1. American Dental Education Association Applicants and First-Time Enrollees, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

2. American Dental Education Association Applicant/First-Year Enrollee Ratio, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

3. American Dental Education Association U.S. Dental School Applicants and First-Year Enrollment Trends 1980 - 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

4. American Dental Education Association Total First-Year Enrollees, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

5. American Dental Education Association Grade Point Averages of Dental School Applicants, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes and historic

6. American Dental Education Association Grade Point Averages of Dental School Enrollees, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

7. American Dental Education Association DAT Count, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

8. American Dental Education Association Age Distribution of Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

9. American Dental Education Association Predental Majors of Applicants and Enrollees, 2008 Predental Major% of Applicants% of EnrolleesEnrollment Rate Language, Humanities, Fine Arts3.8 39.6 Social Sciences1.2 38.9 Biological Science50.551.540.1 Chemistry/Physical Science14.615.241.0 Math/ Computer Science1.1 42.2 Engineering2.42.744.3 Education.7.634.5 Business4.34.541.5 Pre-dentistry14.313.035.7 Other Major4.0 39.1 No Major/ Missing3.22.429.5 Total100.0 39.4 Source: American Dental Education Association, Applicant Analysis Survey, Using NCES BPS major field coding system

10. American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of Grade Point Averages, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes GPA Scores< 2.502.50 – 2.742.75 – 2.993.0 – 3.243.25 – 3.493.5 – 3.743.75+ Applicants Science GPA6.8%8.0%14.5%20.1%21.3%16.3%13.0% Total GPA2.8%5.2%10.4%20.3%25.0%21.9%14.4% Enrollees Science GPA0.8%2.5%7.0%16.6%24.6%25.3%23.2% Total GPA0.3%1.2%3.7%12.5%25.1%31.5%25.7%

11. American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of DAT Scores, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes DAT Scores< 1414 - 1617 - 1819 - 2021+ Applicants Academic Average2.1%22.4%39.7%27.0%8.9% Perceptual Ability3.1%19.0%27.1%29.7%21.0% Total Science3.1%24.2%34.0%27.3%11.3% Enrollees Academic Average0.1%7.6%36.6%39.8%15.9% Perceptual Ability0.7%11.7%25.7%33.5%28.4% Total Science0.2%9.5%31.9%39.0%19.4%

12. American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants Enrolled in Dental School, 2000-2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

13. American Dental Education Association Percent of Applicants from Various Geographical Areas Enrolled in Dental School, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

14. American Dental Education Association Geographical Source of Dental School Enrollees, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes. The graphs reflect U.S. regions only.

15. American Dental Education Association Geographic Distribution of Applicants and Enrollees, 2008 Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes