Get Into Dental School

Now that you’ve established your ultimate career goal — becoming a dentist — it’s time to start using ASDA resources to help you achieve it.

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As a predental ASDA member, gain access and resources that help you navigate applying to dental school and introduce you to organized dentistry. Not a member? Join now to be part of the ASDA community.

Predental Resources

The resources below will help you navigate the dental school application process, grow your predental club, and introduce you to organized dentistry.

ASDA’s Guide to Getting into Dental School

This member-exclusive handbook contains tuition information, undergraduate requirements, application requirements and statistics for all U.S. dental schools. It also provides helpful information on the predental timeline, the DAT, interviewing, choosing a school and more.

The Polished Predental

The Polished Predental is a quarterly e-newsletter that is sent to all ASDA predental members. It contains news, event information, resources, networking tips and topics related to getting into dental school.

Predental Guides

ASDA members receive access to guides that cover topics such as how to arrange and prepare for a shadowing opportunity, tips on how to organize your path towards dental school, and guidance for non-traditional students including advice on coursework, the DAT, evaluation letters, personal statement, and committee letters.