What are the pre-dental requirements? DO i have to major pre-dental to become a Dentist?

Question

I am a high school student determined to become an dentist but don't know how to get there. Can i major in Pharmacology and still get accepted to Dental school?

Answer 1

The best thing you can do is work hard in high school so that you can get into a good college.

There is no such thing as a "pre-dental" major, there is just a set of required courses that people applying to dental school need to complete while undergraduates. Most universities will have a health professions advisor that will help you sort that out. The required courses fit naturally into some majors, but need to be "fitted" into others. Don't stress over that yet... it works. Major in what interests you in college and explore.

I'm not a dentist. I am an M.D. who was never a pre-med.

Aloha

Answer 2

Start by going to a good college so you will have a better chance of admission to a dental school. Dental schools are becoming harder and harder to get into, so a good college helps.

It helps to look into the requirements for admission to a dental school and work backwards. This will help you choose your college major and it might even help you choose your college. Typically, it is easier to match up the requirements for dental school admission with the requirements of a science major and biology seems to be the closest match. You could be a history major if you wanted to be, but then all of your electives would probably be used up trying to take courses required for dental school admission.

If you were a pharmocology major, you would probably meet most of the admission requirements for dental school while you were fulfilling the requirements for your major.

Typically, you graduate from college with a bachelor's degree and then start dental school, which is a whole separate entity from college. Some colleges offer combined programs where the really bright and focused student might be able to combine some credits and actually enter dental school before receiving the undergraduate degree. Obviously, you would have to know this well in advance, as it might even determine where you apply to college. You do not have to disclose this intention as you are applying to the college, but you need to look into the program almost immediately, because it will determine quite a bit about what courses you need to take as soon as possible in college.

Answer 3

U can major in whatever u want as long as u meet the pre requisites of each dental school. Most of the schools ask for the same things, but u might have to take additional classes if your major has no combining classes ...

Answer 4

As long as you fulfil the requirements for the dental schools you apply to. You can major in things like biology, biochemistry. I'm in college and will be a dentist by the grace of God. I major in biology.