all the more difficult. I was very motivated in my undergrad life because of his passing.
4. IS IT TOO LATE? I don't see any days for application early/late submission on any websites at all. This confuses me greatly. Medical and dental applications always open in June 1 and the deadline for podiatry school is somewhere like APRIL>>????? I just started shadowing the podiatrist too. I need more shadowing time. This is nerve-wracking. Also, does the application/interview process also take a year like dental/med school's ?
Please leave any advice or inbox me if you can. I greatly appreciate any helps from your guys.
Have a blessed day!