u/Straight_Stress1370

Hi, I hope you all are doing well. I am a rising Junior now. by the time I submit my dental school applications, I am predicting that my GPA would be between a 3.5-3.6 based off of what I usually get in a semester. I'm just worried that its too low. I think if I dont get in that cycle then my gpa would be between 3.6 and 3.7 just because the classes would be easier as all the prereqs are done and thats what people at my college say. I take the DAT this summer and im guessing im going to have a decent score but nothing above average. I always hear stuff like, oh I know someone who got in with a 3.2 gpa so its not just gpa but i dont know im just worried that I wont get in to dental school. I figured writing out my thoughts would be healthy plus you all can give me advice on what I can do at this point. Thank you all for your help. Kind of ironic that my auto generated reddit name is straight stress cuz thats what it seems like lmao

So for context I have worked for a dentist for 2 years now as a dental assistant. I was wondering as my pre health advisor at my college said that I could mix and match what is dental assisting hours and what is shadowing hours. So for instance if i worked 100 hours I could say 50 of those hours were shadowing and 50 were dental assisting. I was wondering how I should break it up on my application, and if it matters that when I put down my shadowing hours its only at one practice for general dentistry? I have also shadowed at a bunch of other dental specialties that are not at this one practice. Thanks for any help you can give.