GPA

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Your GPA is the biggest single determinant of success in gaining admission into Dental, Medical or any other professional schools. But how your GPA turns out, after 3- or 4-years of undergraduate school, largely hangs on what kind of undergraduate program you choose. That is, one should think: “what kind of undergraduate program should I choose to maximize my chances of securing the highest GPA possible?” This question has to be addressed based on the individual characters, intellectual abilities and academic interests of each applicant. Thus, there are no one-size-fits- all answers and each student should start planning, in later years of high school, to strategically choose the best program that best fits your overall character. Most Dental schools do not require applicants to choose any specific undergraduate programs of study and, consequently, do not give priority to any particular program over another. Most students choose a variety of biological/life sciences, as a “logical” approach to dentistry, as dentistry, itself, is a field of health sciences. Biological/life sciences are just one of the many choices that all applicants can make in order to qualify for admission into dental schools in the US and Canada. As, mentioned before, there are no “right” or “wrong” programs to follow to qualify for dental school. The “right” program for every single applicant should be the program that gets her/him the highest GPA possible- and that is the bottom line. Currently, to have any chance of gaining admission into Canadian dental schools, you need a GPA of at least 3.85/4.0 and above 3.6/4.0 for the US.