Getting into dental school?

Hi, I am currently a 3rd year attending UC Irvine. My grades in the past were a really low, as a matter of fact I was on academic probation all of first year. However, that was when I was a computer engineer major taking Physics and what not. It was not until i switched to Biology that my grades finally started to go up (albeit a few c's here and there, also i will begin research shortly). My GPA is still around the 2.5 area (coming from a sub-2.0). Now that my clases are getting harder I feel like i will not to be appealing to dental schools. I was wondering what your input in my situation is, and if extra curriculars will benifit me at all (i am a discussion leader for a political club, on the dental comittee for a club that runs a clinic in mexico, and on dance teams). Also, rather than going back to school if i dont get into to dental school, would working in a dental office would make me a more enticing candidate? (side note: My family owns a dental prostetics [dentures] business that i have been involved with since high school). My goal is enevitibly University of the Pacific Arthur Dugoni Dental School.

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I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.

State disciplines health care providers

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Girl shot near South Side site where boy slain

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That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

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