A Mini Guide to Dental School Admission 4-5-13

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1、AMINIGUIDETODENTALSCHOOLADMISSIONbyDocToothache1Introduction3PreparingforDentalSchool3JobShadowing3MissionTrips4MinimumRequirements-Prerequisites4CommunityCollegeandAdvancedPlacement(AP)Courses4ChoosingaMajor4FinishingaDegree5ApplyingtoDentalSchool5C

2、hoosingaDentalSchool6ApplicationDeadlines6DATTopics6DATDeadlines/AgeofDAT6DATRetakes6DATHarder/Easier7SelectionCriteria7DAT8OtherSelectionCriteria8AgeConsideration8EarlyApplicantAdvantage?9CreditforPreviousAcademicWork9Admission-IsAdmissionGettingMor

3、eCompetitive?9EnrolledStudentsTopics9TransfersandWithdrawals10InternationalStudents-InternationalDSGraduates10InternationalDentalSchoolGraduates10DentalHygienetoDentalSchool10EducationalRequirements11EducationalLevelofFirst-YearDentalHygieneStudents1

4、1TheClaimforCompetitiveness11MiscellaneousTopics12ControversialPosts12INTRODUCTIONThereisavastamountofinformationondentistryanddentaleducation.ValuableinformationisreadilyavailablefromtheAmericanDentalAssociation(ADA),theoldestandlargestdentalorganiz

5、ationintheworldandtheAmericanDentalEducationAssociation(ADEA),whosemembershipincludesallUS,PuertoRicoandCanadiandentalschools.Since1950,theADAhasbeenconductingnationallytheDentalAptitudeTest(DAT)(1,2),arequirementforalldentalschoolapplicants.TheADEAA

6、ssociatedAmericanDentalSchoolsApplicationService(AADSAS)isthecentralizedapplicationservicefor64USdentalschoolsandoneCanadiandentalschool(Dalhousie)(3).TheonlyschoolthatisnotonthelististheUniversityofMississippi(4).Texasresidentsarerequiredtosubmitthe

7、irapplicationthroughtheTexasMedical&DentalSchoolsApplicationService(TMDSAS)(5)forentrancetotheTexasA&MUniversitysystemHealthScienceCenterBaylorCollegeofDentistry,TheUniversityofTexasSchoolofDentistryatHoustonandtheUniversityofTexasHealthScienceCenter

8、atSanAntonioDentalSchool.AnyoneseriouslyconsideringdentalschoolcannotaffordnottobuythelatestADEAOfficialGuidetoDentalSchools(6).Itwill,withoutadoubt,bethesinglebestinvestment.Thereisanerroneouspresumptionthattheinformationcompiledbythisauthorandother