<p>Hi there!
Im a junior this year and I recently decided to pursue a dental career (to be specific, an orthodontist). I really want to be admitted to ANY predental accelerated program to save the trouble of having to reapply to dental school. Im not sure which schools are way out of reach and which schools I have a decent shot at. Please give me any ideas on what predental accelerated programs would I have a good chance in! I want to go to Upenn CAS-Upenn Dental or any other program that would eventually get me to Upenn Dental (ex. Lehigh), but I would be extremely happy with any dental program.</p>
<p>First off... my academics
Freshmen year (public high school)
H English (B+)
H Bio/Lab (A)
H US History 1 (A)
H Geo (A)
Spanish 2 (B)</p>
<p>Basically its the hardest schedule possible... Now during my sophomore year I transferred to a top private school and I was given certain "restrictions" like not being able to take AP modern Euro History b/c I was new... but I made sure that I was in honors for math and science (no AP available).</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
CP English (A) (basically the History and English comes as a "package" so since I took CP History, I had to go to CP English)
CP History (A)
Precalc H (A)
Chem H (A)
Chinese 1 (A)</p>
<p>Junior year: So I aced sophomore year so they let me in AP (WOO)
AP Lit
AP US History
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
Chinese 2</p>
<p>Senior year Im planning to take:
AP modern Euro. History (This is the AP history class that I was not allowed to take during my sophomore year and I was thinking of going back and taking it... what do colleges will think of this???)
Exploring Western Jap. culture (Its a mandatory elective for English so I have to take it)
AP stat
AP Bio
Chinese 3</p>
<p>Overall, I would have taken 6 Honor classes and 7 AP classes by the time I graduate... Im not sure if this would qualify me for the most demanding course load and I have really no clue on how my GC is going to judge me since I wasn't even there freshmen year.... will she just look at my 10, 11, and 12th grade years?????</p>
<p>I didnt take the SAT yet so I cant post my results but I took the SAT 2 and got:
Math 2 (800)
Chem (750... should I retake this????)</p>
<p>Now my big question comes here: How imp. is EC for predental programs that arent really related to dental???
For example, I have a big passion for music. I play the violin and study at the Juilliard School of Music, which is one of the most famous music conservatories in the world. I have concerts all over the world, toured with some of the most famous conductors, and was published in countless numbers of newspapers all over Europe. I have also volunteered to play violin in many nonprofit organizations, and I am currently concertmaster at my school's orchestra. I have also won first prize at one of the largest international violin competitions in Lublin, Poland and many other national competitions. But with all this said, will all this even help me in get into a predental program?</p>
<p>Sorry for making this so long, but plz any suggestions or comments would really help me understand what to except...
Thanks so much!</p>