<p>Hi,
I was a biology student in my Intermediate education in India (equivalent 11th and 12th grades here in US). Then I got a Bachelors degree in Computer Applications (3yrs course) and later Masters degree in Information Systems (2 yrs course) from an Indian university. I complete my masters in 2003 and then came to US and started working as a software professional since 2005 till date. But lately I am not satisfied with my career as a software engineer and I want to pursue Dentistry as medicine has always been my interest.</p>
<p>The pre-requisites for Dental school admissions ask for DAT score along with the undergrad GPA score. I am going to get my indian merit cards evaluated by IACE (International Academic Credential Evaluators Inc.) and find out my equivalent GPA scores.</p>
<p>But my question is ... Will my bachelors and masters scores that are more than 10 years old be valued for Dental school admission now? or should i do all the required courses again before going for DAT entrance test?</p>
<p>Your quick response will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Regards,
Sharanya.</p>
<p>If you did not have the pre-dent coursework while an undergrad (usually at least one year each of biology and physics with labs, one year of calculus, and two years of chemistry with labs) you will need to complete those courses before applying to dental school. Read through the admissions requirements for the programs you are interested, and ask their recommendations for this type of post-baccalaureate studies.</p>
<p>If you did complete all or part of the pre-dent series during your bachelor and/or master degree programs, ask the dental schools whether you need to update any of the coursework. You probably won’t need to. However, some serious review would be called for on your part before you take the DAT.</p>
<p>When you do apply to dental school, they will need official transcripts for your university-level studies no matter how old those records are. How they choose to interpret those records is entirely up to each dental school. You will need to ask each of them how important your old records are.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best as you change your career!</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your detailed response… i appreciate it.</p>