Dental School Pre-requisites

Below is a list of standard pre-requisites for admission to US Dental Schools. It is recommended that you check with specific schools to see if they require any additional coursework to be eligible for admission.

General Biology with labs
  BIOL 1100, 1101/BIOL 1200, 1201

General Chemistry with labs
  CHEM 1150, 1151/CHEM 1160, 1161

Organic Chemistry with labs
  CHEM 2750, 2753/CHEM 2760, 2763

General Physics with labs
  PHYS 1250, 1251/ PHYS 1260, 1261 or PHYS 2350, 1251/PHYS 2360, 1261

College Algebra and a higher-level math
  Math 1065 and statistics, calculus, etc

Applications accepted: June 1 – Jan 15th

Accepted students: 50

Minimum GPA: 3.0

Recommended GPA: 3.5 or higher

Recommended DAT: 20 or higher

Volunteer-work and shadowing are very important to admission committees