Difference between revisions of "University of Manitoba Dentistry"

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Contacts

Website: www.umanitoba/faculties/dentistry
Phone: (204) 474-8825
Fax: (204) 474-7554
Admissions e-mail: dean_dent at umanitoba.ca

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• 29 positions available
  
• There are fours classes of applicants
  • Regular Applicant
  • Canadian Aboriginal
  • Special Applicant
  • Transfer Applicant

• The Admissions Committee gives priority to residents of Manitoba.
  • Manitoba and out of province residents compete equally for the first 29 positions

• Only Manitoba residents are waitlisted
• Can apply online or through paper application

For more information, go to:
http://umanitoba.ca/dentistry/prospectiveStudents/app_dentistry_07-08.pdf

Criteria

Required Classes

• Require minimum 60 credit hours of university.
  
• The completion of a minimum of 2 regular Fall/Winter sessions or 2 sets of 2 sequential terms. These sessions must contain a minimum of 24 new credit hours.
  

• Additional prerequisites (42 credits):
  • Intro. Chemistry: CHEM 110/120 with lab
  • Organic Chemistry: CHEM 212/222 with lab
  • Biochemistry: BIOC 311/312 or BIOC 311D (full year) with lab
    • or FD Sc 211/212/AN Sc 234 (offered by the Macdonald Campus)
  • Physics: PHYS 101/102 with lab
  • Biology: BIOL 111/112 with lab
  • English: one full year
  • Humanities/Social Sciences: 4 full courses required for completion of the minimum 60 credits
  • One full year course must be in the non-applied Sciences or non-pure Sciences (as classified by: http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/calendar07/faculties/arts/arts.pdf)

• All required classes must be completed by the April of the year preceding the anticipated admission.
  

For more information, go to:
http://umanitoba.ca/dentistry/prospectiveStudents/dent_preReq.html#admissionReqs

GPA:

• An adjusted GPA (AGPA) is calculated and is dependent on the number of years of pre-dental studies.
  
• For applicants with two years of pre-dental studies:
  
• GPA = (1/6){(2x average of CORE courses) + (1x average of lower year) + (3x average of better year)}

• For applicants with n (where n ?3) years of dental studies:
• GPA = (1/n){(2x average of CORE courses) + (0x average of lower year) + (3x the average of the best year)}
• Min core GPA requirement changes each year depending on applicant pool -see Stats below)
  

Dental Admissions Test -DAT)

• must be taken by the Nov. before the expected year of admission.
  
• Scores must be within 3 years before expected year of admission.
  
• Requirements:
  • PAT score of 14 or higher.
  • Carving Dexterity score of 12.
• Only the average of the Academic Average, PAT, and Carving Dexterity scores from the single best DAT of the last three years will be used in the calculation of the overall score.
  

Supporting Documents

• Transcripts
  • 2 sets of final official transcripts.
• Interim Transcripts ==Deadlines== - September 15, 2006: Last registration for the November DAT
  
• November 4, 2006: Dental Admission Test
  
• January 15, 2007: Last registration for registration for the February DAT
  
• January 22, 2007: Applications due
  

• February 16, 2007: Last date for receipt of Interim Transcripts
  
• February 17, 2007: Dental Admission Test
  
• End of April: Interviews held
  
• June 4, 2007: Last date for receipt of Final Transcripts
  
• Late June, 2007: Meeting of the Final Selection Committee
  

Tuition

• Out of province students pay the same fees as Manitoba students.
  
• Estimated cost for 1st year dentistry in 2006-7 was: $ 29,135
  
  • Includes fees and material costs
• For 4 years the tuition total: $ 85,811, including instrument fees.
  

• An additional $ 6,229 is estimated textbooks.
• Over $23,000 is available through the Faculty of Dentistry as scholarships and awards, $43,000 in bursaries and $12,000 in prizes.
  

Statistics

• The first year dental class consists of 29 individuals.
  • Minimum of 23 of the 29 positions is allocated to Regular Applicants.
• In 2006, 285 applications were received and 83 applicants were short listed and granted an interview.
  
• For regular applicants, in the last two years:
  • Min. core course averages:
  • Manitoba residents: 3.00 (2006) and 2.75 (2005)
• For out of province: 3.75 (2006) and 3.75 (2005)
  • The min. DAT averages required for an interview:

• • Manitoba residents: 18.00 (2006), 18.00 (2005)
• Out of province: 20.00 (2006) and 20.00 (2005)