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Website with specific information about the application itself and the process  \n● ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools – General information about the process of applying. Information and specifics about each dental school in one convenient reference book (~$35) , also available as in electronic form (~$20)  \n● ADEA Go Dental Portal – Information about the dental career, application prep, and application process.  \n● CPHA Questions Box-We’re here to help and we check this every day  \n○  [questions@prehealth.wisc.edu](questions@prehealth.wisc.edu)  \n● AADSAS Helpline – Representatives are available to answer questions about the application.  \n○  [aadsasinfo@aadsasweb.org](aadsasinfo@aadsasweb.org)  \n○ 617-612-2045 available 9-5 EST Monday through Friday.  \nOrganizational Overview  \nADEA & ADA – American Dental Education Association represents the administration, faculty, and students of all of the dental schools in the United States and Canada. ADEA coordinates the application to apply to dental school (AADSAS ) . Meanwhile the American Dental Association (ADA) coordinates the Dental School Admissions Test (DAT) . You will interact with these organizations in many ways throughout your professional career!  \nAADSAS - The Associated American Dental School Application Service is a centralized application used by most [U.S. dental](U.S. dental) schools. The application collects personal and academic information in one place and forwards this to the list of schools selected by you.  \nComponents of the AADSAS: Opens in early June and can be submitted as soon as it opens.  \n1. Biographical information  \n● Legal name, address , contact information, gender, race and ethnicity, citizenship and military experience  \n○ Note: ROTC is military service  \n● DENTPIN: Unique identifying number set up with the ADA usually when taking the DAT  \n2. Applicant information  \n● Parent and family information: parental education and occupation  \n● Background information: disclosure of legal and disciplinary actions and licensure  \n○ Check with Office of Dean of Students to see if they have to report anything about you as part of background check. If so, you will need to include a brief statement about the incident under “institutional actions.”  \n● Disadvantaged information: social, economic, and educational factors  \n○  SES Education/Occupation Indicator – Derived from parental education and occupation information. It is  \n○ The EO indicator is intended for use by schools to identity individuals who have asocioeconomically disadvantaged background.  \n3.  Education Information  \n● Enter your high school and all colleges you have attended  \n○ see instructions for Canadian, foreign and U.S. institutions abroad  \n● Request official transcripts from the registrar for all institutions where you received college credit  \n○ Print out a Transcript Matching Form and have the registrar attach the form to the transcript that is sent directly to AADSAS.  \n4.  Coursework  \n● Enter all your US (and Canadian) college courses as they appear on your transcripts. Do not do this section from memory. Use personal copies of your transcripts to enter course information.  \n○ You will need to include coursework by session and term type as well as classify the coursework according to type of institution and subject.  \n○ You will also need to convert grades to the standardized letter grade, (See website for conversion tables) .  \n● AADSAS has a coursework entry service ($50 for 1-2 transcripts; $100 for 3 or more), if you want to utilize (and pay for) this.  \n● You will be able to update information about coursework listed as planned or in progress during the Academic Update period ( [mid-Nov. to](mid-Nov. to) early Feb. ) .  \n5.  DAT Information  \n● If you selected schools during the DAT, then scores will be sent to the school. 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