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🦷 Tweets about the dental school application process. @Cal alum. Weekly newsletter w/ in-depth tips ➡️

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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 👉 https://t.co/Z4VNprUDS8

[kristina @DDSadmit]

Private 🦷 schools w/ the highest acceptance rates

school applicants accepted

NYU 3,357 11%
Detroit Mercy 1,583 9%
Loma Linda 1,540 7%
Midwestern AZ 2,226 6%

[kristina @DDSadmit]

General practice vs specialty salaries in dentistry 🦷

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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!

[kristina @DDSadmit]

@juliahh143 Way to be ahead of the curve! Reminder that the application opens on 5/12 and the first day to submit is 6/2

[kristina @DDSadmit]

The dental school personal statement should make 2 things VERY clear 🦷

1. Why dentistry?
2. Why you?

This chart👇🏼 can serve as a reference when brainstorming topics to include in your essay

[kristina @DDSadmit]

The 5 most applied to 🦷 schools

school applicants accepted

Tufts 3,891 5%
Lake Erie 3,452 3%
NYU 3,357 11%
Temple 3,122 5%
USC 2,953 5%

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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
https://t.co/n9qeBenaMR

[kristina @DDSadmit]

Each year there are 18,000 dental school graduates and 2,000 go on to specialize 🎓

There are 9 recognized specialty options

1. Public health
2. OMF pathology
3. OMF radiology
4. OMF surgery
5. Pediatrics
6. Endodontics
7. Orthodontics
8. Periodontics
9. Prosthodontics

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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 🏥

[kristina @DDSadmit]

@MarshayDejony All of these GPAs are broken out separately for Undergrad (bachelors) vs. Graduate level (masters). See p.3 of the doc with the green highlighting

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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: https://t.co/av36PcFp5u

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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 👉 https://t.co/Z4VNprUDS8

Have a great weekend everyone, see you on Monday :)

[kristina @DDSadmit]

@WhitneyLeearea Go Jumbos :)

[kristina @DDSadmit]

🙅🏻‍♀️ 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

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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: https://t.co/KuOajuSAmE

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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!

[kristina @DDSadmit]

If you are applying to dental school this year the time to ask for letters of rec is NOW!

Give your letter writers plenty of time + provide an updated resume/CV. Examples of sections to include

- education
- dental shadowing
- work
- volunteering
- sports
- research
- hobbies

[kristina @DDSadmit]

Retweet this!

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: https://t.co/KxIptRmnXG

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[kristina @DDSadmit]

@CrackTheDAT @laurengreggy Thx @CrackTheDAT!

[kristina @DDSadmit]

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