Accepted into Med school… desperate to go to Dental (UdeM)
I’ll make the info clear for you (for context this is University of Montreal in Quebec, I’m aware many people here are from the US and not Canada)
- Final semester cegep student
- 36.5 R score (95+ in all my grades)
- 4th Quartile Casper
- Very strong CV (worked 2 jobs to help my family, volunteered 200h+)
I had initially wanted to dental but due to my lack of funds (the fees of applying were too much, I literally had nothing left) I couldn’t afford the 600$ TAED (dental exam). UdeM doesn’t actually use the grade you get on the exam, but rather checks that you passed ONE section (the visualization section) with a score of 10.
I’d be willing to trade my acceptance into Med with someone’s into Dental or even a waitlist spot.
I’m adamant because I know the costs of redoing this year will be much more.. redoing my Casper, the TAED, working hard at a medical program I wouldn’t even be staying in.
I didn’t get the financial means to apply to any more programs, so I would be accepting the medical spot which is sad because a student more passionate than me could be in this seat.
I’ve check the past grade cutoffs for ACCEPTED students into UdeM’s dental program and every year it’s around 35 (I’m at 36.5 which is still relatively higher than this)
I just need advice or anything.. I can’t lie I’m desperate. Canada offers financial support for the tuition costs themselves so that’s not my worry… it’s everything that goes into the application that’s the struggle
My estranged father did offer 50K (in the aftermath of all this) as a bargaining chip.. maybe a way for him to get back into my life, long story, I wouldn’t accept this under other circumstances though unless it worked.
EDIT: (to clear up some things)
- I'm attracted to dental due to the possibility of owning my own clinic and better work-life balance than med (also I enjoy working with my hands/ the art of it)
- The funds issue was temporary at the time as I had throat cancer and needed surgery.. and I wasn't in a good state of mind to do an exam either as I couldn't do much physically for a while before and after this
- My goal with this post? Figuring out the best outcome, which for me, is not losing a year of my work and such. Whether it's credit transfer, etc etc.
- To add on the previous point, for example: UdeM's Med-prep year is exactly the same as McGill's dent-P prep year
- UdeM's first year of tuition is like 10-20K which won't be a problem after I get back to work this summer (my main job pays 30$/h)