Boston University Dentistry

Dentistry
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Contacts

Website: http://www.bu.edu/dental/admissions/
Phone: 617-638-4787
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: applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the USA or Canada
• Required Courses-Prerequisite courses should be taken at an accredited, four-year college or university within the United States or Canada
  • Biology (12 credits)
    • basic biology, genetics, embryology, molecular biology, cell biology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry
  • Advanced Placement credits do not fulfill the Biology prerequisite
  • General (Inorganic) Chemistry – One year with lab
    • Advanced Placement credits do not fulfill the General Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry – One year with lab
  • Physics with lab - One year with lab
  • English or Composition - One year
    • Advanced Placement credits will be accepted
  • Mathematics including calculus - One year
    • Advanced Placement credits will be accepted

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GPA

• No minimum specified, but a high enough GPA is needed to be considered a competitive applicant

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DAT

• The DAT is required of all applicants
• DAT must have been written within 2 years of application deadline
• Canadian DAT results are also accepted
• For applicants who take the Canadian DAT, the official score report must be sent directly from the Canadian Dental Association (CDA) to Boston University

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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)
• Short supplemental application and submission of an application fee (separate from the AADSAS fee)
  • Upon receipt of AADSAS application, applicants will receive a confirmation email with instructions regarding application completion, and a link to access the Boston University supplemental application
  • The supplemental application must be completed within two weeks after receipt of the email.
  • The application fee is $75 USD for U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents.
  • The application fee is $105 USD for non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents.

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Interview

• Selected applicants are invitated for personal interviews
• Interviews are scheduled starting in October

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Timeline

• October 2012: Interviews being held from this month onwards, on a rolling basis

• December 1, 2012: AADSAS application submission deadline for Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
• January 1, 2013: Deadline to submit supplemental material
• December 2012-July 2013: Admission decisions are sent all throughout this period
• Jun. 30, 2013: Deadline to submit the Health History and Physical Examination Report to the Student Health Services
• Jul. 9, 2013: Deadline for new students to pay tuition fees

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Tuition 2012-2013

• Fall 2012 tuition - $31,000
• Spring 2013 tuition - $31,000
• Total first year tuition - $62,000

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