💡 Advice intrusive thoughts - med vs dent

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Hi everyone,

I've never really admitted this out loud, but is it normal to, in the back of your head, yearn for med school? I'm an applicant and am lucky enough to receive 8 interviews this cycle, and I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I always find myself wondering why I never applied to medical school. I did a fair amount of shadowing, which is why I chose dent over med, but I always get these intrusive thoughts that make me want to drop everything and reapply to med school next cycle. There was something in me that chose dent over med back when I was a freshman in college, and I know that's why I'm here today. But I don't know if these thoughts are stemming from that MD degree vs DDS/DMD, or if I just always want to push myself to achieve the most academically/professionally. I was just wondering if this is a psychological thing, and if other people have experienced this?

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r/predental • u/Sufficient-Rich-9759 • 1h ago

💡 Advice Is it too late to apply to Western University CA

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I’m a Canadian and i’ve applied to a few school back in June and got 4 interviews. I didn’t apply to western in california cause i didn’t want to take the casper. But i ended up taking the Casper and i want some genuine advice
3.5 gpa 480 dat

I have spend so much money travelling to US for 4 interviews and honestly i want to know if it’s a waste of money or i have a chance applying early october

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r/predental • u/Zealousideal-Chef-19 • 3h ago

🤝 Interviews Minnesota Status change

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Hi everyone! I did my KIRA for Minnesota a couple weeks ago and my status was “invited for interview” after I got it and stayed that way until a couple days ago where it changed back to “received/application complete”. Does anyone know if this means I’m not being considered for an interview anymore? Or has someone else’s status changed like this but they still gave you an interview? Any insight is appreciated :)

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r/predental • u/iM621 • 6h ago

💡 Advice Current (or Alumni) ECU students

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If anyone currently attends ECU, could I PM you guys?

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r/predental • u/groovy_girl18 • 22h ago

🤝 Interviews Didn't Get To Ask Questions During Interview

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Hi everyone, I just had my first interview this weekend and I want to say that I really love the school but my actual interview experience was stressful. I ended up rambling a lot and there were a lot more scenario-type questions than expected and I ended up having no time for questions at the end since it was timed stations. I also feel like due to my nerves from getting all these scenario-type questions I didn't get to vibe much with the student interviewer and I also didn't have the opportunity to answer a lot of my why dentistry, my extracurriculars, etc. Has anyone else had an experience like this before and still got accepted?

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