Difference between revisions of "University of Michigan Dentistry"

Dentistry
Canadian universities
	Alberta; UBC; Dalhousie ; Laval; McGill; Montréal; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Toronto; UWO
American universities
	Boston; Case Western; Columbia; UCSF; UCLA; Harvard; Loma Linda; Kentucky; Marquette; Maryland; NYU; Michigan; UNC; Oklahoma; Ohio State; UPenn; SUNY Buffalo; Tufts;
International universities
	Manchester; ;

Revision as of 15:12, 6 November 2010

Website: http://www.dent.umich.edu/
Phone: 734-763-6933
Admissions e-mail: ddsadmissions@umich.edu

Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study (90 credits)
- Courses of grades with C- and lower will not be accepted
Required Courses:
- English Composition (Literature acceptable for 3 credits) - 6 credits
- Biology with lab - 8 credits
- Inorganic chemistry with lab - 8 credits
- Organic chemistry with lab - 8 credits
- Physics with lab - 8 credits
- Microbiology - 3 credits
- Biochemistry - 3 credits
- Psychology - 3 credits
- Sociology - 3 credits

For information on prerequisites.

Either Canadian or American DAT
- 19 and above scores are considered competitive
Mandatory
- If your results are unsatisfactory, you must wait 90 days to retake
Cannot retake DAT after submitting application
Average DAT: 19.56 Academic average, 19.92 Perceptual average

Associated American Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS) - main form to apply:
- To access the AADSAS form and instructions, click here
AADSAS fee of $227 for 1 school
University of Michigan fee of $65
- December 1 deadline
Experience and extra-curricular activities
Michigan may request for additional information

Early fall to ending winter semester interview period
- By personal invitation specifying date and time
8:30 AM to 4 PM
- Official transcripts must be sent at time of interview
Earliest date of acceptance if December 1
- Entering class is filled as year goes on

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 *Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
 *4 years in length
-*Number of applications in 2009: Over 500 (about 20 international applicants)
+*Number of applications in 2010: 2075
-*Class size in 2010: 64 (including 11 international applicants)
+**300 invited for interview
-**A maximum of 10% of spaces are offered for out-of-province applicants
+*Class size in 2010: 106
-*Applicants must apply during 3rd year of university at the earliest.
-*Applicants who have been refused to go on to a higher year in their university education are ineligible to apply.
-*Applicants who have failed any dental program are ineligible to apply.
-For more information, click [http://www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/admissions/DDSLIT2010.pdf here]<br>
-Statistics may be found [http://www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/admissions/admissionsmain.html here] and entering the following question in the '''Ask Us: ''' box: “How many people are admitted into the Dentistry Program each year?”
 ==Admission Requirements==
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 *Average GPA of entering class: 3.5
 **Entering science GPA: 3.3
 ====DAT====