Meharry Medical College Dentistry
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Contacts
Website: http://www.mmc.edu/education/dentistry/index.html
Phone: 615-327-6223
Admissions e-mail: admissions@mmc.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applicants for class of 2012: 1,961
- Class size 2012: 60
- PhD/DDS program also offered
For more information, click here and here (Q1 and Q14)
Academic Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: bachelor's degree is preferred but applicant must have completed a minimum of 3 years of university
- Required Courses
- General Biology or Zoology or Botany with Laboratory (8 credits)
- Inorganic Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis with Laboratory (8 credits)
- Organic Chemistry with Laboratory (8 credits)
- General Physics with Laboratory (4 credits)
- Biochemistry with Laboratory (4 credits)
- English Composition (6 credits)
- Calculus or Statistics (4 credits)
- Required courses must be completed with an average of B- or higher
- Courses must be completed within 5 years of year of matriculation
- AP credits are accepted
For more information, click here
GPA
- Minimum of 3.0/4.0 to be competitive
- Average GPA class 2012: 3.20
For more information, click here (Q14)
DAT
- Minimum DAT Academic Average score: 17
- Minimum Total Science score: 17
- Average DAT score 2012: 18
- Applicants are allowed to take the DAT max 3 times
For more information, click here (Q14 and Q18)
Supporting Documents
- AADSAS Application
- Supplemental Application - to be completely after submitting the AADSAS application
- $65 Supplemental Application Fee
- Letters of Recommendation (3)
- Two must be from science professors
- Alternatively, the applicant can submit one letter from a Health Professions Advisor or Advisory Committee instead of three individual ones
- All letters should be sent to the AADSAS and not to the school
- Photo - to be uploaded when submitting the supplemental application
For more information, click here and here (Q3)
Interview
- Interviews are by invitation only
- All applicants invited will receive two interviews from:
- Meharry Medical College basic science faculty
- Meharry School of Dentistry faculty
- Meharry School of Dentistry alumni or dentists from the Nashville community
For more information, click here (Q19)
Timeline
- June: AADSAS applications begin
- July 1: Review of applications begins and continues on a rolling basis
- December 15: Deadline to submit the completed application and all supporting documents
For more information, click here
Tuition 2012-2013
- First year tuition - $42,235 USD
- Total first year fees - $54,312 USD
For more information, click here
For information on financial aid, click here