Dentistry - Manchester uni

lukx2024

Hello I wanna be a dentist when I’m older is there anything I can do to help boost my application when I apply to Manchester university for the dentistry BDS programme?

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stilllearning123

Original post by lukx2024

Hello I wanna be a dentist when I’m older is there anything I can do to help boost my application when I apply to Manchester university for the dentistry BDS programme?

Get good grades, do well in the UCAT, get volunteering and work experience, have supercurriculars that show you aren't just a person that studies all the time.
Do all of these and you will have a decent chance of getting in.
Good luck!

Reply 2

lukx2024

Original post by stilllearning123

What are some good volunteering and extracurricular I should do?

Reply 3

stilllearning123

Original post by lukx2024

What are some good volunteering and extracurricular I should do?

Try and get dentistry related volunteering, helping out at a dentists etc. Failing that, try and get volunteering in a care home or hospice to still have medical related volunteering.
Extracurricular, you could take Olympiads, they are basically tests you take with the school for subjects like biology, chemistry, maths and you get an award if you pass them. They are good to show you are willing to put in extra work and that you are interested in the subjects more than people who have not.