ADEA GoDental Newsletter | Application Advice

Boost Your ADEA AADSAS^® Application With a Resume

“As someone who has read over 35,000 applications in my more than 20 years as an admissions officer, the Experiences and Achievements section of the application doesn’t receive enough attention from applicants,” says Corky Cacas, Director of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. “And I get it! After zeroing in on the best personal statement, spending hours transferring your coursework details and credit hours and securing faculty to submit evaluation letters on your behalf, all you want to do is hit the submit button. Yet, I would caution applicants to pay extra attention to this section because it is the initial opportunity to present yourself to admissions officers and committee members to get a sense of the real you.”


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Still Available! 2018 ADEA GoDental Virtual Fairs Archive

Access #GDVF18 materials now through June 22! Log in to review event materials or visit more booths today. All exhibit booth materials, chat transcripts and presentations are available to registered users through Friday, June 22 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.


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Health Professions Week (#HPW2018) Registration is Now Open!

Join us for #HPW2018, November 5–9, 2018, an exciting, FREE, week-long event for high school and college students who want to know more about careers in the health professions. The event clarifies how interprofessional collaborative practice is key to the safe, high quality, accessible, patient-centered care desired by all. Health Professions Week (HPW), a first-of-its-kind interprofessional recruitment event, strives to heighten visibility and promote interest in the health professions.

#HPW2018 attendees gain the opportunity to:

Explore 20 diverse and rewarding health professions through a host of customized online, interactive activities.
Learn about the value of collaborative care and its impact on local communities.
Hear first-hand from a variety of health professionals about how they make a difference in their communities through their chosen profession.

Check out the 2018 Events Schedule today. We’ll “see” you in November!


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Bundle and Save on ADEA Resources!

Bundling is better! Save $15 when you combine a one-year subscription to the ADEA Dental School Explorer with the 2017–2018 ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools, now just $50 (retail value: $65)! With the ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools newly online, all the information you need to make the application process a breeze is at your fingertips. Use your laptop, tablet or smartphone to gain access to the profiles of all 76 U.S. and Canadian dental schools! Search by keyword and filter by institution type, targeted entering-class size, DAT Total Science score (mean), Science GPA (mean) and location (state, territory or province).


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Though School Is Out, Dental School Admissions Offices Are Kicking Into High Gear

With school out for the summer, be sure to keep your email address updated within the ADEA AADSAS application. Changes to email and physical addresses may be made in the application portal. If you used your school email address to submit your application, be sure to check it periodically for messages from dental schools.


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Pathways to Success

Studying for the DAT may seem daunting at first, but with a study plan tailored to your availability, goals, strengths and weaknesses, your target score is within reach. Shelley Johannesson of East Tennessee University ’17 and Katherine Malyszek of University of Florida ’18 recently shared their study plans to show the many individualized approaches to prepare for the exam. Next steps? Customize a study plan that works best for you.


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How can you be a successful dental hygiene program applicant? As with most allied dental education programs, dental hygiene has a competitive admissions process. What does it take to stand out? Lisa Maxwell, LDH, B.S., M.S.M., Dental Hygiene Program Director at Indiana University School of Dentistry, has tips and guidance for applying to a dental hygiene program.


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The 2017 ADEA Survey of Dental School Seniors covers a wide range of topics pertinent to dental education, including students’ motivation to pursue dentistry, subject area preparedness, debt incurred and career plans. Studying the experiences and plans of new dental school graduates allows school administrators and policymakers to better understand future dentists’ motivations and challenges.