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students attending Ohio Wesleyan University. It is not intended as a substitute for meeting personally with your academic advisor or the health professions advisor. You will, however, find answers here to a lot of basic questions and it will help you in planning and in understanding the processes that lead to medical or dental school acceptances.  \n2  \nTHE BIG PICTURE  \nAchieving acceptance into a medical or dental school is not an easy task, but one that has been achieved by more than 80% of OWU students who have applied over the past decade. Six things are critical to your achieving similar success. I shall list them here with brief descriptions, but describe them more fully in subsequent portions ofthis guide. In addition, there are sections on other critical aspects of becoming a health professional.  \nSix basic requirements for application:  \n1. Take all the courses required by the schools to which you apply. This list of courses in not the same for all schools, so you need to do some research early.  \n2. Have a competitive gpa. The average gpa of accepted students is close to 3.7 at many professional schools and you need a high gpa both in your overall gpa and in your gpa in science and math courses (BIOL, BOMI, CHEM, MATH, PHYS & ZOOL) .  \n3. Achieve a high score on the admissions test – these tests are the MCAT for medical school and the DAT for dental school. Overall only some 40% of applicants get accepted to a medical school, so a mere average score is not apt to get you in.  \n4. Be involved in extracurricular activities, preferably taking on a leadership role. In particular, service oriented activities are important as both professions are serviceoriented professions and want to see that you are service oriented. Besides, being actively engaged in extracurriculars while also achieving great grades shows the admissions committee that you have reserve, i.e., you can achieve your great grades without devoting every waking moment to study and classwork.  \n5. Gain some clinical experience. Medical schools typically want more than mere shadowing, so volunteering at a free clinic or hospital or participating in our Practicum in Medicine (INT 494) are common ways to gain some degree of interaction with patients and learn whether or not the profession really is right for you. Dental schools, on the other hand, typically want anywhere from 50-100 hours of pure shadowing. Again the goal is the same, giving you enough exposure so that you know whether or not you really like the profession.  \n6. Make connections that lead to excellent letters of evaluation. At Ohio Wesleyan University we provide a committee letter of recommendation for which we invite every professor you’ve ever had to contribute. So right from your freshman year, help your professors get to know you and work to make a strong positive impression so that they have compelling things about which to write when the time comes. If you have other contacts outside of Ohio Wesleyan University, e.g., someone you worked for or a medical professional with whom you’ve interacted extensively, they too can write for you.  \n3  \nTHE DECISION TO BE PRE-MED/PRE-DENT  \nThe original decision, though, cannot be made lightly or quickly. Once you have decided to become a pre-medical or pre-dental student, the faculty and pre-medical/dental committee will do all they can to help you achieve success. But before this time, the onus is on you to consider the points below.  \nFirst, consider how much you know about your proposed career. Have you talked about it at length with a practicing professional? Do you know the drawbacks as well as the rewards? Do you know what changes the next years are likely to bring? Can you compare and contrast your choice of profession with the other possibilities in the health professions? Do you know the differences between MDs and DOs? 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