Boston University Dentistry
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Contacts
Website: http://www.bu.edu/academics/sdm/
Phone: 617-353-2000
Admissions email: sdmadmis@bu.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2009-2010: 612
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study in Canada (any discipline)
- Required Courses
- Life Sciences (12 credits)
- Social Sciences, Humanities or Languages (6 credits)
- Recommended Courses
- Statistics (3 credits)
- Courses that required expository writing (12 credits)
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.6 (4.0 scale)
- Average accepted GPA 2008: 3.89
- Calculation method:
- GPA will be calculated by eliminating one full-course grade per full year of study.
- If applying after three years of full-time study, the 3 lowest grades will be removed.
- If applying after completion of four years of full-time study, the 4 lowest grades will be removed
- Summer courses are not included in GPA calculation, though they may count towards prerequisites
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MCAT
- Minimum scores:
- Physical Sciences – 9
- Biological Sciences – 9
- Verbal Reasoning – 9
- Writing Sample – N
- Median scores 2008:
- Physical Sciences – 11
- Biological Sciences – 12
- Verbal Reasoning – 10
- Writing Sample – Q
- MCAT must have been written within 5 years of application deadline
- Only the most recent MCAT scores will be considered
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Supporting Documents
- AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service) application
- DAT scores
- Letters of reccomendation (submitted through AADSAS): two or three from science faculty; one from a dentist mentor, if student has shadowing experience
- Official transcripts (submitted through AADSAS)
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Interview
- October onwards
Timeline
- October 2010: Interviews being held from this month onwards, on a rolling basis
- December 2010-July 2011: Admission decisions are sent all throughout this period
- Jan. 1, 2011: Deadline to submit AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service)application
- Jun. 30, 2011: Deadline to submit the Health History and Physical Examination Report to the Student Health Services
- Jul. 9, 2011: Deadline for new students to pay tuition fees
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Tuition 2010-2011
- First year tuition - $57 320
- Total first year fees - $ 58 500
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