<p>Hi everyone! I need a lot of advice and help as to my future career as either a dentist (which I would most want to do), Pharmacist, or Physician Assistant. I am about to finish my 3rd year of UCLA as a psychology major. I have taken a lot of psychology classes, but have always come up short with my science classes (some semesters I was late, others didn't quite fit into my schedule). Now I have essentially "woken up" and realized that I am pretty behind on my science classes. </p>
<p>For Dental School, you need:</p>
<p>General biology and lab (1 year)
General physics and lab (1 year)
Inorganic/general chemistry and lab (1 year)
Organic chemistry and lab (1 year)
English composition (1 year<strong>)
Philosophy, history or fine arts (1 year</strong>)</p>
<p>This is the problem: I still need to take ALL of my General Biology's, physic's, General Chem and Organic Chem. I estimated that this will take another year or TWO (I would have to take one year off for dentistry, possibly 2). </p>
<p>My question is: considering the load I have to take on, including the DAT and shadowing, etc. WHAT SHOULD I DO?! What do you recommend is the best route for me considering I am behind on mostly ALL of my science classses and I now want to pursue dentistry. Should I pursue Pharmacy or PA instead? I really want to ideally take only 1 year off to finish my classes, so is this a realistic solution? </p>
<p>I really appreciate all the help and advice I can get. Thank you so much for your time!</p>