Letter of Recommendation Requirements List for Dental School?

Does anyone know if there is is a Dental School Letter of Recommendation Requirements list where we can check to see which dental schools require what number/what types of LOR's (like on excel, a website, etc.)? I believe there is a list for Medical Schools but there I cannot seem to find one for Dental Schools.

And please do not say.. "Just get a letter from a 3 science professors, a non-science professor, and a dentist and you're set". If I don't need a third science LOR, for example, then I would prefer not to drive back a long way to campus to "hunt down" a third professor during the summer.

y3nd0

Kitteh likes to stare

This took a while to find! You'd think it'd be easily accessible.

Kahr

Resident OMFP

This was an excel sheet someone made posted here on SDN and updated in 2011:

I've also compiled a list, so it's pretty much redundant information.

Letter of Recommendation Requirements 2012-13:

• Prehealth Advisor/Committee Letter (required if available) or
• Two letters of recommendation from college professors
• Note: UAB requires these be sent directly to them, in addition to your AADSAS application, however they recommend that OOS applicants wait until contacted before sending anything directly.
• Source:http://www.dental.uab.edu/students/prospective-students/dmd-program/helpful-tips.html

• Applicants must provide a minimum of two (2) letters of recommendation.
• They must be from a Science Faculty or Committee Letter
• and a Dentist.
• Source:http://www.atsu.edu/asdoh/programs/dental_medicine/admission_requirements.htm

• Submit three letters of recommendation.
• One must be from either a pre-dental advisory committee or a science professor.
• The others, preferentially, should be from either someone with a DO/MD, DDS/DMD degree and/or someone who can testify to the integrity and ethical standards of the applicant.
• Note: Family members are not acceptable.
• Source:http://www.midwestern.edu/Programs_and_Admission/AZ_Dental_Medicine.html#Admission%20Requirements

• Substantive letters of recommendation (minimum of 3) from any objective source.
• Note: Letters from objective sources who are familiar with your accomplishments could include employers, supervisors where you have volunteered, as well as college teachers, college recommendation committees, college counselors, and other appropriate individuals. If you have had significant involvement in research, a letter from your research supervisor is desirable
• Source:http://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/admissions/dds-degree/traditional and http://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/admissions/dds-degree/traditional/faqs

• You must also send to AADSAS three letters of recommendation.
• One letter should be written by a college science professor,
• one by a dentist with whom you have volunteered, or an advisor / researcher / mentor;
• and one from an individual of your choice.
• Or, you may have one composite letter sent from a pre-professional health advisory committee in lieu of the three required letters.
• Source:http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/admissions/dentistry-dds/application-procedures

• Three letters of reference
• Spiritual leader,
• science professor or pre–professional committee
• and employer
• Source:http://www.llu.edu/dentistry/admissions/dentistry.page?

• Three letters of evaluation
• If your undergraduate institution has a pre-health advisory committee, a committee evaluation is recommended.
• Otherwise you must submit two letters of evaluation from science instructors
• and an additional letter from a health care professional or employer.
• Source:http://dental.pacific.edu/Academic_. urgery/DDS_Program_How_and_When_to_Apply.html

• Two letters of recommendation are required from lecture-based science professors in biology, chemistry, or physics.
• We highly recommend that one of the letters be from a DDS.
• A committee letter may be substituted if your undergraduate institution offers this service.
• Note: Letters from research or lab-based professors will not meet the requirement; the letters must be written based on your performance in the lecture component of class.
• Source:http://dentistry.usc.edu/programs/dds/admission/

• Obtain one (1) letter of recommendation from your undergraduate institution's pre-professional committee; or
• Obtain three (3) letters of recommendation:
• Two (2) letters of recommendation from science professors
• One (1) letter of recommendation from a dentist or another professor
• Source:http://prospective.westernu.edu/dentistry/requirements

• Three letters of recommendation
• Pre-dental committee OR
• Two letters of recommendation from science instructors
• one letter from a non-science instructor OR an employer (or a dentist you have shadowed).
• Source:http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/c. sionProcedures/Pages/AdmissionProcedures.aspx

• Letters of recommendation should be forwarded from the predental advisory committee at the applicant's undergraduate school directly to AADSAS.
• If no predental advisory committee exists, then letters from three faculty members are acceptable.
• Source:http://sdm.uchc.edu/prospective/predoctoral/index.html

• Letters of recommendation must come from an advisor, counselor or instructor who is familiar with your academic background.
• Exceptions may be made for applicants who have graduated and are now working. In this situation, we will accept a letter from the applicant's employer(s).
• Note: I do not see a "number" of required letters, if someone can provide this information please contact me and I will update.
• Source:http://www.dentistry.howard.edu/admissions.htm

• An evaluation by a preprofessional health adviser or committee, if this evaluation cannot be provided,
• Three individual letters of evaluation from undergraduate instructors:
• Two of these should be from science instructors
• the other one from a liberal arts instructor.
• a letter of evaluation from a dentist (highly recommended, but not required)
• Note: If possible, these letters should be from faculty who know the applicant's scholastic abilities and personal character; otherwise, they should be from individuals (nonrelatives) who can provide an evaluation to the committee on admissions.
• Source:http://dental.nova.edu/doctoral/procedures.html

• You need to submit either three individual letters of evaluation or one composite letter from the pre-professional committee at your school.
• To strengthen your application, two of the letters should be from college-level science professors who can speak personally of your work.
• The third letter should be from a dentist or other qualified person who knows you and your accomplishments. It can also be from another professor.
• Source:http://www.dental.ufl.edu/Offices/Admissions/DMD/faq.php

• Three forms of letters of recommendation are required.
• One copy of the form is to be completed by a dentist.
• A second copy is to be completed by a college advisor, committee or instructor.
• A third copy is to be completed by an additional reference. This person can be another dentist, another college representative or a personal reference who can also offer comments about an applicant.
• Source:http://www.georgiahealth.edu/dentalmedicine/admit/admissions.html

• Two letters of recommendation
• One must be from either a predental/premedical advisory committee or a science professor
• The CDMI prefers other letters from either someone with a D.O./M.D. or D.D.S./D.M.D. degree and/or professionals who can testify to the integrity and ethical standards of the applicant
• Note: Letters written by immediate family members are not acceptable
• Source:http://www.midwestern.edu/Programs_and_Admission/IL_Dental_Medicine.html#Admission Requirements

• The College requires three letters of recommendation.
• One committee letter of recommendation will satisfy the three-letter requirement.
• We strongly recommend submitting two academic references, with at least one from a science professor.
• A third letter from a dental professional is highly preferred.
• Source:http://dentistry.uic.edu/depts/admissions/dmd/requirements.cfm?m=2&o=2

• One evaluation from a pre-dental or pre-professional committee. Or,
• Two letters from course instructors in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and English and
• one additional letter form a course instructor of the applicants choosing.
• Also, character references are not required, but you may submit them.
• Source:http://www.siue.edu/dentalmedicine/prospective/faq.shtml#require

• One evaluation from a pre-dental or pre-professional committee
• Three academic letters of evaluation from faculty members whose subjects you have completed at the university you attended.
• At least two of the three should be from your science professors;
• the third can be from any of your professors.
• Note: Personal letters of evaluation are discouraged unless they document dental exposure, manual dexterity skills, or community service. IUSD does not accept character references.
• Source:http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/prospective-students/admissions/dds-faq/

• We request three letters, however candidates may submit up to four
• Letters from an instructor, faculty member, dentist or physician, academic adviser, or employer would be appropriate.
• Note: Information about non-academic characteristics of a student is most useful as academic information is already in the application.
• Source:http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu/missions/education/dds_application_process.shtml

• Applicants are required to submit at least three (3) letters of evaluation from persons (e.g., two faculty and one dentist) who can support their admission to dental school.
• The letters should be written by faculty (preferred) or other individuals who know the applicant well and can share with the Admissions Committee insights about his/her achievements, personal qualities, potential for success in a rigorous curriculum, and motivation for a career in dentistry.
• A pre-professional committee evaluation may be substituted for the three letters.
• Source:http://www.mc.uky.edu/dentistry/students/dmd/adminindex.html

• Pre-dental committee report or university pre-professional evaluation.
• If that is unavailable, three letters of recommendation (2 from science professors and a third from a personal reference).
• Source:https://louisville.edu/dental/dmd/application

• Admissions strongly prefers to receive a recommendation package from the applicant's institutional pre-professional committee.
• If no such committee is available, letters of recommendation from one professor each in the departments of biology and chemistry may be substituted.
• Note: Letters of recommendation should NOT be sent directly to the University of Maryland, except upon specific request by the Office of Admissions.
• Source:http://www.dental.umaryland.edu/admissions/adm_new/dds_lors.html

• 2 basic science professors or
• 1 pre-professional school committee evaluation.
• Source:http://www.lsusd.lsuhsc.edu/fsdds.html

• Two or three faculty evaluations, including two from science faculty. The applicant should request references from faculty who can evaluate the student's performance in the academic setting.
• One letter of recommendation from a dentist mentor is requested, if the applicant has dental shadowing experience.
• If the applicant's college or university has a pre-dental or pre-health advisory committee, its composite or committee evaluation is requested. The committee evaluation fulfills the letters of recommendation requirement.
• Source:http://www.bu.edu/dental/admissions/dmd/application/

• Three individual letters of recommendation or one committee letter are required.
• HSDM will accept up to four letters of recommendation, or one committee letter and one supplemental letter.
• Three letters should be from professors who can speak to your academic abilities (including coursework, lab work, or research)
• and at least two of these letters must be from professors in the sciences.
• An additional (fourth) letter may be submitted from a supervisor, dentist, or other professional relation. HSDM does not accept personal references.
• Source: http://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/index.php/academics/dmd/application_components

• Two letters of evaluation (One from a Biology professor and one from a Biochemistry, Chemistry, Math or Physics professor) or a pre-professional composite committee letter;
• A letter from a dentist providing proof of at least 30 hours shadowing experience-preferably a general dentist-please note this letter must include approximate number of hours
• Note: Although Tufts welcomes any additional letters of evaluation from professors or employers, they will not be sufficient to complete an application.
• Source:http://dental.tufts.edu/1176295338385/TUSDM-Page-dental2w_1186496760237.html#application

• One Composite Letter from Pre-Professional Advisory Committee or Two Letters from Science Faculty.
• A composite letter of recommendation is required if your university has a pre-professional advisory committee. If no such committee exists, two letters are required from science faculty by whom you have been instructed. The Dental Admissions Committee strongly recommends that the letters are written by faculty within non plant or non environmental disciplines of Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
• All prospective applicants are encouraged to spend time in a dental office and are also required to provide a letter of recommendation from a dentist that also attests to the applicant having spent a reasonable amount of time with the practitioner exploring the dental profession.
• Note: Letters of recommendation must appear on official college/university or business (dental office) letterhead. Professionally, they must include an original signature with typewritten name beneath the signature as well as professional title. Faculty should ensure the course (code, title and term) for which you were enrolled and they instructed is conveyed within the content of their letter. It is highly recommended that letters of recommendation from TA's, Graduate Student Instructors or PhD Candidates be cosigned by the course director or department chairperson.
• Source:http://dental.udmercy.edu/admission/procedure/index.htm#letters
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  University of Michigan
• Three letters are required.
• .Two letters of recommendation must be from science professors (instructors with whom you've taken a course, have given you a grade and can write about your academic qualities), and one letter of recommendation from a non-science professor OR a dentist OR an employer..
• .Alternatively, some institutions offer evaluation letters written from a preprofessional committee. This is acceptable in lieu of the three letters of recommendation..
• .Source..: http://www.dent.umich.edu/admissions/home/dds/prerequisites.

• Students must submit three strong Letters of Recommendation.
• The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry requires two letters of recommendation from science faculty and the third from an employer/supervisor.
• Note: Individuals reapplying to the School of Dentistry must provide three new letters of recommendations; they can be from the same recommenders but must be new and different letters.
• Source:http://www.dentistry.umn.edu/progra. ons_information/admissions_criteria/home.html

• Three letters of recommendation.
• If there is a pre-health advisory committee at your school, they must submit a letter for you.
• If there is not a pre-health advisory committee but there is a pre-dental advisor, a letter must be submitted from that person. In addition, we suggest that you seek recommendations from faculty members at your school, employers, dentists you have talked with or observed, physicians, clergy, etc. Ask people who can give us information regarding your maturity and self-reliance, how you accept responsibility, your interest in dentistry, your work ethic and discipline, your critical thinking ability, what kind of student you are, your readiness for rigorous professional study, etc. You need to use your own judgment regarding the actual number of letters you submit.
• Source:http://dentistry.umkc.edu/Future_Students/DDSAdmissions.shtml

• Each applicant must have three recommendations submitted,
• Two by instructors in science and one by an instructor in a non-science department, testifying to the appilcant's character and apparent fitness for the profession of dentistry.
• If an applicant's college has a recommending committee, its recommendation is preferred to the three individual ones.
• Source:http://www.creighton.edu/dentalschool/admissions/prospectivestudents/applicationprocess/index.php

• The College of Dentistry does not require letters of recommendation, however, evaluations of a student's progress and potential by a predental adviser or committee are appreciated.
• Source:http://www.unmc.edu/dentistry/dental_program_admissions.htm

• one from a pre-health professions committee or
• three from individual professors (at least 2 from Science professors) and one from a dentist
• Source:http://dentalschool.unlv.edu/admissions_timeline.html

• .ONE Pre-Health Advisors Committee letter (preferred). or.
• .Three letters from faculty (two must be from the sciences)..
• .Note: On a different page it specifies that: . A letter of evaluation from a college's pre-health professions committee will satisfy this requirement. If the school does not have a committee, an applicant must submit four individual letters of evaluation (at least 2 from science professors). A letter from a dentist for whom the applicant has worked or shadowed is required in both cases.. (http://dentalschool.unlv.edu/admissions_app.html)
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• .Source:.. http://dentalschool.umdnj.edu/students/prospective/admissions/predental-requirements.htm.

• Three CONFIDENTIAL letters of recommendation from science professors or
• one composite letter from a pre-health committee.
• Note: Additional letters of recommendation from employers or non-science professors will be accepted, but will not satisfy the requirement.
• Source:http://dental.columbia.edu/education/app_proc.html

• Letter from a Committee on professional recommendations, or
• three (3) individual Letters of Evaluation (two of which must be from science instructors who know the applicant personally)
• Source:http://www.nyu.edu/dental/academicprograms/dds/requirements.html

• The Student Admissions Committee prefers a composite letter of evaluation generated on an applicant's behalf by an undergraduate health sciences preprofessional committee.If the undergraduate school does not have such a committee or a mechanism for providing a composite letter,
• letters of evaluation from three faculty members written by instructors in prerequisite science courses who have worked closely with the applicant, however this is not a mandatory requirement.
• Source:http://dental.buffalo.edu/Education/DDSProgram/DoctorofDentalSurgeryDDS/Admissions.aspx

• A pre-professional advisory committee letter is required.
• However, if your college or university does not provide a committe letter, three recommendation letters from senior science faculty members will be accepted.
• Source:http://dentistry.stonybrookmedicine.edu/dental/student/admissions

• One (1) from a science professor.
• .One (1) from a professor within your major. .
• .One (1) from a dental practitioner. .
• Source:http://www.dentistry.unc.edu/academic/dds/applicationrequirements.cfm

• .For applicants who are attending or have attended an institution that has a pre-health professions committee, the Admissions Committee requires a committee letter rather than individual letters of recommendation. .
• .Alternatively, for applicants whose institution does not offer such an option, two recommendation letters - one from a Biology professor and one from a Chemistry professor, both of who have taught the applicant and know the applicant well - may be substituted. .
• .Each applicant should also provide one letter of recommendation from a (non-relative) dentist, currently practicing or retired from practice in North Carolina, describing how well the dentist knows the applicant, and describing the dentist's assessment of the applicant's character, ethical bearing, maturity and commitment to serving the community. This letter MUST be on official letterhead. .

• Source:http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dentistry/admissions.cfm

• If a pre-professional committee is in operation at your college/university, it is the School of Dental Medicine's preference that your letters come through that committee.
• Should such a service not be offered at your institution, then we ask that you submit a minimum of two letters of recommendation from science faculty (biology, chemistry, physic, zoology) that have taught you in class or lab.
• Additional letters beyond those from science faculty could come from instructors in other academic disciplines or dentists with whom you have spend time observing/shadowing.
  Source:http://dental.case.edu/dmd/apply.html

• Applicants are required to electronically submit two letters of recommendation.
• One should be from a college science professor – someone who has worked closely with you and is able to write about your academic qualities.
• One should be from someone who knows you very well – someone who has first hand knowledge of your personal qualities and characteristics.
• Letters from dentists observed and employers are acceptable.
• Note: Additional letters from congressmen, senators, governors, mayors, alumni and members of the clergy are not helpful.
• Source:http://dent.osu.edu/admissions/recommendation_letter_requirements.php

• University of Oklahoma
• A letter from a dentist.
• A recommendation mailed directly from your institution's Pre-professional Advisory Committee is preferred. In lieu of a committee recommendation, two letters of recommendation from science instructors are acceptable.
• Source:http://dentistry.ouhsc.edu/prospectivestudents_3_1_1.php

• Two letters of evaluation from basic science faculty and one from a dental professional, or
• one pre-professional committee letter. If your pre-professional committee letter does not include an evaluation from a dentist, we ask that you send a supplemental letter of evaluation from a dentist under separate cover.
• Source:http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/sc. prospective-students/dmd-program/applying.cfm