Colleges for a future dentist?

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<p>Hey everyone, can you take a look at this and recommend some schools, espicially safeties, and realistic reaches</p>

<p>Race/Gender: White male</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 3.6 Unweighted, 4.23 Weighted, ranked 20/330 (top 6%) </p>

<p>School: Medium sized public school in MA, usually sends top 3 or 4 to Ivy</p>

<p>Rigor: Hardest courseload possible at school, 4 APs (school only offers 5, and must take them Senior Year), 19 Honors courses</p>

<p>SAT I: 2140 (750M, 680V, 710W)</p>

<p>SAT II: US History 680, Chem 700, Math II 660</p>

<p>ECs: 2 clubs with leadership positions, 4 years baseball, 2 years soccer, 2 years indoor track (injury :/), 400 hrs community service, co-host of popular local television talk show </p>

<p>Work Experience: Senior referee and senior umpire for youth basketball and baseball since 7th grade, worked at various baseball camps</p>

<p>Type of school: Any school that is east of the Mississippi but preferrably near East Coast</p>

<p>Possible Major: From the title you can see that I want to go ot Dental School, but I am not sure of my major, either chemistry, engineering, or history</p>

<p>Current List:</p>

<p>Safeties: WPI, Fordham (EA, safety/match)
Match: Villanova (EA), Wake Forest (my current 1st choice), Lafayette, Holy Cross(legacy), Richmond
Reach: Boston College</p>

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<p>I think your list looks pretty good already. It seems highly likely that you’ll get into all of your matches as well as safeties. Even BC seems like a possibility.</p>

<p>However, on the note of adding another safety, if your top choice is Wake Forest, schools like UGA, Clemson, and Tennessee could work (similar feel). For another reach, how about William and Mary?</p>

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<p>BC is not a reach. High match at most ide say</p>

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<p>Holy Cross has a great premed/predental program and is also Jesuit like BC, and is just 30 miles west of BC (in Worcester). Holy Cross is older than BC and is also run by the New England Province of Jesuits. Holy Cross is much smaller (2700) and is the oldest Catholic college in New England. Submitting SATs are optional for the admissions process at HC.</p>

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<p>University of the Pacific 5 year Dental Program (2+3)</p>

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<p>I know Case Western has a 6 year dental program (2 in undergrad, 4 in dental), or an 8 year if you want a full undergrad experience.</p>

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<p>you should be very competitive at most college…and btw i personally think that bc is match for you…i wanna throw some ivies+tufts+jhu+umd-cp+uva</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the feedback!</p>

<p>I was on the fence about applying to BC, mainly because so many kids in my HS are applying, but now I definetely will</p>

<p>I was thinking of adding two more reaches from this list, which do you guys think I have the best chance at?</p>

<p>UNC (OOS)
UVA (same)
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Tufts</p>

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<p>My stats were similar to yours and I got into Holy Cross, BC, and Notre Dame and was wait listed at Tufts and ultimately did get in but went to HC just because I really loved the campus and liked being 45 minutes from home (big baby I know). I wasn’t as enthralled with Tufts’ campus but I know it is an excellent school. I think I was also attracted to the small school feel of HC as compared to BC. BC was attractive due to Chesnut Hill location but I just liked the overall feel and architecture of HC. Worcester location was a negative for HC.</p>

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<p>What about University of Rochester? I think they have a combined degree program, and it’s a pretty sweet school. There are very few course requirments out of you major, and it is also somewhat selective/well-known. </p>

<p>Rochester is like 2 hours from Buffalo, and both cities are not as lame as those not cool enough to live in an area where it often snows in October are telling you lol</p>

<p>Not sure how competitive the combined program is, but you look excellent for regular admissions.</p>

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<p>University of the Pacific is the perfect pre-dent school. Accelerated programs of 2, 3, or 4 + 3yrs. (Dental school goes through summer, so it is only 3 yrs.) Even though it’s on the west coast, the dental school is in San Francisco, which is a really fun city, and Stockton (for undergrad) is close to both Sacramento and San Fran.</p>

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<p>It actually doesn’t matter where you go for undergrad. When my D was considering the dental field, we researched the undergrad colleges of students currently in dental school. What we found surprised us … students were from ALL KINDS of undergrad schools. The info we found indicated that the undergrad college matters little. The undergrad major is also irrelevant. DAT score is important, of course … so a college with a great health careers advising department or even a pre-dent club would be good choices … but even this is not a necessity. You can research what is needed yourself. The internet has loads of great info!</p>

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<p>Good to hear Kelsmom, because some of the schools I am interested are more known for their business or humanities programs and not necessarily the sciences. Also now I can pick a major in a subject I enjoy rather than restricting myself to a science field.</p>

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<p>Just make sure you plan properly & get your prereq’s in. There are certain science classes you need to have for dental school. Also, you will have to take the DAT (junior year, I think). I would guess getting the science courses in before you take it would be wise.</p>

<p>I think you are wise to study something that interests you. A majority of students who enter college thinking they will be doctors or dentists do not actually ever become doctors or dentists. It’s not that they “can’t” go into these fields; they choose to do something else. My daughter is one of those students! She realized that she is good in science, but she doesn’t actually “like” it. That got her to thinking about what she DOES like … and now she is moving in a totally different direction with her education. </p>

<p>If you end up going to dental school, having studied something else makes you more well-rounded … if you choose not to go to dental school, you will be set with an alternate career. </p>

<p>And if it helps, the pre-health adviser at Vanderbilt told us that med schools like non-science majors!</p>

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<p>I’m not sure, but I seem to recall that UConn has one of the most highly rated dental schools in the country and they may also have a combined b.s/d.m.d. program. Check it out.</p>

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<p>^I was right. Here you go: [Combined</a> Degree Programs at the UConn School of Dental Medicine](<a href=“http://sdm.uchc.edu/predoctoral/combineddegree/index.shtml#babs]Combined”>http://sdm.uchc.edu/predoctoral/combineddegree/index.shtml#babs)</p>