From 0 to 25, I strictly wanted a dog. Except for one hermit crab and a few fish, I never had a pet growing up. Remember those assignments in elementary school you’d do every year where you had to write a persuasive letter? Well, I always wrote mine addressed to my parents on Why We Should Get A Dog…
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Thank you for your advice, but that doesn’t apply to me 🙃
At one of my interviews, we had the opportunity to ask a panel of current students for their opinions of their own school and advice for dental school in general. One of…
Life’s Hard Add being a student to the mix and you’re a walking, talking ball of stress. Or, at least I am. I’ve found professional therapy to be beneficial in helping me become more resilient and mindful, especially during stressful stretches of life. In this post, I want to share with you the methods that
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For me, I’d guess at least one hundred times. Getting into dental school is no easy feat. According to the ADEA 2017-18 Survey of Dental Education Report, 5.1% of students who submit applications enroll in a program. With…
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I’ll admit it: this is intimidating.
Putting my successes and failures out for everyone to see is a bit daunting. Showing the how many schools I applied to and their final decisions is important, though. People only talk about their highlights, so I believe that…
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They like you on paper. Now it’s time to show them how awesome you are in person.
Congratulations on scoring an interview invite to a dental school!
Getting an invitation to interview is a huge step toward reaching your goal of becoming a dentist. You’ve already put in the hard work of getting a high GPA…
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In my post about focusing on studying, I mentioned how I love study with me videos. I thought I’d share two of my own that I made. One I did while preparing for the DAT: And one while working on a blog post: Let’s focus together!
I majored in Polish, the language that 0.5% of the world speaks and has nothing to do with dentistry.Doesn’t it seem like every pre-dental student studies biology? Sometimes I felt self-conscious telling people my major, not only because it’s an uncommon area of study, but because it isn’t a stereotypical pre-health…
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Living and breathing all things dental sealed the deal. My road to dental school was circuitous. When I headed off to college, dentistry wan’t even on my radar. In fact, I never classified myself as a science person and instead gravitated toward art, languages, and history. Like other students, college served as a time to
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Getting an interview invite from a school is so exciting! It means they like who you are on paper and now want to see how you’d fit in with their class. Once you literally have your foot in the School of Dental Medicine’s door, you have the whole interview day to show students and faculty
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