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There are 76 dental schools that participate in the AADSAS (Associated American Dental School Application Service)
🇺🇸 65
🇨🇦 10
🇵🇷 1
You can get a spreadsheet w/ the complete list of schools including avg GPA and DAT emailed to you here 👉 tinyurl.com/yx8xs3k2
5 steps to securing letters of rec for 🦷 school
1. Prepare
- resume
- transcript
- 3 items to highlight
- deadline + instructions to submit
2. Ask for a STRONG 💪🏼 confidential letter. Literally
3. Email info 👆🏼
4. Store via letter service @interfolio
5. Send TY note!
The DAT is a critical component of the dental school application process. Here are some quick facts:
- DAT fee is $475
- Multiple choice
- Computer based
- Given most days of the year
- Required by all US dental schools
- 4+ hrours in length
2020 Guide
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SERVICE lies at the core of dentistry and admissions wants a COMMITMENT to helping others ➡️ Ex: volunteering 1-2x per month over time >>> any one time event
Some ideas to get involved
- Feed 🍝
- Clothe👖
- Build 🏠
- Educate 📚
- Entertain 🎷
- Improve health 🏥
Did you know that dental schools look at your GPA in 4 different ways? 🦷
- BCP: GPA of bio, chem, physics only
- SCI: GPA of all sciences courses
- NSCI: GPA of non science classes
- Total cumulative GPA
Source: adea.org/uploadedFiles/GoDen…
Dental school spotlight 🔦
@NYUDental🗽
- Degree: DDS
- Class size: 375
- DAT: 21
- GPA: 3.5
- Annual tuition + fees: $96,000
- Dental shadowing: required
For more info on other schools 👉 tinyurl.com/yx8xs3k2
Have a great weekend everyone, see you on Monday :)
🙅🏻♀️ Biggest mistakes when writing your dental school personal statement ✍🏼
- Not spending enough time on it
- Simply repeating work/activities
- Overly informal
- Inappropriate use of humor
- Over reliance of quotes
- Sloppiness: poor grammar & typos
- Sob stories
The avg dentist salary is $175,840 but this varies widely by location.
👇🏼 the 8 highest-paying states for general dentists:
DE: $264,440
AL: $259,350
RI: $254,190
MN: $227,280
NH: $226,300
CT: $213,390
WI: $213,210
ND: $212,380
NC: $212,160
Source: tinyurl.com/u24mjwh
Some dental schools require additional coursework, but the fundamental pre recs to apply are 1 YEAR (2 semesters or 3 quarters) of
- Biology w/ lab🔬
- Physics w/ lab 🚀
- English 📖
- Gen Chem w/ lab🧪
- O Chem w/ lab ✨
Check with your target schools for specifics!
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What defines a great job?
- salary $
- job market
- future growth
- stress
- work life balance
See why US News Ranks Dentistry the #1 Job in Healthcare and the #2 Job Overall here: money.usnews.com/careers/bes…
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What materials are you using to study for the Dental Admission Test (DAT)? 📚
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💰Budgeting for dental school apps
The amount you’ll spend depends on the # of schools
$259 for the 1st school
+ $112 PER additional school
+ $100 on avg PER school requiring secondary essays (most do)
Est for 10 schools = $2,400
25 schools = $5,500
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