Self-Assessment Paper
In preparation of the application process required for dentistry, listed below are the various areas related to the application that require my attention and effort, detailed with what I have completed in the past and what I plan to accomplish within the time period between now and my acceptance to dental school. GPA. GPA being one of the core aspects for determining the capability of the applicant in question, maintaining a competitive average is a must. The top schools in the nation, accepting less than 10 percent of applicants on average, set the bar for what to shoot for as an applicant. With an average admitted GPA between 3.8 and 3.4, the specific GPA that each school requires is a bit skewed. As a student with …show more content…
I’m no stranger to this practice. Starting in early middle school, I started shadowing my dentists, and as I moved towards my later high school years, I was part of an internship with a local professional in the field, and shadowing was a substantial portion of the time I spent working with him. I haven’t done much shadowing in recent years due to time constraints, and I have not compiled the entirety of the time I have invested in shadowing into one document, which is something I plan on doing in the near future as I begin to do some more shadowing. My goal for this area is have at least 250 hours by my application time, hopefully above that with the amount of past experience I have had. With about 3 years before I really dive into the process of application, the projected requirements should be about 50 hours a year minimum, a very obtainable …show more content…
I have many different hobbies and passions, and I plan to act on each of my interests to the greatest extent. Simply doing what I enjoy doing and receiving recognition and respect for these passions is the greatest way that I can diversify my application. Doing what I love to do is the best way to show that I am a complex applicant, because instead of trying to find what extracurricular activities they see frequently or “prefer”, I just have to be myself, which is much simpler to do. I plan on doing what activities I see as benefit to my myself and my character, and as long as I maintain my confidence in my accomplishments, those who review my application will see the
In preparation of the application process required for dentistry, listed below are the various areas related to the application that require my attention and effort, detailed with what I have completed in the past and what I plan to accomplish within the time period between now and my acceptance to dental school. GPA. GPA being one of the core aspects for determining the capability of the applicant in question, maintaining a competitive average is a must. The top schools in the nation, accepting less than 10 percent of applicants on average, set the bar for what to shoot for as an applicant. With an average admitted GPA between 3.8 and 3.4, the specific GPA that each school requires is a bit skewed. As a student with …show more content…
I’m no stranger to this practice. Starting in early middle school, I started shadowing my dentists, and as I moved towards my later high school years, I was part of an internship with a local professional in the field, and shadowing was a substantial portion of the time I spent working with him. I haven’t done much shadowing in recent years due to time constraints, and I have not compiled the entirety of the time I have invested in shadowing into one document, which is something I plan on doing in the near future as I begin to do some more shadowing. My goal for this area is have at least 250 hours by my application time, hopefully above that with the amount of past experience I have had. With about 3 years before I really dive into the process of application, the projected requirements should be about 50 hours a year minimum, a very obtainable …show more content…
I have many different hobbies and passions, and I plan to act on each of my interests to the greatest extent. Simply doing what I enjoy doing and receiving recognition and respect for these passions is the greatest way that I can diversify my application. Doing what I love to do is the best way to show that I am a complex applicant, because instead of trying to find what extracurricular activities they see frequently or “prefer”, I just have to be myself, which is much simpler to do. I plan on doing what activities I see as benefit to my myself and my character, and as long as I maintain my confidence in my accomplishments, those who review my application will see the