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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / April 2007Transcripts for entrance into Dental school
Transcripts for entrance into Dental school I am applying to dental school this upcoming year. I took General Chemistry 5 years ago during the summer and unfortunately go low grades. I am currently in a post-baccalaureate program. I have taken all my sciences including general chemistry and organic chemistry. I have a 4.0 overall average in all my courses. I know you are supposed to send in all your transcripts from every school, but do I actually have to send in the transcripts from the other school where I only took Chemistry and received low grades? I was wondering if I have to send them in and what would happen if I didn't send them in. Also, since I took general chemistry and organic chemistry at the same time in my post-bacc program, it looks like if I didn't send in the other transcripts that I took organic before I finished general chemistry. I just need some advice. Thank you On Apr 21, 11:51 pm, Sbcr...@gmail.com wrote: > Transcripts for entrance into Dental school > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > transcripts that I took organic before I finished general chemistry. > I just need some advice. Thank you You need to contact the dental school, not an internat web site. Most of the dentists here have graduated from dental school for a while, and they may not remember what they have done 10-20 years ago. A good applicant to dental school not only need good grades and a strong DAT score. Many time you need to show a strong desire to be a dentist. So I bet they will love to talk to you....I visit my school many times before and during my application, I believed this has help me a great deal on my application in 1994. Good luck > Most > of the dentists here have graduated from dental school for a while, > and they may not remember what they have done 10-20 years ago. Right...... Most of us are lucky to remember last week. We are getting pretty old. The truth is that school policies and personnel change. What worked for me in Kansas City 30 years ago, might not work for someone in Chicago today. D Very true, but since that course is a requirement for application, the school will need to see the transcript. Dental schools are more concerned with the GPA of the last 3-4 years, than what a student earned prior to that. Average GPA of the new freshman class at my alma mater is 3.64.  Signature/ Amatus / > >> Most [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > D > Very true, but since that course is a requirement for application, the > school will need to see the transcript. Dental schools are more concerned > with the GPA of the last 3-4 years, than what a student earned prior to > that. > > Average GPA of the new freshman class at my alma mater is 3.64. My second semester of my freshman year was a 0.9! Dropped out a year or so. Since I graduated with a 3.55, the emphasis on the last 2-3 years was true in the old days. (raising grades that low isn't easy) Steve Fawks My first term (freshman year) was about 2.0 average. Dropped out of college for 4 years to go through an apprenticeship. Returned to college and brought the GPA up to 3.88. Dental school definitely looks at the most recent grades first. Signature/ Amatus / > >> Very true, but since that course is a requirement for application, the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Steve Fawks |
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