The Top of the Food Chain

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The Top of the Food Chain
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Strategies for Advising Predental Students

• By
• Thomas Luten
• Director of Student Services
• UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry

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PREREQUISITES

• 96 SEMESTER HOURS COLLEGE
• 8 SEM. HOURS,BIOLOGY (W/LAB)
• 8 SEM. HOURS, CHEMISTRY (W/LAB)

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PREREQS (Contd)

• 8 SEM. HOURS, ORG. CHEMISTRY
• 6 SEM. HOURS, GEN. PHYSICS
• STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BIOCHEMISTRY,
  MICROBIOLOGY,CELL BIOLOGY, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY,
  GENETICS, BOTANY

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AADSASAssociated American Dental Schools
Application Service(American Dental Education
Association)Processes Dental School
Applications for 52/56 American Dental Schools
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WHAT ARE PREDENTAL MAJORS??
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PREHEALTH ADVISORY
COMMITTEES
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TIMING

• MAY JUNE (AADSAS)
• JUNE (DAT)
• DECEMBER 1 (ADMISSIONS DECISION)

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ADDITIONAL INFO.

• Shadowing
• Research
• Student Organizations
• Volunteering

• Letters of Rec.
• Personal Statement
• Interview
• DAT Scores

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PASSION!!!!
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Admission Criteria

• Academic Record (30) Science GPA
  (BCP) Overall GPA (trends considered)
• Dental Admission Test (DAT) Scores (30)
• Interview (40) Leadership
  qualities Community involvement Knowledge
  of the profession

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THE X FACTOR!
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DAT INFORMATION

• Academic Perceptual Quantitative Reading
  Biology General Organic Total
• Average Ability Reasoning Comp.
  Chem. Chem. Science
• 20 21 19 20 19 21
  19 19
• 20 18 17 18 22 20
  20 22

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DAT INFORMATION

• Academic Perceptual Quantitative Reading
  Biology General Organic Total
• Average Ability Reasoning Comp.
  Chem. Chem. Science
• 20 21 19 20 19 21
  19 19
• 18 18 20 19 17 16
  17 17
• 18 19 20 20 16 18
  15 16

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Non-traditional Students

• Career changers
• Community College grads

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SPECIAL PROGRAMS

• Post-baccalaureate Programs
• (One and Two-Year)
• Special summer programs

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Programs for Minority, Disadvantaged and
Underrepresented Students
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SMDEP

• Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• supports 12 institutions
• 300,000 annually for 4 years
• develop and manage a 6 week summer enrichment
  program for premedical and predental students
  from disadvantaged and low income backgrounds
• 9 institutions will accept 80 scholars 60 with
  premedical interest and 20 with predental
  interest
• 3 institutions will accept 80 students with
  premedical interest

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Programs

• Combined Medical and Dental
• Case Western Reserve University
• Columbia University
• Howard University
• University of Louisville
• University of Nebraska
• University of New Jersey

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Programs (cont.)

• Combined Medical and Dental (cont)
• University of Texas-Houston
• UCLA
• University of Washington
• Medical only
• Duke University
• Virginia University
• Yale University

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Program Components

• Academic Enrichment Courses
• Organic Chemistry
• Physics
• Biology
• Pre-calculus or Calculus
• Key Courses
• Writing
• Oral Presentations
• Current Topics in Health

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Program Components (cont.)

• Learning Skills Seminars
• Career Development
• Financial Planning Workshop
• Clinical Exposure in Dentistry and Medicine

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Student Eligibility

• Have an overall GPA of 3.00
• Have an overall Science GPA of 2.75
• Have a combined SAT score of at least 950 or ACT
  score of at least 20

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Other factors considered

• Comes from a group that is racially/ethnically
  underrepresented in medicine and dentistry
• Comes from a disadvantaged background
• Has demonstrated interest in issues affecting
  underserved populations
• Submits a compelling personal statement
• Receives strong letters of recommendation

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Information and application

• www.smdep.org
• 866.587.6337 (toll free)

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Percent of Professionally Active Dentists by
Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Male 85.9 Female 14.1 Native
American 0.1 Asian/Pacific Islander 6.9 Black/A
frican American 3.4 Hispanic/Latino 3.3 White/
Caucasian 86.3 Source American Dental
Association Bureau of Health
Professions, HRSA
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