7 basics for applying 1. apply for dentpin 2. take the dat 3. sign up for aadsas 4. fill out your...
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7 Basics for Applying
1. Apply for DENTPIN
2. Take the DAT
3. Sign up for AADSAS
4. Fill out your application
5. Writing your Personal Statement
6. Submitting your LOEs
7. Submitting your Transcripts
Step 4Fill out your application
7 Parts:1. Applicant Information
2. Education
3. Professional Experience
4. Personal Statement
5. Letters of Evaluation (LOEs)
6. Release Statement
7. Dental School Designations
Fill out your applicationPart 1
Applicant Information
Biographic InformationAddress, Ethnicity, Place of Birth, etc.
Parent and Family Background Information
Manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, dentist in family, violation of laws, languages, etc.
Disadvantage Status
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Education
High School Information (no transcripts) Colleges Attended
All undergraduate, graduate and professional schools you have attended or plan to attend (with transcripts)
CourseworkALL coursework completed exactly as it
appears on your transcript DAT Scores
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Professional Experience
Academic Enrichment Programs Awards, Honors and Scholarships (5 max) Dentistry/Shadowing Experience (10 max) Extracurricular, Volunteering, and Community
Service (10 max) Research Experience (5 max) Work Experience (5 max)
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Dentistry/Shadowing Experience
Need to include:Name of supervisorPosition TitleType of Dentistry ObservedBrief description of activitiesTotal Number of HoursPosition type (Paid, volunteer, shadowing, other)Start Month/YearEnd Month/Year
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Extracurricular/Volunteer/Service
Need to include:Name of OrganizationPosition TitleBrief description of activitiesAverage Weekly HoursTotal Number of HoursStart Month/YearEnd Month/Year
O, remember, remember not to misrepresent your mission. Only include hours you actually spent in community service.
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Research
Need to include:Principal InvestigatorLocation of Research ProjectPosition TitleBrief Description of activitiesTotal Number of HoursPosition type (Volunteer, Academic Credit, Paid)Start Month/YearEnd Month/ Year
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Work Experience
Need to include:Name of EmployerPosition TitleCityStateBrief DescriptionTotal Number of HoursStart Month/YearEnd Month/Year
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Professional Experience
This section will probably take the most amount of time aside from your Personal Statement. Make sure to start early so this section won’t hold you up. It is best to keep track as you go along. For help with this, see the Professional Experience Excel Spreadsheet on our website.
Fill out your applicationParts 4-7
Part 4- Personal Statement (coming up) Part 5- LOEs (coming up) Part 6- Release Statements
Application Certification○ You certify that all the information in your application is
correctAdvisor Release Statement
○ You can give or deny permission for your Pre-Health Advisor to see your DAT scores and Dental School acceptances.
Part 7- Dental School DesignationsSelect the Dental Schools you want your application sent
to
Step 5Writing your Personal Statement
Advice:Start early (6 months to a year ahead of
time). Writing a Personal Statement takes a lot of time.
Have as many people read it as you can.Use stories to tell about yourself (if a picture
is worth a thousand words, a story can tell a thousand traits).
Avoid listing things, especially things that are included in other parts of your application.
Stick to the word limit (4,500 characters including spaces)
Step 5Writing your Personal Statement
Resources:The Writing Center on campusThe Career Prep Services at the main ADCThe PowerPoints and examples on our
website/I-Learn (coming soon)Brother Cameron’s presentation on I-Learn
(coming soon)
Step 6Letters of Evaluation
LOE ServiceBYU-Idaho offers a LOE service to help you
with your letters. Sister Krumblis takes care of your letters and informs you when you have received one. She is also the one who uploads your letters to AADSAS. She will keep it on file for up to 5 years. It is your responsibility to tell her when and what letters to upload. Make sure not to wait until the last minute.
Step 6Letters of Evaluation
LOE Service InstructionsVisit the LOE Service page on the
Health Professions WebsiteDownload and fill out the Evaluator FormGive the form to your evaluator and ask
them to turn in the form with their letterIn the AADSAS LOE section, enter in Haley
Krumblis’ information and designate that a committee letter will be uploaded
Email Sis Krumblis and tell her which letters you want uploaded
Step 6Letters of Evaluation
LOE Service FormYour CAS ID is your AADSAS Application ID
and it can be found in the top right corner of any section of your application○ If you do not have your AADSAS ID when you
give the form to your evaluator, leave it blank, but make sure to include it in your email to Sis Krumblis when she uploads them
Do not worry about the “Letter CAS ID”When you fill out the form, make sure to
sign the “Declaration of Confidentiality”○ Note: Most schools will not accept letters if
they know you have seen them
Step 6Letters of Evaluation
LOE Advice:Give plenty of time for your evaluator to
write your letter. About a month is recommended
Provide your evaluator with a packet of information to aid them in their letter○ Ex: Provide them with an unofficial transcript,
a résumé, or your Personal StatementThe most important quality in a letter is that
it is personal
Step 7Transcripts
Transcript Matching FormThe Colleges Attended section allows you to
print Transcript matching Forms. AADSAS requires that you print a Transcript Matching Form for each transcript being requested. Your official transcript must have a Transcript Matching Form attached to it when it is sent into AADSAS.
Step 7Transcripts
Transcript RequestsTo request an official transcript from the
school, visit http://www2.byui.edu/RegistrarsOffice/TranscriptRequest.htm and fill out the Transcript Request Form. Take that form and the Transcript Matching form from AADSAS to Kimball 190. BYU-I will send it out for free.
Cost to Apply
For the 2011-2012 Application Cycle, the base fee for using the AADSAS Application System was $235 (which included one school) and $75 for each additional school. We cannot know for sure if these costs have stayed the same or if they have increased until AADSAS opens again.
Where to go…? Choosing a dental school is not always
easy. There are a number of different things to take into account when trying to choose where to apply. Things to look at are:
Tuition Equipment costs Residency Length of program Scholarships offered.
Where to go…?
Not only should you take into consideration the cost of the program and the means by which you will pay for it, but also:
Location The school's philosophy and teaching
style Instructor to student ratio Focus of the program (clinical,
research, etc)
Where to go…?
The search for a dental school can be a lengthy process, but the best way to get a feel for what you like in a dental school is to research each school. You can go to their website, talk with those dentists you have shadowed to see what they liked about the school they attended, contact the admissions committee or even tour their campus.