ellemccormick Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 Dalhousie is my top school and I'm nearly done the prerequisites. I did terrible my first year and slightly less terrible my second year but I met with an advisor who told me that the last two years of your undergrad are the grades they really look at. My third year was good BUT I had a C- and an C in two out the ten classes I took. Those courses I took were not as relevant courses to the field of dentistry (philosophy of religion & personality psychology) but the courses I did well in were relevant courses (organic chem, cell & molecular, biochem, etc.). Although they're not as important as the other ones it's still a bad grade nonetheless and I feel like they would see that as me not being able to handle my work. Has anyone that has applied to Dalhousie and gotten in had the same issue? Do I still have a chance? How selective are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 I believe Dal looks at past 2 years and the top 3 prerequisite high science courses. I think they also look at ECs So work on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qainhtis Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Spoken with numerous dentists who went to Dalhousie, including a few who had close ties to the admissions committee. They all had one common thing to say, and that is that your grades are the MOST important aspect. Be wary that the average GPA of accepted students being listed at 3.7 is misleading. This includes the 10-14 Americans (out of a class of 38) who were accepted, and they’re admission requirements are really low. Some of them have like 3.4 GPAs on 4.0 scale (or even lower). Whereas for Canadian residents it is much more competitive, and usually a 3.8+ (on 4.0 scale) is competitive and serves as the cutoff. Again this is only for your most recent 60 credit hours (aka 2 years of study), every course in those credit hours is considered, with special focus on the higher science courses (biochem, physiology, and microbio). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denthopeful2019 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 If I am taking a few courses for my master's program, would they be included in GPA calculation? It's not full course load... just wondering as i am not performing as well in those as I did in undergraduate, which is to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fentist Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 does the last 60 credits for gpa calculation include summer courses? Also does anyone know how a masters is factored into a dal application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyWearPrada Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 7/1/2018 at 4:42 PM, Xbox Skully said: I believe Dal looks at past 2 years and the top 3 prerequisite high science courses. I think they also look at ECs So work on those. Hey, what do you mean by "top 3 perquisite higher science courses"? Which courses do they look at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juzchill Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, LiveLifeToTheMaxillary said: Hey, what do you mean by "top 3 perquisite higher science courses"? Which courses do they look at? Physiology, biochemistry and microbiology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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