All:
The problem with the ADEA website is being addressed now and should be resolved shortly.
As most of you are probably aware, the AADSAS 2010 application becomes available today. Please let your eager applicants know that the application will be available prior to 5 pm ET.
Anne Wells, Ed.D.
Associate Executive Director
Division of Educational Pathways
American Dental Education Association
Several students have reported that they are unable to log onto the ADEA site to begin to complete their AADSAS application for fall 2010 admission to US dental schools. As I receive any updates from prehealth advisor listservs, I will post these as soon as possible throughout the day. Please do not panic as today is only the first day and an application submitted in the month of June would be timely.
This message is from the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
This is to provide important information about the launch of the ADEA AADSAS 2010 application cycle.
The AADSAS 2010 cycle will launch on June 1, 2009. The content of the application is very similar to previous years, but applicants will find a better flow to the application and enhancements to help them keep up-to-date on their application status. June 1 is the date applicants can begin filling out and submitting their applications (there never has been one date for applicants to begin filling out AADSAS applications and a separate date when they can begin submitting them). We anticipate that we will start applications to schools in mid June.
Applicants to AADSAS 2009 who plan to re-apply in 2010 are reminded to print a copy of their 2009 applications. After May 29, 2009 the 2009 AADSAS application will no longer be accessible to applicants. At present, re-applicants must create a new 2010 AADSAS application and re-enter coursework information, etc. (We hope to be able to “move forward” applicant data for re-applicants in future years, but do not have this option at present.)
The process for submitting Letters of Evaluation to AADSAS remains unchanged from last year. Applicants continue to have the option to submit four individual Letters of Evaluation OR one Committee Report plus one individual Letter of Evaluation**. AADSAS considers a Committee Report to be:
A Committee Letter with supporting letters attached OR
A Committee Letter that is composed and uses quotes from various evaluators but does not have supporting letters attached OR
A Composite letter which usually consists of a cover letter from an advising office and a collection of individual evaluation letters that are attached; with composite letters, the advising office serves as a central collection service for the applicant but does not make additional assessments of the candidate
** AADSAS will take your FULL Committee packet IF you have or plan to go through the UB Prehealth Committee.
AADSAS does not have a relationship with VirtualEvals and does not have the ability to receive letters uploaded to VirtualEvals.
The fee for AADSAS 2010 will be $217 for the initial designation (school) and $68 for each additional designation (school). We recognize that many students suffer financial hardship and have increased our Fee Reduction Program for 2010. Information about the program can be found inside the AADSAS application.
Chonte James
Director of Predoctoral Application Service
American Dental Education Association
www.adea.org
The Gateway to Dentistry Program is a unique, 2-week internship that provides college students with lectures, hands-on exercises, and clinical observation experiences to familiarize them with the many facets of the profession and with dental school life.
* Students are paired with a student mentor, who they observe in the
clinic delivering direct patient care, and spend several lunch
hours with to build rapport and allow your students to ask
questions in a relaxed setting.
* An overview of the NJDS admissions and Financial Aid processes,
along with an individualized admissions consultation with a member
of the admissions committee round out the program.
Twice each year 30 college students from across the United States experience the Gateway to Dentistry program. Approximately one-fifth to one-fourth of each NJDS incoming class is comprised of Gateway graduates.
The link to the program website is here and describes the program more fully, direct students as to how to apply on-line, application deadlines and what supporting documentation is required (a current transcript and a letter of recommendation from a health professions advisor or a basic science instructor).
Kim E. Fenesy, DMD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Founder of the Gateway Program
Jeanette E. DeCastro, M.Ed.,
Director of Student Affairs & Advisement & Director of the Gateway Program
Tour UB’s dental school and clinics, hear a presentation from Dr. Brown, the Director of Admissions, talk with current dental students and have your questions answered!
Food and refreshments will be served.
Monday, March 2 2009 from 11:30 to 1:30/2:00 at UB’s Squire Hall, South Campus (Meet on 1st Floor Lobby area)
Space is LIMITED so please SIGN-UP by emailing Nicole Schwab at nmschwab@buffalo.edu. You will receive email confirmation when you have been added to the list.
A wait-list will be started if the session is over-enrolled.
AADSAS 2010 brochures will soon be available. Please ask one either Libby Morsheimer or Dalene Aylward for a brochure if you are applying to US dental schools for fall 2010.
The AADSAS 2010 application will become available on June 1, 2009. (In the past few years, AADSAS has been released on May 15.)
In the coming weeks, the ADEA will be providing additional information about AADSAS 2010 on the ADEA website.
Students interested in participating in the Clinical Observation Program at the UB School of Dental Medicine can now access the application directly online. Please click on the link for additional information and the application.
US Dental School Application Service (AADSAS) OPEN May 15, 2008
Please go to the AADSAS application to open. In particular, pay attention to the link for the “AADSAS Instructions” and for “Participating Dental Schools” as there can be unique information required by each school listed.
Please go to click on the AADSAS link for the preliminary information regarding the Association of American Dental Schools Application Services (AADSAS) for fall 2009 application.
These statistics, in terms of average GPA and DAT scores per US dental school, are now available in 108 Norton. Feel free to take a copy.
