Prerequisites

Pre-Dental Preparation at ACU

  • While a minimum of 90 semester hours completed in a U.S. accredited college or university is required, the completion of a B.A. or B.S. degree is highly desirable. Students may major in any academic discipline as long as they have completed the courses required for admission. While the basic requirements are very similar, schools do vary in their liberal arts requirements.
  • All dental schools require candidates to take the DAT. The computerized test may be taken on virtually any day of the year. The test is designed to measure general academic ability in Biology, General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry, comprehension of scientific information, and perceptual ability. It is usually taken in the spring of your junior year, and no later than the summer between your junior and senior year.
  • Students must apply to the ACU pre-dental program. Applications and requirements will be available on the ACU Health Professions site.

Advisor: Dr. Diana Flanagan
325-674-2749
Office: FSB 453
dlf09b@acu.edu

Dental Schools in Texas

Other Considerations

  • Current estimated expenses for Texas residents completing four years of dental school range from $80,000 to $95,000 with non-residents ranging from $125,000 to $140,000. There are 245 seats available each year in Texas dental schools, with over 1,000 applicants applying for those seats. Baylor has admissions agreements with New Mexico and Arkansas. UTHSC and UTMB limit non-resident enrollment to ten percent or less.
  • UTHSCSA has an early admissions program that allows ACU students may receive a conditional acceptance into dental school during the freshman year. If accepted and eligibility is maintained, the student completes 104 hours at ACU for the Health Professions Cooperative degree and then enters dental school. After completion of the first year of dental school, the participating student will receive a Bachelor of Science Degree from ACU.

Course Prerequisites

It is highly recommended that the students contact the schools for the latest information about course requirements in order for them to be met by the required time.

  • Biological Sciences
    14 hrs (2 of these recommended BIOL 221/223, BIOL 312, BIOL 492, BIOL 491/493)
  • General Chemistry
    8 hrs (CHEM 131/133, CHEM 132/134)
  • Organic Chemistry
    8 hrs (CHEM 223/221, CHEM 324/322)
  • Biochemistry
    3 hrs (CHEM 453)
  • Physics
    8 hrs (PHYS 110/111, PHYS 112/113)
  • Statistics
    3 hrs (MATH 123 or 377)
  • English
     6 hrs