<p>I am so confused! I want to major in pre-dental, so I can go to dental school and eventually become a dentists, but yesterday, at my school's college fair, one of the school's rep told me that it would be better to major in a more general major...</p>
<p>I understand why he told me that; I can be safe later on if I decide not to become a dentist, but what do you guys think?</p>
<p>Pre-dental or Biochem, Bio, chem...etc.</p>
<p>I'm also really confused about choosing the right college! I'm blinded by school ranking; I just can't get myself to look at any colleges that either requires a low GPA or SAT score or is virtually unknown, but I know that's really limiting my choices of colleges :(</p>
<p>My reach schools are UPenn & Boston College, and my match/safety (I guess) would be Rutgers, American University, Temple, Penn State, and Baylor.</p>
<p>How are those schools? Am I on the right track?? HELP!!</p>
<p>One thing I would advise is looking at schools that will definitely accept you and/or offer money. Those that accept early will leave you happy that you’re going somewhere (it doesn’t have to be that school; it can relieve stress), and those that offer money (or are cheaper: state schools for instance) can be very important if resources are limited.</p>
<p>I’m busy deciding between colleges myself. Not fun.</p>
<p>For most medical programs, you don’t actually have to have a major called “pre-medicine”, “pre-dental”. It’s similar to law school in a way since pretty much all law students don’t actually take “pre-law” classes and major in political science, English, biology, or anything they want, really. I’ve even known fine arts students (“band geeks”) who have gone on to medical school! While there are required classes for going into a medical school, your adviser at college can tell specifically what they are called at your college and make sure that you get into it, and there is no need to actually take an Official “Pre-Dentistry” Major.</p>
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<p>They seem pretty good. The usual custom around here is to mention your grades and SAT scores (if you’re comfortable doing that, of course!) so that it’s possible for the geniuses on this forum to pretend to be able to see the future and know which schools you will get into.</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m kind of new to this whole process :P</p>
<p>I’ve heard that you can pretty much major in anything as long as you fill the req. for dental school, but I want to know which major would be the BEST, you know?</p>
<p>Ahh well, my GPA for sophomore year was 97/100, but I did really well this year, so I’m hoping it goes up :D</p>
<p>SAT scores…hmm haha
well, the first one I took was in March, and I kind of freaked out, so I ended up only getting 1860…but I have taken 2 sat prep classes simultaneously (PR & one offered at school) and I have studied rigorously at home with the blue book, so I’m hoping to surpass 2000</p>
<p>680 MATH
600 Writing
580 Critical Reading
9 Essay</p>
<p>Penn’s the only school on your list that is going to be very tough with your current SAT scores. You’d probably need to raise your SATs 300 points.</p>
<p>I take it you’re a junior. Well, you have a lot of time to bring up those SAT scores. Your main area of weakness seems to be critical reading, but with the prep courses and studying you can bring that up. If you think it’s necessary, you might want to exercise ScoreChoice; you can take your best score from multiple sittings and combine them together into one SAT score to submit to the colleges of your choice. </p>
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<p>The conventional wisdom is that the major doesn’t really matter; you should pick the major that you can get the best grades in, which usually correlates to the major that you like the most since that’s the one you’ll want to work harder on. One of the most popular majors is Biology; it’s like dentistry’s version of law students’ Political Science. Part of the reason this major is very popular is because it gives you a background in science and the flexibility in taking the required courses for getting into dentistry school. This can be compared to a major like biochemistry, which can get into medical school but if you don’t like the subject it can be tough since it is extremely rigid and planned out, living little flexibility and free time. There’s nothing wrong with it if you like biochemistry, but if you’re only taking it to impress admissions committees then it can be torture since it often leaves you no space for taking a minor that you really like. </p>
<p>(Interesting sidenote; according to the ADEA, the most successful enrollees at dental school were engineering majors! They were closely followed by, of all the things in the world, business majors and language/humanities majors! Pre-dental majors were actually among the worst of the bunch, with a percentage in the low 40s. I don’t know why, but if you’re interested in something other than biology you don’t have to be afraid that it’ll count against you.)</p>
<p>Oh yes, I know. I’m aiming for a 2100 or over. My last PR diagnostic test, I managed to hit 2010! In the blue book, I actually got 2150 I’m hoping I can keep this up, and the curve for the May SAT doesn’t bring me down too badly</p>
I’m hoping I can keep this up, and the curve for the May SAT doesn’t bring me down too badly</p>