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Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Office of Admissions, DMD
188 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Call:
617-432-1443
Fax:
617-432-3881
Email:
hsdm_admissions@hsdm.harvard.edu |
Jan 1 application
deadline
For Fall 2002 entrants:
Average GPA 3.7
DAT Scores –
Academic Average – 22.2
Total Science - 22 |
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School of
Dental Medicine
University of Connecticut
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, Connecticut 06030
Tel: Michelle
Toucey, (860) 679-2175 Email:
toucey@nso.uchc.edu
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Feb 1 application deadline
(but prefers by Dec 1)
Special Programs:
BA/BS-DMD program (8 yrs)
Joint DMD/PhD (research orientation)
For 2002-2003:
Approx
900 applications rec'd
Approx 90 offered places
Incoming
students average:
GPA – science: 3.5
DAT – 20.0 |
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School of Dentistry
Oregon Health & Science
University
611 SW Campus Drive
Portland, OR 97239-3097
Tel: (503) 494-5274
Fax: (503) 494-6244
E-mail:
sodadmit@ohsu.edu |
Nov 1 deadline (but prefers by Sept 1)
For class entering 2004:
75 students total
48 men, 27 women
Avg age 26 (range 21 –
41)
GPA: avg 3.64
DAT Scores:
Acad Average – 19.37
Total Science – 19.67
Perceptual ability –
17.57 |
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School of Dentistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Admissions / CB# 7450
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7450
Tel: 966-4565
Email:
DDSadmissions@dentistry.unc.edu
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Nov. 1 recommended
deadline
81 students admitted each year
80% in state, 20%
out of state
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School of Dental Medicine
Tufts University
One
Kneeland Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 617-636-6639
DenAdmissions@tufts.edu
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March 1 deadline
(earlier applications encouraged)
Special Programs:
Dental International (DI)
BS/DMD (7 years)
BS/MS/DMD
(engineering, 9 years)
For class entering
2003:
1,995 applied
150 admitted
Avg age 24.5 (range
21- 40)
48% female / 52% male
GPA: avg 3.31
DAT Scores:
Acad Average - 18.21
Total Science - 17.97
Perceptual Ability -
17.32 |
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School of Dentistry
Indiana University
1121 West
Michigan Street
Indianapolis IN 46202-5186
Tel:
(317) 274-7957
Barb Lerner, Coord of
Student Services
Tel: (317) 274-5349
E-mail:
blerner@iupui.edu
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Dec 1 deadline (but
earlier applications encouraged)
Special Programs:
Advanced Standing (for non-U.S. dental
graduates)
Ph.D. in Dental Science
For class entering 2004:
1173 Applied
100 admitted
43% female / 57% male
Avg age 24
GPA: avg 3.42
DAT Scores:
Acad Average - 17.9
Total Science – 17.6
Perceptual ability –
16.9 |
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Dental School
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229
Tel:
(210) 567-6082
E-mail:
student@dental.uthscsa.edu
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Nov 1 deadline
Special Programs:
BS-BS/DMD (7 years)
DDS/PhD
Approx 90 students
admitted each fall
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Arthur A. Dugoni Dental
School
University of the
Pacific
2155
Webster Street
San
Francisco, CA 94115
Admissions:
Tel:
415.929.6491
Fax:
415.749.3363
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Jan 1 deadline (but
prefers by Dec 1)
Special Programs:
DDS - accelerated 3 year program
Int'l Dental Studies (IDS) - 2 year program
for non-US dental graduates
For class entering
2004: Over 2,200 applications
139
places available
GPA: avg
3.28
DAT Scores:
Acad Average – 21
Total Science – 21
Perceptual Ability – 19
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School of Dental
Medicine
University of
Pennsylvania
Admissions Office
Robert Schattner Center
240 South 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030.
Tel: (215) 898-8943.
Fax: (215) 898-5243
Email:
dental-admissions@pobox.upenn.edu
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Jan 15 deadline (but
earlier applications strongly encouraged)
Special Programs:
PASS (advanced standing program for non-US
dental graduates)
For class entering
2004:
1,578 applied
106 admitted
57% female / 43% male
Avg age 24
GPA – avg 3.54
DAT Scores:
Acad Average – 20
Total Science - 20
Perceptual ability – 17
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School of Dentistry
The University of
Michigan
1011 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078
Tel:
(734) 763-3316
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Jan 15 deadline (but
earlier applications strongly encouraged)
Special Programs:
ITDP (2 or more year program for non-US
dental graduates)
Approx. 105 students
accepted each year
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The School of Dental and Oral
Surgery
Columbia University
Admissions Office
630 West 168th
Street, Room 3-452
New York, NY 10032
Tel:
(212) 305-3478
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Feb 15 deadline (but
earlier applications encouraged)
Special Programs:
Advanced Standing (for
non-US dental graduates)
DDS/MPH
DDS/MBA
For class entering
2003: 1360 applications
75 admitted
Avg age 24
GPA - avg 3.4
DAT Scores:
Mean DAT:
21
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