Want to be a dentist

<p>Im only a freshmen and my GPA is around 3.3</p>

<p>I was thinking about going to BC and then to the Dental school</p>

<p>But Boston college seems to be a lil too hard for me to get in...</p>

<p>so PLEASE give me some advice about college and what course i should take,,</p>

<p>is 3.3 too low? </p>

<p>And im in a private school which makes me more hard to get a good GPA .. what is good about going to private? i can probably go to public and take more honors? </p>

<p>PS I live in New England</p>

<p>focus on raising the GPA. you're only a freshman, so you have a lot of time. because when you're a junior and you're looking more intensely at colleges, a lot more options are going to arise. and you're going to kick yourself if your GPA is still a 3.3, so you might as well ameliorate that potential problem now.</p>

<p>See if you can start shadowing a dentist now. Could be a good resource in the future...but definitely get that GPA up.</p>

<p>you should worry about raising your gpa first, then start whatever.</p>

<p>well im having hard time bring my GPA up.. as the forth quater goes... my grades are worse.. well right now im trying to do Ministry campus which you help out school evants and new freshmen incomes next year and.. blah blah i heard it would look good on my college aplications.. but would this really help? since im dont really stand out with my GPA i am thinking to do a lot of activities... such as soccer, track and I have a good chance of being a captin of the team by the senior year or even junior year, piano, Ministry campus and thinking of doing a lot of Community survice whenever i am able to drive..</p>

<p>would this actually help? if so how much?
How can i actually get a good grades in school...</p>

<p>thank you</p>

<p>Okay, you can still be a dentist, so don't think that is out of reach, and I know from personal experience that my grades went up the busier I was up to a certain point because I managed my time better.</p>

<p>The thing is you don't have to go to someplace like BC to get into dental school. I have no idea what admissions to BC are like, but don't think that if you can't get in there you can't finish your dreams of being a dentist.</p>

<p>The first concern is of course grades, because that is pretty much the best thing colleges have to judge you on at this point. Getting involved is encouraged and remember you still have the opportunities (lots) left to do well on the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. I personally never applied to selective colleges, but I imagine that like medical schools they favor the well rounded. Try to do the best that you can in your classes, find things that you are really passionate about doing and will really be into for the coming years (that will make them more fun). Try, and this will be hard, to cut down on the time spent online and playing video games. You still have a lot of time left, and you are getting a really early start on looking at colleges, but because it is so early, be open to your possibilities. Talk to your parents about what they can realistically afford and how close they would like you to be to home and that sort of stuff. Come up with a list of schools (and think big - nationwide including state schools) that fit with what you are looking for (Div I sports, fraternities and sororities, campus size, campus location, and so on) and start visiting places that work with your criteria. </p>

<p>Again you have a long ways, but the work you do now will be important in a couple of years, so don't slack off now.</p>