To apply for dental school at this institution, there are several pre-requisites:

• Years of College: Two (2) years minimum; preference is shown to applicants who complete 4 years of college.
  

• Pre-Dental Course Work with average of C or better in each class:

To complete the application process

1. Dental Admissions Test: Every applicant must take the Dental Admission Test (DAT).  For more information about the DAT, visit the web site: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/aadsas.asp
   
   
2. Completion of an application through the American Association of Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS). Click Here to apply online.
   
   
3. Application Deadline: January 15th of year you wish to enter.
   
   
4. Supplemental Application: Upon completion of the AADSAS, applicants must fill out a supplemental application through the link provided at the end of the AADSAS application.  At the time of completing the application on-line, a processing fee will be assessed and paid on-line.  Please do not send a separate payment to Meharry. This supplemental application allows the applicant to further describe their activities.  In the event you miss the link to the supplemental application on AADSAS, a confirmation of your electronic application will be sent to you in e-mail along with a link to the Dental Supplemental Application.    
   
   Click Here to create your account, then select the Dental Supplemental Application from the list. Before completing and submitting the application, please review all instructions.
   
   
5. Letter of Recommendation: 

Three letters of Recommendation (Your letters must be submitted to AADSAS by January 15th deadline)
 
Initial applications are accepted only through the AADSAS.  Information and application materials are available at www.adea.org <http://www.adea.org/> .
 
Beginning with the current application cycle for the entering class of 2009, Meharry applicants should send ALL letters of recommendation directly to AADSAS which will forward the letters to our office.  The address to which the letters should be mailed will appear on the AADSAS Letter Request Form.

Those applicants who attend, or who have recently graduated from, an undergraduate institution or a post baccalaureate premedical program which offers a Health Processions Advisor or Advisory Committee should submit a letter from this person or committee; this letter should be sent to AADSAS as described above. If no such institutional letter is available, the applicant should explain this on the Meharry Medical College supplemental application and substitute a minimum of three individual letters, including two from Science professors. These letters should be sent to AADSAS as described above.

Click Here for information about the American Dental Education Association (ADEA).

Contact Information

Director of Admissions
Meharry Medical College
1005 Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37208-3599
Phone: (615) 327-6223    Fax: (615) 327-6228
E-mail:admissions@mmc.edu