Virginia Commonwealth University Dentistry

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Contacts

Website: http://www.dentistry.vcu.edu/prospective/dds/advice.aspx
Phone: (804) 828-9196
Admissions e-mail: denadmit@vcu.edu

Program Information

  • Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)
  • 4 years in length
  • Class size: 95 students; 65 virginia residence, 30 non virginia residence

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

  • Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study in Canada or states (any discipline)
  • Required Courses
    • Biology Prerequisite (8 semester hours)
    • Chemistry Prerequisites (16 semester hours)
    • Physics Prerequisite (8 semester hours)
    • Biochemistry (3 semester hours)
    • Recommended Courses
 microbiology, bacteriology, animal or vertebrate physiology, anatomy, genetics and cell biology

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GPA and DAT

  • average GPA: 3.5
  • average DAT: academic average 19; the perceptual ability average 20 and the total science average 20.

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Supporting Documents

  • VCU 3 recommendation letter; AADSAS 4
  • transcript
  • personal statement
  • supplementary application only received by candidates who receive interviews

Interview

  • september to February
  • two (2) individual one-on-one interviews
  • 30 min long

Timeline

  • rolling decison

Tuition 2009-2010