What average mark should I be getting to be a dentist?!
Question: My name is Danny living in Calgary, Alberta.
I'm currently grade 8.
I want to be a dentist later, but I don't know what average I should be getting. My average is 87 right now.
So here are my questions:
1) When I'm in high school, what is the least mark I have to get to go into the dental course in universities?
2) Is the mark I get in Jr. high important?
3) What do you think is the appropriate mark I should be getting right now?
4) What core subjects are the most important?
Please, help me out!
Thank you.
Answers: My name is Danny living in Calgary, Alberta.
I'm currently grade 8.
I want to be a dentist later, but I don't know what average I should be getting. My average is 87 right now.
So here are my questions:
1) When I'm in high school, what is the least mark I have to get to go into the dental course in universities?
2) Is the mark I get in Jr. high important?
3) What do you think is the appropriate mark I should be getting right now?
4) What core subjects are the most important?
Please, help me out!
Thank you.
Study hard. Both US and Canadian dental schools require high grades. You should also develop hand skills such as carving. Use wood or chalk to carve. Dentistry requires hand skills as well as brains. You have an equal chance to go to school in either the US or Canada. If you can't get into a Canadian school , try a private US school. When you get to college, take a predental curriculum. Get good at math, physics, chemistry and biology. A B is the minimum to aim for. Jr high and high school is to prepare you with good study habits. Do as well as you can. College will be the decider. **** Luck
DDS 32 years
you have to go to a Dentistry College after you graduate. I'd hope you'd get A's and some B's. i wouldn't want someone who's failing out of school to be my doctor or dentist.
I don't know about 1,2 or 3 but you should work to the best of your ability as the study is good practice for learning more complicated things later on. As for 4 I'd imagine if the US is anything like the UK you'd need a very strong grounding in biology and chemistry and other difficult subjects like physics, maths or whatever would also improve your chances.
I'm just glad to see someone so young with such drive to become a dentist. I'm sure with diligence and hard work you'll go far =D