UMN vs VCU vs MCPHS

Hi, I’m a future International Student for Fall 2020.

I’m so concerned about which university I should go to.

I have applied for dental hygiene major with the pre-dental program in two schools.

One is VCU and the other is MCPHS.

Also, I have applied to the University of Minnesota with a BIology major.

Since my dream is to become a dentist, my plan for VCU and MCPHS was to be a dental hygienist first then go to a dental school and become a dentist.

For Minnesota, get a bachelor’s degree and go to dental school.

I have no idea which way would be better for me to become a dentist, or which university has a better program, or which state is safer, or which school has a better dorm, or are people good, or is it convenient to live, and on…
(also is it hard to study?)

(I have relatives in Minnesota and I have lived there for 2 years)
(((For VCU I got $12000 renewable scholarship and for MCPHS I got $10000 per year.)))

Can someone help me???
PLEASE;(

How soon will you have a green card?

If you won’t have a green card by the time you finish a dental hygiene program, chances are you won’t be able to find permanent work here. You need to make certain that a dental hygiene program in the US will qualify you to work in your own country.

Likewise with dentistry. Don’t plan on studying that here unless you can get a license to practice in your own country.

You do not need a degree in dental hygiene to go to dental school. You can major in whatever you want, provided you take the required pre-dental classes. If you still want the dental hygiene training, make certain that the program includes all of the pre-dental coursework.

The amount of the scholarship doesn’t matter. What matters is your cost after the scholarship. Here is a good calculator: https://finaid.org/calculators/awardletter.phtml Sit down with whoever is helping you pay for your education, and run your numbers.

Wishing you all the best!

Biology at UMN would be better than Dental Hygiene.
Dental Hygiene is usually a vocational 2-year degree that’s unrelated to being a dentist.