NonTraditional Student Dental School Acceptance

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D1 Chris Hudson shares his journey to dental school with tips, advice and the successful actions he utilized to gain acceptance to dental school at Univ of PENN.
In this episode you will learn the following:
1- Why Dentistry
2- How he prepared for the DAT *
3- List of Dental Schools and why/how he put them on the list
4- the BIGGEST challenge
5- How he made his final decision on the accepted schools
BONUS:
6- What he would do differently and TIPS / advice for pre-dents
For more questions, Std Dr Chris can be reached here:
IG @c_huds72
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How to Register for the DAT & Get the best score:
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[@TheJules315]

As a non-traditional applicant this cycle, this is timely and so encouraging! Thank you for sharing and creating a platform for these types of conversations.

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

you are very welcome! let me know if you have any questions > [e-mail]

[@Liya_Marie]

This is so encouraging. I had to pause my journey because of a sick parent, but I’m still motivated and cannot wait to pick back up where I left off ☺️☺️☺️. Congrats to Student Dr. Hudson!!

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

...and you should. ...we here to help

[@nathanjon3s]

I am currently a project manager and was previously a computer engineer... I am in the very first steps of pursuing becoming a dentist and this has been a great resource. Thank you so much!

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

You are welcome! Us Engineers and Architects must stick together, lo

[@sandramay1982]

Shout out to Chris, my fellow civil engineer. Thank you for sharing your journey. Your story will most definitely encourage other non traditional students to pursue their dreams in spite of the unknown. You make us proud. Wishing you much success in your new dentistry career.

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

Us Engineers and Architects gotta stay connected, lol.... we will update you on sDr Chrus journey after the first year too...

[@josuesandoval2530]

hello, did you take you prerequisite courses at a 4 year university, or did you take them at a community college?

[@kierra5498]

We have a similar story, except I was an Industrial Engineer. 24 yrs old and got into dental school this cycle… I’m still debating on which school I’m going to attend

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

Congrats...contact me if you want to talk it through

[@kierra5498]

@@DrDarwinSpeaks ok. I’ll contact you when I decide on a school

[@DrDarwinSpeaks]

@@kierra5498 sounds good and if you need help with your decision let me know...

[@samskidaddle5699]

@@kierra5498 which schools you applied to and what were ur stats ?

[@kierra5498]

@@samskidaddle5699 are you applying to dental school?