Attention all Dental and Pre-Dental Students:
Learn about the US Navy’s Dental School Scholarship, with full-paid tuition and over $80K in living expenses while you complete dental school.
The UB Pre-Dental Association and Office of Prehealth Advising Presents:
Philip Rinaudo, CAPT, DC, USN, Dental Corps Career Planner
Captain Rinaudo earned his dental degree from Louisiana State University and completed a residency in Operative Dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry. He has held academic appointments at Medical University of South Carolina, LSU School of Dentistry and the University Of Tennessee College Of Dentistry. He served as Navy Delegate to the American Dental Association (ADA) and is a member of the ADA, the Academy of Operative Dentistry and the International Journal of Dentists. He will be giving a presentation regarding the Navy’s Dental School Scholarship Program for those interested in learning more about opportunities in Navy dentistry.
He will give two presentations, one on the South Campus, and one on the North Campus. The dates are:
October 16 (South Campus) in the Ruchlin Room - 325B Squire Hall
AND
October 17 (North Campus) in room 145 D Student Union
Both presentations will begin at 12:00 and last approximately 45 minutes.
Please call Diana Anderson at 716-838-0826 for more information.
This message is from Rina Patel, president of the Pre-Dental Association
The Pre-Dental Association has many exciting things planned for this semester and we hope you all will become actively involved in all our club has to offer. Some of these include Habitat for Humanity, Pre-Health Picnic, Linda Yalem Safety Run, AIDS walk, member of the year awards and private dental practice shadowing opportunities. All this and more will be discussed at our first meeting to be held on Thursday, September 6 at 5:30pm in room 145C in the student union. There will be free food and drinks and Libby (the Pre-Health advisor) will be joining us to introduce herself and discuss some important information regarding the pre-health committee and being a pre-health student in general. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!
Effective fall 2007, Prehealth Drop-In Hours will NO LONGER be offered. The decision was made after considering the feasibility of providing accurate and thoughtful advising pertaining to 6 professional health schools within 15 minute time slots. Drop-In hours have been replaced with additional appointment times available to all UB prehealth students. For an appointment, please consult “Scheduling Prehealth Appointments” and then call 716-645-6013.
We would encourage freshmen and sophomore students especially to consider coming to the workshop titled “So You Want to Be a Doctor…” PRIOR to setting an appointment. For the listing of fall 2007 workshops, please go to the main page of the Prehealth website and link on the “Workshops” tab. “So You want to be a Doctor” would also be appropriate for any one just beginning to think about choosing a professional health career in medicine, dentistry, chiopractic, optometry, podiatry and veterinary.
We are able to convey much more information in a workshop forum during an hour as opposed to a 1/2 hour appointment where you also may wish to discuss your schedule, courses, clinical exposure, etc.
The Pre-Dental Association and CO-SIGN were both received awards at the SA Awards banquet last Tuesday. Pre-Dental won the “Best Smiles and Better Attitudes” award and CO-SIGN won “Academic Council Outstanding Participation”.
Also, for the Pre-Dental Association, the new eboard for the 2007-2008 school year is as follows:
President - Rina Patel
Vice President - Kim Cuddy
Secretary - Josh Miller
Treasurer - Tina Sophaphone
Public Relations - Paul Ciero
This message is from Rina Patel, president of the Pre-Dental Association
The Pre-Dental Association is having a fundraiser at Coldstone THIS Thursday, April 19 from 6-10pm. All you have to do is just come to the new Coldstone on Maple (4110 Maple Rd. near Red Robin) between 6-10pm on Thursday and eat ice cream! You will also receive a free gift (between 6-7pm) from the Pre-Dental Association with your purchase of ice cream!
This message is from Rina Patel, President of Pre-Dental Association
Want to get the inside scoop on dental school? Then come to the next Pre-Dental meeting on Thursday, April 5th at 5pm in room 145D! A panel of dental students from the UB School of Dental Medicine will be coming in to tell us what dental school is really like and give us some advice on how to be a good candidate for dental school admission. Refreshments will be served! We will also be discussing (as always) volunteering opportunities with the club as well as information and nominations for elections for next year’s eboard. ALL ARE WELCOME - freshmen and sophomores are extremely encouraged to get involved in the eboard! See you on Thursday!
There is preliminary information available off the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) website for applicants for the entering class of fall 2008. This information is from the American Association of US Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS). Click here for updated information for the fall 2008 entering class.
IMPORTANT: Please see notation regarding the number of individual letters that can accompany a Prehealth Committee letter effective 2008. The site indicates “One Pre-dental Committee Report/Letter” plus the option of one additional letter of evaluation” - however, as per AADSAS in a direct correspondence with me, if you go through the Committee, we will send ALL of your individual letters (4-7) required for the Committee as we have done in the past.
The University of Pennsylvania invites you to their annual Minority Recruitment Fair, April 13, 2007 from 9:30-4:30 p.m.
You will: meet the Dean and faculty and staff who oversee the school’s minority programs and admission, tour the dental school campus, learn the ins and outs of the admissions process and how to access financial aid, talk with current Penn Dental Medicine students and hear from minority alumni. To register please call 215-898-5792 or visit the Office of Minority Affairs website.
As of January 2007, the Dental Admission Testing Program no longer produced and distributed printed copies of the Examinee Guides and applications. The Examinee Guide can be found on the American Dental Association’s (ADA) website. Applicants for the Dental Admission Test can apply online through the ADA’s website.
Also beginning in January of 2007 are two changes in the policies of the testing program. First, examinees are restricted to three opportunities to take the test. Additional opportunities can be granted under special circumstances. Second, examinees applying to take the test sign an agreement to arbitrate any disagreements with the testing program. For details related to these two policy changes, please see the online Examinee Guide.
Here are some data directly from the ADEA (American Dental Education Association) about pre-dental education and applicants to dental school:
According to the ADA 2003-2004 Survey of Dental Education, 0.3% of enrollees entered dental school with 2 years of pre-dental education, 4.4% of enrollees entered dental school with 3 years of pre-dental education, 5.5% of enrollees entered dental school with 4 years of pre-dental education (but no baccalaureate degree), 85.9% of enrollees entered with a baccalaureate degree, and 3.9% entered with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other post-baccalaureate degree.
The dental school applicant pool is growing in size and the number of enrollees remains relatively stable. In 2000, the ratio of applicants to first-time enrollees was 1.83:1; in 2005 the ratio of applicants to first-time enrollees was 2.36:1.
