Freshman Year:

• Visit the Career Center to explore your career options
• Shadow practicing dentists and record hours. Visit a variety of practice models
• Become an associate member of AED and participate in the volunteer activities

Sophomore Year:

• Continue obtaining job shadowing experience
• Continue involvement with AED and strive to become a national member
• Stay on track with your course requirements for dental school
• Volunteer on campus and in the community
• Participate in mock interviews in March
• Take practice DATs offered each semester
• Draft your personal statement about why you want to be a dentist

Junior Year:

• Participate in the PPAC process, which begins in January
• Continue to job shadow
• Apply for leadership positions in organizations or clubs
• Begin DAT preparation by taking a review course or studying on your own
• Take multiple practice DATs during spring semester
• Participate in mock interviews in April
• Take the DAT by the end of June
• Apply with AADSAS late May or early June
• Apply to dental school over the summer

Senior Year:

• Complete all secondary applications
• Continue to achieve good grades
• Interview
• Graduate

Linda Bruner,
Pre-Health Advisor
➢ lrb0018@auburn.edu

Dr. Kevin Huggins,
Nutrition Science Undergraduate Coordinator,
Associate Professor of Nutrition Science
➢ huggikw@auburn.edu

Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED)
➢ www.auburn.edu/aed

Beverly Childress,
Pre-Health Director
of Pre-Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC)
College of Science and Mathematics
➢ childbb@auburn.edu