Dentistry Backups?

I am hoping to study dentistry but as there are only two universities offering dentistry courses in Scotland, I need advice on what else to apply for. I am thinking about pharmacy and pharmacology, but will applying for three different course types be a bad idea?

I am hoping to study dentistry but as there are only two universities offering dentistry courses in Scotland, I need advice on what else to apply for. I am thinking about pharmacy and pharmacology, but will applying for three different course types be a bad idea?

Heya I think this really depends on how your grades are at. Is the reason you're only planning to apply to scotland because of financial reasons or because of your predicted grades? Otherwise it'd be good to apply to other bits of the UK as well. I think applying for 3 different course types isn't that good of a thing, but if you really wanted to do Scotland only then I would go with dentistry at Glasgow and Dundee, followed by a biomed OR pharmacy course at both unis, and the last choice being maybe something like biochem at St. Andrews. You don't really want to be applying to 3 different departments in the same university

Thanks for the advice! Yeah i’m only applying for scottish unis for financial reasons but I might look into some outside of scotland. In terms of grades I got 5 A’s in prelims so hopefully I’ll be good for higher grades. As for which universities to apply for biomed or pharmacology, is it okay to apply to universities other than glasgow and dundee or do I need to stick with both (+one other)?