About Quinn

The path to dental school has always been a dream of mine. However, it was solidified during the period of my life spent in Denmark. For two years I had personal experiences that made me want to change the confidence others had in themselves. I entered college with a plan that had been made in High School, which was to pursue a degree in chemistry (my favorite course in high school). This plan flipped upside down and reality hit me hard. I realized that chemistry had turned me into a slave of laborious work and wasn’t helping me achieve my goal of helping others live more fulfilling and healthy lives. So, my major changed to Public Health: Health Science. I found purpose and meaning within this major and it helped guide my path into dentistry. During my 3rd and 4th years of college, the COVID-19 years, I engaged in countless hours of shadowing, service, and studying for the DAT. Additionally, my wife and I were lucky to have a child born two months before finals in the second to last semester of our undergraduate studies. With my wife’s support, I was able to surpass my goal on the DAT and we both graduated from BYU-Provo within 4 years of starting. I applied to 12 dental schools, interviewed at six, and was accepted and offered a position at all six schools beginning in the fall of 2022. I am currently a second-year dental student attending the University of Utah School of Dentistry. I have founded a Public Health Club and am a member of the Pediatrics and Business clubs among participating in a handful of others. Additionally, I am currently working on becoming an AHEC Scholar and am working to figure out a schedule to graduate with a dual degree MPH/DDS with the Dean of our school. Although I recognize my past has not deprived me of opportunity, the present has never been easy. I want to help everyone realize that they can be great candidates for dental school and achieve great things despite the hardships they have faced in life.