Pre Dental Path
This is only an example!
Fall
Spring
Summer
Gen Chem 1,
Organismal Bio
(Speech)
Math
Look at organizations:
go to: OSA Website
Gen Chem 2
Cell Bio
General Psych
English Comp
Join Ex: Pre Health, Tri
Beta, Knits for Kids and
ceramics guild (for
dexterity)
U of Minnesota Dental
Prep Class.
Genetics
Organic Chem 1
English
Developmental Psy
Continue Clubs (try and
hold a position).
Become a RA, SOC, Big
Brother Big Sister Org
Molecular
Organic Chem 2
Freshman
Classes
Activities
Shadow various
dentists. By the end of
summer have 50+ hours
completed from the
year.
Sophomore
Classes
Activities
Take Kaplan Class and
DAT.
Predental Externship –Tri College
Math
Continue Clubs
By the end of summer
have 50+ hours
completed from the
year.
Physics 2
Physiology
Biochem 2
Mentoring LEAD 290
Continue Clubs and
hold a position
APPLY!!
Junior
Classes
Activities
Physics 1
Anatomy
Biochem 1
Ceramics
Continue Clubs and
hold a position,
Red River Valley Dental
Access
Project(volunteer)
By the end of summer
have 50+ hours
completed from the
year.
Senior
Classes
Activities
Microbiology
Nutrition
Inorganic
Continue Clubs and
hold a position
Immunobiology
Dental Anatomy (at Mstate)
Continue Clubs and
hold a position
Keep shadowing!
If grades are low:
Look into post bac
programs. Start looking
into these beginning of
senior year if you don’t
have any interviews
before October. Some
Masters programs are
only a year long.
If DAT is low:
Retake it! But make
sure to do better the
second time.
After Years
There are many options
if you don’t get in the
first year. ASK schools
why you didn’t get in:
Look into Dental
Therapy program at the
U of M.
*Post Bac Pre Dental Programs:
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/premed/preparation/postbac.html
There are many programs on this site. Some of the Dental Schools hold spots for students that excelled
in their post bac programs and get admitted right away for the following year. Awesome huh?
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Those are main classes make sure to fit in the following: art (3-D drawing or sculpture), histology
–offered at Concordia, statistics, Sociology, Philosophy,
-I also took Dental Anatomy at Mstate.
When Should I take the DAT?
I recommend to take it after O chem because the sections on the DAT are Biology, Gen Chem,
Ochem, Reading Comp, Quantitative Reasoning, and perceptual ability.
Kaplan can be an asset in learning perceptual ability.
Where should I Volunteer
The key to volunteering and it making a bigger impact on your application is to be involved in
something for consecutive years.
Bethany Home, Dorthy Day House, Red River Valley Dental Access Project, Big Brother Big Sister,
Church, Campus Activities, Relay for Life
Also if you want to try and go on a missions trip. There are some missions trips geared toward
dental relief. (Global Dental Relief)
The Cost of Applying to Dental School
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START SAVING!!!
The DAT costs about $300.
Applying to 13 schools through AADSAS will cost about $2,000.
Each individual school you apply to will ask for a supplemental fee at some time that range from
$35-$80.
For interviews you may need to drive or fly and stay at a hotel which can cost more money.
Ready to Apply to Dental School?
Start looking at schools on the internet sophomore year. Make a list of schools you like and
what they requirements are. That way you can make sure to get in all the required classes AND a
majority of the additional preferred classes too. Go on the website of predents.com to see a list
of all the schools and what the GPA averages/DAT averages/Class Size etc. Look at what your
GPA/DAT scores are and apply to schools accordingly.
Go to AADSAS https://portal.aadsasweb.org/ and print off the Application in Nov/Dec of junior
year. It does not cost anything to set up an account. You will be signing up for an account for the
previous years application cycle but it doesn’t matter because the application is going to be the
same. This way you can see the layout and what character/spaces you are allotted for each
section. You can type into it, save it and print it. This way when the application cycle opens for
the year you want to matriculate you just have to transfer answers over! EASY!!
Fill out the AADSAS Application Dec-Apr.
Ask for Letters of Evaluations in March. Each school will want different types of letters so look at
what each school wants. I have found the majority of schools can be satisfied by getting an
evaluations from the following:
1. Biology professor
2. Chemistry professor
3. Work/Volunteer
4. Dentist
5. A committee letter can satisfy some of the above but remember you can only submit 4
letters total through AADSAS.
Have your Personal Statement done by April so professors can read it and have time to make
corrections before school is done.
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First Monday in June – AADSAS opens – Copy and paste answers into AADSAS.
Request transcripts to be sent to AADSAS. You can’t request transcripts early because you need
to print of a “Transcript Verification Form” from your online AADSAS application that needs to
be sent with your transcript.
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Q: Where do I forward my official transcripts?
A: Forward your official transcripts to:
ADEA AADSAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9110
Watertown, Massachusetts 02471
Q: Do I need to attach a form to my transcripts?
A: It is mandatory to send the Transcript Matching Form to the registrar’s office to attach
with your official transcript. The Transcript Matching Form is located in the "Colleges
Attended" section of the application checklist (ADEA AADSAS application homepage) next
to each school that you have listed.
Letters of Evaluations can now be entered: There is a section on AADSAS where you can input
and save who is writing your letters. An electronic email is sent to the evaluator. Your evaluator
will then submit their letter that way.
***Send in AADSAS application when complete! DO NOT WAIT for letters of recommendations.
It takes 6-8 weeks to process AADSAS application and Letters of evaluations are not needed to
process application. Transcripts ARE NEEDED to process AADSAS application though.
Majority of schools are rolling admissions, the earlier you apply the better chance you have.
Shoot for having AADSAS application submitted by end of June and all supplementals completed
by end of July.
Secondary Applications
Some will be sent to you in the mail (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Some will need to be filled out online through the schools website portal: University of
Minnesota, University of North Carolina, Michigan, LECOM,
Please contact me if you would like the some supplemental questions I received from schools I
applied to.
You can work on some of the secondary apps while your AADSAS app is being processed. DO
NOT wait to send everything together.
Shadowing
Wear dress pants, nice shirt, comfortable shoes, hair back, no perfume, no big jewelry.
Call offices and ask if you can shadow the dentist. (make sure to shadow various dentists:
general, ortho, pediatric, endodontic ect.)
Make a Word Doc or Journal that you can write down all the dentists you shadowed. Make sure
to include the date, number of hours and what you saw.
Some people I know brought in a little note pad and pen while shadowing.
Pre Dental Programs to do:
 University of Minnesota Pre Dental Preparation Course. Sign up online. This one is fantastic!
Try and research other ones. I wish I did more of these to help my application.
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More questions?
If anyone has any additional questions send me an email, text or call me: 651-353-9878,
bergean12@gmail.com