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                                             Doctor
                                                  of Dental Surgery  
                                                  Important Application
                                                  Tips 
                                            READ ALL
                                                INSTRUCTIONS 
                                            APPLY EARLY! 
                                            
                                              - LSUSD maintains a
                                                rolling admissions
                                                policy. Applications are
                                                reviewed and decisions
                                                to interview individual
                                                candidates are made at
                                                regular intervals
                                                beginning around August
                                                1. Interviews are
                                                conducted and the
                                                selection process of
                                                each candidate for
                                                admission is made until
                                                the class is filled.
 
                                               
                                              - Interviews are
                                                required for admission
                                                consideration and are
                                                scheduled 3-4 weeks in
                                                advance. The first
                                                offers of admission are
                                                extended usually on the
                                                first Monday in
                                                December.
 
                                               
                                              - In order for your
                                                application to be
                                                reviewed in time for
                                                fall interviews, LSUSD
                                                must receive your
                                                completed application
                                                much earlier than the Sep. 1st deadline.
 
                                             
                                              
                                            LETTERS OF
                                                EVALUATION 
                                            
                                              - A letter of evaluation
                                                from your
                                                Pre-Professional
                                                Committee (preferred, if
                                                available) or two
                                                letters of evaluation
                                                from Basic Science
                                                Professors sent directly
                                                to AADSAS.
 
                                             
                                              
                                            APPLICATION FEE 
                                            
                                              - Non-refundable application fee of $200
                                                must be paid on the Pre-Admission
                                                  Payment Portal or by check
                                                (payable to LSUHSC) sent to
                                                LSUSD. Your application
                                                is not complete until we
                                                receive your application
                                                fee.
 
                                             
                                              
                                            DAT SCORES 
                                            
                                              - Each applicant must
                                                complete the DAT and
                                                have the official
                                                results sent to this
                                                school. (Through AADSAS)
 
                                               
                                              - Applicants to LSUSD
                                                should not delay
                                                submitting their AADSAS
                                                application until they
                                                receive DAT results. A
                                                DAT score needs to be
                                                submitted before Sep. 1st If you are
                                                retaking, be sure to
                                                update your scores on
                                                the AADSAS
                                                  portal.
 
                                               
                                              - The DAT should be
                                                taken (or retaken) no
                                                later than August 1 in
                                                order that your scores
                                                will reach LSUSD by our
                                                application deadline of
                                                Sep. 1st.
                                                It is strongly
                                                recommended that the
                                                applicant take the DAT
                                                prior to the June AASDAS
                                                application process.
 
                                             
                                              
                                            SUPPLEMENTAL
                                                APPLICATIONS  
                                            
                                              - LSUSD Supplemental
                                                Applications will be
                                                e-mailed to those who
                                                qualify.
 
                                             
                                              
                                            REGULARLY CHECK
                                                THE STATUS OF YOUR
                                                APPLICATION 
                                            
                                              - Go to the "status" of
                                                your AADSAS application.
 
                                             
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