1. How to Recruit and Engage Pre-Dental Members Alex McMahon & David Lindsey UCLA School of Dentistry Class of 2015 ajmcmahon@ucla.eduajmcmahon@ucla.edu dhikarul@ucla.edudhikarul@ucla.edu

2. How to Recruiting & Engaging Pre-Dental Members David Lindsey & Alex McMahon UCLA School of Dentistry, Class of 2015

3. Background

4. About Us Current Chapter President and Vice President 2012–13 Pre-Dental Committee Chairs 2 nd Place 2013 Golden Crown Award: Pre-Dental Incentive –Recruited 78 Pre-Dental ASDA members Represented UCLA at the ADEA Virtual Dental School Fair Alex serves as a voting member of UCLA School of Dentistry’s Admissions Committee

5. Outline

6. How Does Pre-Dental Recruitment Affect Your Chapter? Provide mentorship to undergraduate students Increases educational opportunities Service to the profession –Increasing the knowledge of Pre-Dental students  more informed future dental students Future Leaders of you chapter –Onboarding Rewarding Strengthen relationship with Administration Enhance your chapter and school’s reputation

7. I attended a presentation at UC Irvine by Dr. Carol A. Bibb, the Associate Dean of Student Affairs, and two D2 students, Alex McMahon and David Lindsey. They explained to my fellow Pre-Dental Society peers and I what it means to be a student at UCLA, what core values the school believes in, and the trials we would face in the program. I knew that my dream of becoming a dentist would be possible if I were accepted into the UCLA dental program. “

8. UCLA Structure Part of a large undergraduate university –Relationship with UCLA’s Pre-Dental Society UCLA ASDA Pre-Dental Committee Structure

9. Pre-Dental Committee Chairs (2) Pre-Dental Committee Chairs (2) Lecture Series Coordinators (3) Lecture Series Coordinators (3) Big Sib/Lil Sib Coordinators (3) Big Sib/Lil Sib Coordinators (3) Shadow Day Coordinators (3) Shadow Day Coordinators (3)

10. Recruitment and Engaging Pre- Dental Students Most important aspect of recruitment: –Provide Pre-Dental students with CLEAR tangible benefits of becoming an ASDA member National ASDA benefits Chapter level benefits

11. National ASDA Pre-Dental Benefits

12. 10% Kaplan Discount Bank of America- no annual fee credit card and reward points GEICO – up to 8% off auto, homeowners, and renters insurance T-Mobile- up to 10% off plan Copy of “Getting into Dental School” ASDA Publications Access to ASDA website ASDA social media: Facebook, YouTube, Flickr National Leadership Positions: Pre-Dental Consultant and Pre-Dental Advisory Committee National Meetings Networking opportunities Separation from other applicants

13. Chapter Pre-Dental Incentives Provides a direct connection to your ASDA chapter Motivates Pre-Dentals to sign up with your chapter

14. Chapter-level Benefits Shadow Days Pre-Dental Workshops Mentorship Vendor Fair Positions within your Chapter Discount Cards Core Build-Up Day

15. Shadow Days shadowDAYS Invited Local Clubs | Tour | Dental Lecture | Network | Presentation | Administration Talk | Join ASDA

16. Shadow Days Invite Pre-Dental society to visit your school Tour Attend dental lecture Network with current dental students –Have a dental student that attended that specific university D1 Info – GPA, DAT, Age, Breakdown of Universities/Majors, helpful study tips, etc. Admissions Committee Representative ASDA Membership Pitch

17. pre-dental workshops Wax ‘n’ Relax | Impressions | Basic Dental Principles Course

18. Pre-Dental Workshops Wax ‘N’ Relax Impressions Basic Dental Principles Course

19. Mentorship Big Sib/Lil’ Sib Program –Pairs D1 student with Pre-Dental student –Big Sib/Lil’ Sib Dinner –Trivia Night –BBQ –Application Night

20. Vendor Fair Allow Pre-Dental ASDA members to attend your Vendor Fair –Everyone loves free stuff! –Can easily make up return on investment of the $58 ASDA membership

21. Pre-Dental Positions within your Chapter Ask committee chairs if they would like to incorporate some Pre-Dentals –Examples: Newsletter Dental Olympics Community Service Philanthropy Events

22. Discount Cards Contact local business to see if they will provide discounts for ASDA members Many businesses already provide discounts for your university. –Most will gladly allow that discount to be applied for your ASDA chapter

23. Core Build-Up Day Held during Spring prior to AADSAS application opening Pre-Dental symposium for Pre-Dental students applying in upcoming cycle Our Focus: –Preparing Pre-Dental student to become the best applicants they could be –Goal was to provide guidance and advice for the application process NOT to recruit for our school

24. Core Build-Up Day Schedule: 8 – 8:30 a.m.: Registration. 8:30 – 9:40 a.m.: Introduction. 8:40 – 9 a.m.: On-the-Spot Essay (15 minutes) 9-10 a.m.: Personal Statements & Review 10 – 10:15 a.m.: Break 10:15 – 10: 35 a.m.: Choosing the Right School for you 10:35 – 11 a.m.: Hot Topics 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Mock Interviews / Interview Strategy 12:15 -12:30 p.m. – Interview Debriefing 12:30- 1:30 p.m. – Networking Lunch

25. Core Build-Up Day Writing Sample | Personal Statement Workshop | Hot Topics Lecture

26. Core Build-Up Day Interview Techniques | Mock Interviews | Networking Luncheon

27. Core Build-Up Day Timed Essay: –Writing Sample –Used a retired topic from UCLA “Describe how you would contribute to the Class of 2017” –Writing sample was given to interviewer during Mock Interviews

28. Personal Statement Workshop Pre-Dental students brought copy of their own personal statement –Should be close to final draft Presented quick lecture on Do’s and Don’ts of Personal Statement Writing Pre-Dental students broken up in groups of 2 -3 predents and 1 dental student –All members of group read each personal statement –All members asked to provide feedback –Great way to have 2-3 nonbiased reviewers

29. Choosing the Right School Used ADEA’s Guide to Dental School book Chose dental schools with high numbers of Californian applicants that matriculated –Researched those dental schools –Provided key unique topic points highlighting benefits of each school

30. Hot Topics Provided information on key issues facing dentistry –Mid-level providers –Student Debt –Licensure

31. Mock Interviews Introduced interview styles that Pre-Dental students may encounter –Speed dating –Group Interview –Student Interview –Committee Interview –One-on-One Interview

32. Mock Interviews Each Pre-Dental student participated in two mock interviews Debriefed and provided helpful interview strategies –Non verbal communication (posture, eye contact, etc.), having prepared questions, reviewing personal statement and application.

33. Networking Lunch Paired Pre-Dental and dental students together w/ a 2:1 ratio Encouraged Pre-Dental students to ask any questions Provided contact information and continued correspondence

34. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July

35. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July Begin contacting pre-dental societies Introduce yourself to Student Affairs and get permission to schedule pre- dental visits Select committee members

36. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July Host pre-dental visits Begin drafting proposal for a Pre- Dental Day (“Core Build-Up Day”)

37. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July Continue hosting pre-dental societies Meet with Administration to get approval for a Pre-Dental Day Ask Faculty/Administration if they are willing to come to your Pre-Dental Day Begin contacting pre-dental societies to recruit for the Pre- Dental Day Reserve space on campus to host the Pre-Dental Day

38. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July Finalize your schedule for the Pre-Dental Day Recruit dental student volunteers to help with Pre-Dental Day Host your Pre-Dental Day

39. August - September October - December January - March April - MayJune - July Debrief and reflect Help select chairs for next year

40. Future Plans Add dedicated Pre-Dental Portal to chapter website Visit universities to increase ASDA exposure Lengthen Core Build-Up Day to a full day –Charge deposit to discourage no shows –Provide handouts and gifts –Extend Interviews –Tour –Follow up

41. Questions? Alex McMahon ajmcmahon@ucla.edu ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? David Lindsey dhikarul@ucla.edu