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I have not yet been accepted
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No school has started acceptances at this point in
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I have been interviewed at 6 schools
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Help others
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Relieve pain
Increase self-esteem
Prevent pain
Educate
Long term care/relationship with patients
Work with hands
Run your own business
Generally work 4 days a week
Financially rewarding
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Work with people
Communicate to employees and public
Work with hands (manual dexterity)
Leader/Manager
Educator
Hard worker
Critical thinker
Well organized
Compassionate
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1. Fulfill the prerequisites
2. Get involved
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Organizations
Research
Service
3. Observation
4. DAT
5. Application
6. Interview
7. GET ACCEPTED
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No pre-dental major
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Only prerequisites
Biology Major fulfills almost all requirements
Degree is not required BUT recommended
Choose a major that interest you
Give full attention to your studies
Competitive GPA is around a 3.7
 Have to get a C or better in required courses
 Dental school will look to see if you used freshman
forgiveness
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Form a close relationship with academic
advisor
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Quality is better than Quantity
Leadership
 Service
 Research
 Work experience
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Pre-dental or pre-med group
ASDA (American Student Dental Association)
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Officer of a club/organization
Captain of sports team
Manager
Etc.
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Get involved with community service
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Dentistry is a service to the community
You can’t say that you want/like to help others and
not get involved in community service
Hospital, Food Banks, Nursing Homes, Biology
Club, etc.
Need to be able to work with public
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Build a strong resume
Critical thinking
 Organization
 Time Management
 Team work
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Talk to Dr. Jackie or Dr. Reagon for
opportunities in Biology
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Not required BUT it shows time management
Try to get a job in a dental office even if it’s just
during summer
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Hygiene assistant does not require any certification
 Sterilize equipment
 Scan X-rays
 Receptionist
 Prepare trays and rooms
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It is required by most schools
OSU requires 40 hours with at least 2 dentist
 I recommend shadowing all specialties as well
 General Dentist
 Oral Surgeon
 Endodontist
 Orthodontist
 Periodontist
 Pediatric Dentist
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Keep a journal of what you experienced
Watch YouTube videos of the procedure
afterward
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Dental Admissions Test
4 Sections
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Natural Sciences
 Biology
 General Chemistry
 Organic Chemistry
Quantitative Reasoning (Math)
 Reading
 Perceptual Ability
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Scale 0-30
17 average
 21 is a competitive score
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Applications open beginning of June
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Most apply summer between junior and senior
year
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Rolling acceptance
If prerequisites are done try to apply you might get in
Apply through ADEA AADSAS standard app
 Takes time to fill out
 Write personal statement ahead of time
 Get Letters of Recommendation arranged ahead of time
 Gather all other info ahead of time
 Even though you can’t fill out the app early you can get on
the website and see what information is required
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Most schools will require a secondary
application after they receive the primary
application
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Generally consist of personal information and a few
short essays
 Why dentistry
 Why this school
 Observation experiences
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Along with the secondary app they will require
a fee
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~$50-100
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Most applicants apply to 5-8 schools
Plan for ~$5,000 in application fees
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This includes cost of:
 Application
 DAT
 Supplemental fees
 Traveling expenses for interviews
 Hotels, gas, plane tickets
 Suit for interviews
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Every school requires an interview before
acceptance
Getting the interview is the hardest part
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At this point you will have a 50% of being
accepted
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OSU 886 application 216 interviews
OSU interviews 216 people for 110 seats
Allows the admissions committee to get to
know you
Send a thank you letter afterward
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Tell me about yourself
Why Dentistry
Strengths
Weaknesses
Why this school
Why should we pick you (what makes you unique)
How do you manage time
How will you handle the work load of dental
school
Where else have you applied
Scenario/Ethics question
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According to ADEA policies no applicant will
be accepted before Dec 1st
Interviews and acceptances
may or may not continue
after this date
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studentdoctor.net (SDN)
ADEA virtual dental fair
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http://adea.expos2events.com
ASDA
predentals.com
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Contact Information:
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Ryan Kinn
kinn.18@osu.edu