Reckless Operation Conviction- please help
To be clear, I recognize I made a mistake, and I need help urgently. Criticizing my mistake won't help right now. I am currently thinking of dropping pre-dent as a whole right before the application cycle because of advice I have received from others. Earlier this year, I was arrested for an OVI/DUI charge, and it was ultimately reduced to reckless operation of the 4th degree. Ever since then, I have been put in such a dark place mentally, as my loved ones don't look at me the same, and drinking was never really my thing, which is what caught them so off guard. Sorry for the run-on sentences, as I am just frantically typing and hoping I can get some feedback on what to do properly. I did all of the court requirements and paid for all of the attorney fees out of my pocket, and now I am sad to think that, even after all of this, my family does not let go of my mistake. All I want is for me to be happy with myself and restore confidence in myself that my career is not truly over. For reference, my stats are 3.93 GPA, 3.89 science GPA. I am taking the DAT the last week of May, and my practice test AA on Booster is 510. Obviously, the practice test AA does not mean anything, but it gives me some confidence that I have the ability to do well on this exam. I have around 750 hours of working at the Dental School as a sterilization tech (hopefully counting as dental experience), which is the same university as my undergrad. I have around 450 hours volunteering (not dental related), 130 hours of shadowing (a couple of general + perio). I am also a lead tutor at our undergrads' gen chem department, as this position is analogous to a TA, except I do both gen chem 1 and 2, and this has been going on for 4 semesters. I am on exec for 2 clubs -nothing big, and there are a couple of random things that I may be forgetting. With all of this info, I talked to an advisor, and they told me to either take a couple of gap years or completely pivot from dentistry. I was truly heartbroken when I heard that, and I feel like there is nothing more satisfying to me than dentistry. I love working with people and restoring their confidence in their smile, and the idea of patients trusting my work makes me know that this career is truly for me. With all of that in mind and knowing that the incident was this year, what do you guys truly think I should do? Please be as honest as you can and help a brother out. I truly need it at this time.