i am a senior in 4 year college, majoring in bioengineering.
it might sound cheesy but i was not thinking of going to dental school, but my parents kept on giving me pressure to do so. so i did what i was told to do without my heart in it.
my freshman and sophmore year were terrible. my grades were very low.
i really didn't care about school, just didn't see a point in studying..
in sophmore year, i took organic chem which is required by my school if you were thinking of going to either med or dental school. I got a D and then a F.. and i recieved similar grades on most of my other classes.
i started changing in my junior year, and my grades started to go up.
it was time when i realized, i wanted to be a dentist myself.
i started to retake classes that i flunked out on, and i took the first organic chem course and got a B.
right now, as a senior, i am retaking the second organic chem, and i think i can get an A.
needless to say tho, i have to attend another year, not because my major program reguires me to, but i flunked out on many classes.
right now i am lookin at gpa of about 2.7 and if i finish this semester and my 5th year with a consistent grades as i am getting nowadays, i am looking at about 2.9 or 3.0.
i was thinking of studying DAT on my 5th year of college, and the summer after graduation, and taking it on october or so.
i do not have any volunteer work or shadowing experience.
only thing i did was work at a restaurant and a paid-intern over the summer of '09 for 2 months at a Life Science center in foreign country.
I was thinking of volunteering and shadowing in over the summer and on, while taking some more courses.
honestly, i really want to go to dental school now. not because my parents told me to do so, but it is now i who wants to go.
is there any possiblity for me to get in?
any words of advice will be greatly appriciated.
thank you for reading.
it might sound cheesy but i was not thinking of going to dental school, but my parents kept on giving me pressure to do so. so i did what i was told to do without my heart in it.
my freshman and sophmore year were terrible. my grades were very low.
i really didn't care about school, just didn't see a point in studying..
in sophmore year, i took organic chem which is required by my school if you were thinking of going to either med or dental school. I got a D and then a F.. and i recieved similar grades on most of my other classes.
i started changing in my junior year, and my grades started to go up.
it was time when i realized, i wanted to be a dentist myself.
i started to retake classes that i flunked out on, and i took the first organic chem course and got a B.
right now, as a senior, i am retaking the second organic chem, and i think i can get an A.
needless to say tho, i have to attend another year, not because my major program reguires me to, but i flunked out on many classes.
right now i am lookin at gpa of about 2.7 and if i finish this semester and my 5th year with a consistent grades as i am getting nowadays, i am looking at about 2.9 or 3.0.
i was thinking of studying DAT on my 5th year of college, and the summer after graduation, and taking it on october or so.
i do not have any volunteer work or shadowing experience.
only thing i did was work at a restaurant and a paid-intern over the summer of '09 for 2 months at a Life Science center in foreign country.
I was thinking of volunteering and shadowing in over the summer and on, while taking some more courses.
honestly, i really want to go to dental school now. not because my parents told me to do so, but it is now i who wants to go.
is there any possiblity for me to get in?
any words of advice will be greatly appriciated.
thank you for reading.
