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SLP Portfolio

SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM 2013 PORTFOLIO

Section 1: Preparation for the Program

IN THIS SECTION:

1. Create an AADSAS Application Draft

2. Write a Personal Statement Draft

3. What Factors Do You Consider in Choosing a Dental School?

4. Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses as an Applicant

You should prepare this material before coming to the Summer Learning Program on July 8th. Your

preparation will help you get the most out of your time here, and it will also indicate your motivation,

organizational skills, and time management. The items in this section play a role in gaining admission to

dental school and being successful once enrolled.

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1 Create an AADSAS Application Draft Completing a mock AADSAS application will help familiarize you with the dental school application process, as well as identify your strengths and weaknesses as a future applicant. It will also help you create a personal action plan on things to do to strengthen your real application for the future.

About ADEA AADSAS The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) presents the American Associated Dental School Application Service (AADSAS). ADEA AADSAS is a centralized application service that simplifies the application process by providing one standard dental school application for AADSAS participating dental schools, thus relieving applicants of the need to complete multiple applications. Individuals applying through ADEA AADSAS complete one application which is sent to all dentals schools designated by the applicant. These instructions were designed to assist applicants as they complete the ADEA AADSAS application to the 2013 entering class. It is the applicant’s responsibility to read, understand, and follow all ADEA AADSAS and school-specific instructions. As a part of submitting an ADEA AADSAS application, applicants must certify that they have read, understand, and agree to comply with ADEA AADSAS instructions. When applying to the ADEA AADSAS, be sure to supply your transcripts, any supplemental materials, payments, and test scores, as well as completing all the information broken down below.

Breakdown of ADEA AADSAS

Applicant Information

Biographical Information o Preferred Address o Permanent Address Information o Gender o Race o Place of Birth/Citizenship o Military Experience o Non U.S. Citizens Information o General

Parent and Family Information o Parent One o Parent Two o Siblings

Background Information o Describe any activities requiring manual dexterity (e.g. activities requiring hand-eye coordination

such as cross-stitching, sewing, art, crafts, playing musical instruments, auto repair, etc.) at which you are proficient.

o And more background information

Disadvantaged Status o Disadvantaged Status o Childhood Residence

Education Funding Sources

Education

Secondary (High) School Information

Colleges Attended (Transcript Matching Form)

Coursework

DAT scores

Professional Experience

Select an option from the drop down list and click on "Add New Entry" to create a list of your professional experiences. If you are unsure of the procedures on completing this section of the ADEA AADSAS Application please revisit the instructions or click on "Instructions For This Section". Once your application has been e-Submitted you WILL NOT be able to make corrections to this section.

The response you type will appear in your application exactly as you type it. Using all capital letters or not capitalizing properly does not present a professional image to your application.

Provide information about professional experiences, including: o Academic Enrichment Programs o Awards, Honors, and Scholarships (limit 5) o Dentistry/Shadowing Experience (limit 10) o Extracurricular/Volunteer/Community Service (limit 10) o Research Experience (limit 5) o Work Experience (including Military Service) (limit 5)

Personal Statement

The response you type will appear in your application exactly as you type it. Using all capital letters or not capitalizing properly does not present a professional image to your application.

Do NOT personalize your Personal Statement for a specific dental school. You can NOT make any edits to your Personal Statement after you have e-submitted your completed application to AADSAS.

Evaluators (LOE Matching Form)

List each of your evaluators (limit 4 individual or 1 committee with 1 optional individual letter)

Release Statements

Dental School Designations

2 Write a Personal Statement Draft When you apply to dental school, you will write several essays. Your AADSAS personal statement will go to all dental schools you apply to. Most dental schools also have secondary, supplemental applications, which can also include several essays. Those essays only go to the particular school requesting them. Your AADSAS personal statement should be a reflective autobiographical essay—allowing you to communicate your skills, abilities, strengths, and qualities that would make you a successful dentist. Try to express what makes you unique and why you think you would make an excellent dentist.

The essay should be no more than 500 words, typed. In this essay, you should include skills,

attitudes, knowledge, and strengths that you feel you possess, as well as a reflection on how

these attributes are meaningful and related to the role of a dentist. The following questions may

help you with this section: What are your strongest skills? What are your major

accomplishments? What are your greatest strengths and challenges? How do your skills and

strengths relate to becoming a dentist? What are three words that best describe you?

Put your personal statement here:

3 What Factors Do You Consider in Choosing a Dental School? We want you to explore the things that you value in your personal decision making regarding dental school. Here are some factors that other people have said are important to them. Choose and rank the ones that are important to you. Add anything that we left out. Common Factors:

Family

Weather

Location

Technology

School

facilities

Tuition

Cost of

attendance

Cost of living

in that location

Quality of Life

Leisure

activities

Campus

activities

Prestige

Quality of

Instruction

Resources

available to

students

Tutoring

Counseling

Community

Issues

Acceptance

into specialty

programs after

graduation

Simulation lab

CEREC

Patient

availability

Digital

radiographs

Research

emphasis

Friendliness

Make-up of

student body

Diversity

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4 Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses as an Applicant We want you to take a little time to think about yourself—not as a person or a friend, but as an applicant. Think about what you wrote in your personal statement and your AADSAS application. What parts of your application already shine? Where are your real strengths as an applicant? List them below. DO THAT

FIRST! This is not the time to be polite or modest about yourself. If you don’t see yourself as having

strengths, then admissions committees might not either.

Okay, now think about your application and the areas that are weak for you. People are different and

have different weaknesses. What are your weaknesses? Write them down below.

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

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IN THIS SECTION: 1. Journal Article & Review Sheet 2. Reflections

a. Clinic Orientation & Clinical Rotation Reflections b. Simulation Lab Reflections c. General Practice Visit Reflection

3. DAT Practice Test Scores & Workshops 4. StrengthsQuestTM 5. Financial Aid Workshop

a. “Total cost of attendance” calculation b. Budget worksheets c. Time vs. Money newsletter

6. Capstone Project 7. Action Plan

These are items that you will be using for the duration of the Summer Learning Program. They will all

provide you great insight into dentistry, as well as help you become a better applicant.

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Section 2: Program Materials

1 Journal Article and Review Sheet You and a partner will be given a reprint of an article from the dental literature on the topic of either “Access to Care” and “Dental Admissions.” You both should read the article and fill out the review sheet in the portfolio in preparation for discussion at your Journal club session. You both will present the article to the group using the review sheet as your guide. The purpose of doing this is to expose you to these two important topics and help you become a more informed future applicant.

Admissions/Student Employment Articles:

1. Lederman D. The Impact of Student Employment. June 8, 2009. Available at:

www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/08/work

2. Ranney R, Wilson MB, Bennett RB. Evaluation of Applicants to Pre-Doctoral Dental Education

Programs: A Review of the Literature. J Dent Educ, 2005; 69(10):1095–106

3. Orsag J, Orsag P, Whitmore D. Learning and Earning: Working In College, Executive Summary:

2001. Available at:http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Learning-Earning-Working-College/52884

4. Veal K, Perry M, Stavisky J, Herbert KD. The Pathway to Dentistry for Minority Students: From Their

Perspective. J Dent Educ, 68(9). Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15342654

Access to Care Articles:

1. Edmunds, R. Increasing Access to Care with Diversity. J Dent Educ, 2006; 70(9): 918-920.

2. Guay, A. Access to dental care:The triad of essential factors in access-to-care programs. JADA,

2004; v.135:779-785.

3. Mitchell, D., Lassiter, S. Addressing Health Care Disparities and Increasing Workforce Diversity: The

Next Step for the Dental, Medical, and Public Health Professions. American Journal of Public

Health, 2006; 96(12): 2093-2097

4. Neuman, L. The Tragedy of (No) Access to Care. Inside Dentistry 2007; 3(4). Available at:

www.insidedentistry.net

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Journal Club Article Review Sheet

Journal: _____________________________________ Year: ________ Page #s: __________

Title: _______________________________________________________________________

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Check “Yes” or “No” to the following items:

1. Look at the title, first paragraph, and last paragraph (or summary). Could the summary or

conclusions at the end possibly follow logically from the hypotheses, introduction, or plan at the

beginning of the article? Y N

2. Is there a bibliography? Y N

3. Does the bibliography appear current or comprehensive? Y N

4. Has the author given you any clear reason to consider him/her an authority or particularly well

informed on the topic of the article? Y N

5. Characterize the article as one of the following:

Anecdotal – tells a little story – “How I became a Doctor” Opinion – “Abortion is Wrong. Let’s Outlaw It!” Descriptive – “A Case of Caffeine Addiction in a Medical Student” Survey of the literature – “Current Treatment of Chilblains” Original research

6. Describe the population being studied.

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7. What is the N of this population? ___________________________

a. Do you feel this is a large enough sample to support conclusions? Y N

8. What conclusions are made in this article?

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9. What did you learn from this article?

____________________________________________________________________________

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10. Do the reasoning and factual data lead soundly to the conclusions given? Y N

11. Will you alter your thinking or practice because of this article? Y N

Count how many “Yes” and how many “No” you have. This will give you some criteria for

deciding whether this article is worth remembering.

Write a very brief summary (2-3 sentences) of the article and your impressions of it:

2a Clinical Orientation & Clinical Rotation Reflections You will be given a dental clinics orientation so that you can learn more about the dental students clinics here. Write about your observations as you observe in the dental student clinics. What is exciting to you? What are you doing well? What seems like a natural and good fit for you? Did anything surprise you? Pleasantly? Unpleasantly? Are you worried about anything that you observed?

2b Simulation Laboratory Reflections You will participate in dental laboratory experiences in the Simulation Lab while you are here for the program. These are very similar to the types of experiences that dental students have in dental school. Write about your observations as you work in the Simulation Lab. What is exciting to you? What are you doing well? What seems like a natural and good fit for you? Did anything surprise

you? Pleasantly? Unpleasantly? Are you worried about anything that you observed?

2c General Practice Visit Reflection You will visit a practicing general dentist in his or her office to give you another view of the dental profession. To make the most of this experience, we want you to come prepared with questions about setting up and running a practice. Also think about questions about the type of dental procedures that are done and the type of support needed to do those things. Also ask about lifestyle, community involvement, and how the dentist balances his or her time.

3 DAT Practice Test, Overview, Quantitative, and Perceptual Ability Workshops You will take a short version of the DAT to give you the “feel” of the DAT without costing hundreds of dollars or giving you a set of poor scores that follow you when you apply to dental school. Kaplan centers offer this practice test for free once a semester at their centers. It is a great way to get a feel for the test without spending a dime.

You will also attend DAT workshops to help you learn more about preparing for the DAT, as well

as tips on taking the Perceptual Ability and Quantitative Reasoning section of the test.

Put your DAT practice test scores and notes from the DAT workshops here to save for later.

4 StrengthsQuestTM

What is StrengthsQuest?

Your StrengthsQuest journey begins with a 30-minute online assessment, the Clifton

StrengthsFinder. This assessment has helped more than 7 million people around the world

discover their talents.

After you take the Clifton StrengthsFinder, you'll receive a customized report that lists your top

five talent themes, along with action items for development and suggestions about how you can

use your talents to achieve academic, career, and personal success.

Who uses StrengthsQuest?

StrengthsQuest is used at more than 600 schools and universities in North America. More than

1 million people have used StrengthsQuest to gain insights into how to use their talents to

achieve academic success, to explore careers, and in leadership development.

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Financial Aid Workshop

“Total Cost of Attendance” calculation

Budget Calculator

Time vs. Money newsletter

What is Cost of Attendance (COA)?

Colleges or universities will generally publish on their website or that of its financial aid office the college's cost of attendance. This is an estimate of how much money will be required to attend school for one year at that college, including all reasonable expenses. Most people, when budgeting for college, look at tuition and assume that tuition is more or less the "price tag" for that school. But the reality is that tuition may be as little as 50% of the overall budget.

Here is an example of items that make up the Cost of Attendance (COA): Tuition/Fees Fees for undergraduate students are based on an average of 30 credit hours of 0-4999 level courses. Graduate tuition fees are based on 24 class hours from 5000-9999. Graduate students in dentistry, medicine, and veterinary medicine pay block fees.

Books and Supplies Costs are determined by averaging the total cost of books and supplies for a four-year accounting curriculum at the campus shop and bookstore (with 25% of books purchased used at 75% of new book price, and assuming resale of 50% of texts at 50% of cost).

Computer Costs Computer costs built into student budgets are “annualized.” This means the figure is derived from one year’s monthly costs for purchase or lease of equipment (including printer, modem/ethernet, CD ROM drive) and annual software purchases/upgrades. These costs are figured over a two-year period.

Housing and Meals Housing costs for undergraduate students living on campus are based on costs of living in an air-conditioned double room (utilities and a refrigerator rental allowance are included). On-campus graduates’ costs are based on an average of rents for available graduate housing. Off-campus costs are based on an average of rates quoted by local apartments by phone survey (allowances are included for phone service and utilities). Food costs are based on costs of meals established by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Transportation

On- and off-campus transportation costs allow for three round-trips to Miami per two semesters.

Personal/Health Insurance The personal budget is based on the U.S. Department of Labor's established personal costs, including laundry, toiletries, and miscellaneous expenses. Health insurance costs are based on literature from UF’s Insurance Director and Committee Chairman.

Clothing Maintenance The budget for clothing maintenance is based on the U.S. Department of Labor's established clothing maintenance costs.

Budget Calculator

Visit the website below to use the budget calculator.

This budget calculator will help you determine your expenses and estimate your total available income to show you how much it really costs to go to school. You will need to consider all of your resources and the total cost of your education. The budget calculator lists most of the important expenses and resources: tuition, books, and scholarships, for example.

http://www.direct.ed.gov/BudgetCalc/budget.html

Loans Calculator

Visit the website below to see how much money it takes to pay back a loan.

http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DirectLoan/calc.html

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Capstone Project 6

CAPSTONE PROJECT:

1. Presentation Outline a. Summary of Schools Selected

2. Financial Evaluation 3. Location 4. Program Quality

a. Research b. Clinical

5. Prestige 6. Personal Factors

You will prepare and present a five-minute, oral capstone presentation at the end of the

program. This project is an evaluation of a school you would consider applying to.

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Capstone Project Reference Materials

You are free to use any materials you like to gather information about the school that you

choose to review. We will provide each group with a current copy of the ADEA Official Guide to

Dental Schools as a starting point for your research. You will need to return these at the end of

the program. You are welcome to use the school websites, www.adea.org has a page with links

to all of the dental school websites which you may want to bookmark to help you find schools.

You can also use references like Kaplan, Barron’s and Princeton guides. Sites like SDN.com

and predents.com also are sources of information.

Here is the format we would like you to use for your presentation. You can make a PowerPoint

or a poster or you can just speak to the group from your report. That is up to you. On

presentation day, we would like you to hand in your project and we will duplicate it so that you

can keep a copy in your portfolio.

1. Summary/School Name: School selected for review and why

2. Financial Evaluation – Total cost of attendance, indebtedness of graduates, above or below national averages

3. Location – where is it located, weather conditions, city, suburbs, rural, cost of living (rent, food, distance to school)

4. Program Quality – evaluate the quality of clinical instruction, the research program and the service component of the curriculum

5. Prestige – compare the prestige of this school to other schools

6. Personal Factors – what’s important to YOU?

a. The goodness of fit – for YOU. Discuss your values and goals, what is important to you. Then discuss how this school does or does not fit with what you want for yourself and your professional future.

b. Rate the goodness of fit – for YOU. On a school of 0 to 10, rate the school in terms of how it meets you and your desires for a professional education. EXPLAIN what factors caused you to score it the way you did

http://www.adea.org/

7 Action Plan On the last day of the program, you will spend some time thinking about the next actions you need to take to start using some of the great things you have learned during the program. Use the Action Plan to organize your thinking and write down what YOU need to do to make your dream of becoming a dentist REAL.

DENTAL SCHOOL ACTION PLAN What additional steps should I take before submitting my dental school application?

Additional Research I Need to Do: Clinical Experience DAT Preparation Academic Foundation Research Opportunities

Phone Calls I Need to Make: Clinical Experience DAT Preparation Academic Foundation

Paperwork (Resume, etc.) I Need to Do: Clinical Experience DAT Preparation Academic Foundation Extracurricular Activities

People I Need to See: Clinical Experience DAT Preparation Academic Foundation

Other Actions: Clinical Experience DAT Preparation Academic Foundation Research

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