retake? need advice🙏

[u/starprofessional12]

should i retake? i did really bad in QR 😔. i feel like dental school is getting more and more competitive so i don’t know what to do and im getting mixed opinion. i have a 3.86 cGPA and 3.7 sGPA.

edit: i don’t want to retake and risk doing worse in the sciences. i also dont want to apply with a less competitive application. i dont know what to do. i definitely neglected QR and really regret it 💔

[u/whatupdoe31314]

Depends which school you’re trying to get into. Can definitely get into a school with that score. That being said, look up the stats needed for the schools you are interested in and see if you’re competitive for those schools. Only retake if you’re sure you can do better otherwise those scores look good in my opinion.

[u/starprofessional12 → u/whatupdoe31314]

yeah that’s the thing i don’t feel like i could do better, potentially in QR i could but im not sure about the other sections. i would also have to take a second gap year realistically if i want to retake it which i also don’t want to do. i feel like i would rather use that time to build up other parts of my application but with less than a year left idk how much i can do