American Dental Education Association DAT Count, Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes

American Dental Education Association Applicants and First-Time Enrollees, Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes

American Dental Education Association Applicant/First-Year Enrollee Ratio, Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes

American Dental Education Association Grade Point Averages of Dental School Applicants, Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes and historic

American Dental Education Association U.S. Dental School Applicants and First-Year Enrollment Trends Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes and historic

American Dental Education Association Geographic Distribution of Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes

American Dental Education Association Predental Majors of Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 Predental Major% of Applicants% of EnrolleesEnrollment Rate Biological/Life Science56.4%56.8%35.3% Business/Management3.4% 35.7% Computer/Information Technology0.7%0.6%31.6% Education0.4%0.2%20% Engineering1.6%2.1%44.4% Health12%10.3%30% Humanities3.4%3.5%36% Mathematics0.5%0.6%39.3% Physical Sciences10.1%10%34.9% Social/Behavioral Sciences7.8%8.4%37.7% Other Technical/Professional3.7%4.0%37.2% Source: American Dental Education Association, Applicant Analysis Survey, Using NCES BPS major field coding system

American Dental Education Association Age Distribution of Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 Source: American Dental Education Association, Applicant Analysis Survey

American Dental Education Association Age Distribution of Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 Source: American Dental Education Association, Applicant Analysis Survey

American Dental Education Association Minority Applicants to U.S. Dental Schools, Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering class.

American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of Grade Point Averages, 2007 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes GPA Scores< – – – – – Applicants Science GPA7.9%8.3%14.7%20.6%19.3%16.2%12.9% Total GPA3.2%5.5%10.8%22.2%23.9%19.9%14.7% Enrollees Science GPA1.0%2.6%6.6%16.5%23.4%25.9%24.0% Total GPA0.3%1.2%4.0%13.0%23.9%30.1%27.5%

American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of DAT Scores, 2007 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes DAT Scores< Applicants Academic Average2.5%23.0%35.5%27.5%15.9% Perceptual Ability5.6%27.5%31.6%27.4%16.4% Total Science4.1%24.8% %14.6% Enrollees Academic Average0.1%6.1%26.4%38.3%29.1% Perceptual Ability0.3%7.6%25.4%37.2%29.6% Total Science1.5%15.3%29.7%33.0%20.6%

American Dental Education Association 2007 AADSAS Applicants by Gender Source: American Dental Education Association; U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2006 and 2007 Entering Classes 13,742 AADSAS applicants 53% of 2007 AADSAS applicants are male; 47% are female