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Dentistry

Dentistry. Thursday, February 9, 2012 UCLA Career Center. Program Agenda. Career Center Pre-Health Services Overview Academic Preparation Kaplan Test Prep Princeton Review Test Prep UCLA Basic Dental Principles Course Dental School Admissions Moderated Panel

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Dentistry

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  1. Dentistry Thursday, February 9, 2012 UCLA Career Center

  2. Program Agenda Career Center Pre-Health Services Overview Academic Preparation Kaplan Test Prep Princeton Review Test Prep UCLA Basic Dental Principles Course Dental School Admissions Moderated Panel Practicing Professional Dentists Panel Meet and Greet/Networking

  3. Career CenterPre-HealthServices Overview Krisztina Kecskei Career Counselor

  4. Career Center Servicesfor Pre-Health Quarterly Workshops: Writing the Personal Statement Interviewing for Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Schools Sign up through BruinView™, under the “Workshops” tab at career.ucla.edu

  5. Other Workshops… Mock Interviews Designated Pre-Health Mock Interview Days Limited to 1 mock interview per quarter 1 hr mock with a career counselor Personal Statement Critiques 30 minute critique with a career counselor Sign up through BruinView™, under the “Workshops” tab at career.ucla.edu

  6. “Job Search JumpStarts” JumpStart Your Career in Dentistry This workshop is usually offered every winter quarter Other upcoming Pre-Health Jumpstarts: Nursing: February 22 Optometry: February 28 Psychology: March 1 Pharmacy: April 4 Post Bac/Gap Year (Relative to MD School): April 10 Public Health: April 12 Medicine: May 22 career.ucla.edu/JumpStart $20 fee

  7. Other Resources and Services Career Center Library/Lab Books/Publications: pre-professional planning dental school listings application/admissions process DAT Test Guide career paths for dentists

  8. Other Resources and Services Letters of Reference Service (LOR) Service for graduate and professional school letters ONLY Open an account at career.ucla.edu/LOR Sign and submit contract to activate file (one time $20 activation fee) Download confidentiality waiver and give to letter writers Letter writers/students can submit letters to the Career Center There are mailing fees Available to all currently enrolled UCLA students Alumni can activate/keep LOR account for $75/year

  9. Other Resources and Services Pre-Professional Listserve Upon signing up for the listserve, you will receive emails about pre-dental events, meetings and programs

  10. Other Resources and Services Opportunities List on BruinView™ Internship and hiring profiles for industry leaders in a wide range of popular fields Healthcare List includes: General Pre-Health, Dentistry, Optometry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, Physical Health, Podiatry and Veterinary www.surveymonkey.com/s/inforequest www.surrveymonkey.com/s/intlrequest

  11. Helpful Websites www.adea.org: American Dental Education Association AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service): There is a link to this from the ADEA website www.ada.org: American Dental Association

  12. UCLA Career Center Career Center Library Hours: M-F, 9a-5p 30 Minute Same Day Counseling: M-Th, 11a-4p, Friday 11-3p (Signup through BruinView™) Advance Career Counseling Appointment (Sign up through BruinView™) We help with: resume critiques, personal statement review, mock interviews, graduate school planning timeline, and much more!

  13. Academic Preparation Jane Park Academic Advisor UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Filling in for Inna Gergel, Academic Advisor – Physiological Sciences) gergel@physci.ucla.edu

  14. Kaplan Test Prep Tark Dano

  15. Princeton Review Zach Crutchfield

  16. UCLA Basic DentalPrinciples Course Allie Inouye Jay Ponto

  17. Dental School Admissions Moderated Q & A Panel John Coate Career Counselor

  18. Dental School Admissions Ryan Pineda Kelley Williford Stan Constantino Dr. Carol Bibb

  19. Practicing Professionals Moderated Q & A Panel Sheila Benko Career Counselor

  20. Practicing Professionals LaRon Cotton, DDS (General Dentistry) YuryGershfeld, DDS(General Dentistry) Brent Lent, DDS (General Dentistry) Jamie Sands, DDS(General Dentistry) Sandra Shakib, DDS (General Dentistry)

  21. We’ll send you an email with a link. • You’ll have exclusive access to this session’s materials at: • career.ucla.edu/JumpStartHandouts • Just log on with the username and password you used to register for this Job Search JumpStart. • Thank you for joining us today.

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