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How to find colleges that will help me for my future career goal on being a dentist?
Im not sure how to achieve this goal, so I need help since im in high school and taking AP bio to help me advance to my goal. But im not sure if I need to take more science courses in high school?
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Michelle’s Answer
Hello, Kelly !
You seem to be on the right track with focusing on human and health sciences in high school. You should continue your high school studies with all of the human sciences you can possibly take for a good foundation. Take the sciences until you graduate high school. Once in college as an undergraduate, you can major in one of the human sciences, too, which will help you in Dental School.
In order to find a college that has a strong health and human science program for your Bachelors Degree, it's just a matter of reading about various colleges at their websites. Decide what location you want to attend school at and start from there, reading the different science programs at each college. Since you would be the one making the choice, first hand exploring would be the best way. You can even visit the colleges and meet with some staff and students in the science departments and get a feel for each campus.
I know people that went to NYU Dental School and it seems to be the best one in NYC, but their acceptance rate is low at 11%. If you keep your grades up and become involved in the community, that may increase your chances of getting into NYU as a dental student. But NYU is not the only dental school in New York City.
Explore Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Touro College of Dental Medicine. Decide if you want to study locally or relocate for Dental School and explore other colleges based on that. If you want to take some dentistry focused learning, you can go to Class Central online and consider some of their classes that would bring dentistry to light for you. I have left the link to the classes below. This will give you a sneak peak into dentistry before you graduate high school. There are also some cool videos on You Tube that will be helpful in teaching you about Dentistry and I have left a list of those videos for you below.
Familiarize yourself with the American Dental Association and their informative website. I have left the link for that below. You can start reading about the field now which will add to a strong foundation for your future studies.
My advice is to keep taking the sciences, achieve good grades but don't try to rush things. Take it a step at a time. It is a process and you will get to dental school before you know it. There's a lot to learn and you should enjoy and savor each progression.
Best wishes to you every step of the way towards your goals !
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION https://www.ada.org/
DENTISTRY COURSES ONLINE https://www.classcentral.com/subject/dentistry
DENTAL INSTUCTION ON YOU TUBE (VIDEOS) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Introduction+to+Dentistry
You seem to be on the right track with focusing on human and health sciences in high school. You should continue your high school studies with all of the human sciences you can possibly take for a good foundation. Take the sciences until you graduate high school. Once in college as an undergraduate, you can major in one of the human sciences, too, which will help you in Dental School.
In order to find a college that has a strong health and human science program for your Bachelors Degree, it's just a matter of reading about various colleges at their websites. Decide what location you want to attend school at and start from there, reading the different science programs at each college. Since you would be the one making the choice, first hand exploring would be the best way. You can even visit the colleges and meet with some staff and students in the science departments and get a feel for each campus.
I know people that went to NYU Dental School and it seems to be the best one in NYC, but their acceptance rate is low at 11%. If you keep your grades up and become involved in the community, that may increase your chances of getting into NYU as a dental student. But NYU is not the only dental school in New York City.
Explore Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Touro College of Dental Medicine. Decide if you want to study locally or relocate for Dental School and explore other colleges based on that. If you want to take some dentistry focused learning, you can go to Class Central online and consider some of their classes that would bring dentistry to light for you. I have left the link to the classes below. This will give you a sneak peak into dentistry before you graduate high school. There are also some cool videos on You Tube that will be helpful in teaching you about Dentistry and I have left a list of those videos for you below.
Familiarize yourself with the American Dental Association and their informative website. I have left the link for that below. You can start reading about the field now which will add to a strong foundation for your future studies.
My advice is to keep taking the sciences, achieve good grades but don't try to rush things. Take it a step at a time. It is a process and you will get to dental school before you know it. There's a lot to learn and you should enjoy and savor each progression.
Best wishes to you every step of the way towards your goals !
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Steven’s Answer
You do NOT have to take more science classes in high school. You don't say what year of study you are in, but if you're taking AP courses it's likely you're in or approaching your junior year. Your high school courses should aim you toward admission at a good college. You will see the requirements for dental school admission on the dental school websites. They may differ in detail, but generally include a year of general chemistry, a year of organic chemistry, general bio and a year of physics, which will probably require a sequence of math/calculus courses. However, if you can complete these specific requirements, you need not be a major in physical or life sciences (though it may be easier to fulfill these requirements if you do major in the sciences).
Unless you plan to live at home during dental school, you can cast your net far wider than just schools in NY. (I went to NYUCD when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and lived at home. This made things considerably more affordable. But NYU is one of the more expensive schools out there. I honestly don't know what the financial aid landscape is like these days, but you have time to figure that out).
Good luck!
Unless you plan to live at home during dental school, you can cast your net far wider than just schools in NY. (I went to NYUCD when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and lived at home. This made things considerably more affordable. But NYU is one of the more expensive schools out there. I honestly don't know what the financial aid landscape is like these days, but you have time to figure that out).
Good luck!