UNC SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY:  PROFILE OF 2005 FIRST-YEAR CLASS

CLASS OF 2009

TOTAL ACCEPTED..........................................81

 

                                               

 

NC Residents                            69                     States Represented:

Out-of-State                              12                     Idaho                1          North Carolina    69

Women                                    40                     Illinois               1          Tennessee          2

African American                      13                     Louisiana           1          Texas                 1

Asian Pacific Islander                 8                     Maryland            1          Utah                   3

Native American                         1                     Michigan            1          Virgin Islands      1

Latino                                        2                                                                      

                                                                                                                                   

GPA:    Science              3.54                                        Age Range:     20-40        

            Non-Science       3.58                                         Average Age:  25.2

                         

DAT:    Academic Average         19.9                  Dental Parents:  15                                              

            Perceptual Ability          17.6                              UNC Chapel Hill                         6

            Quantitative Reasoning  18.5                               University of Michigan                2

            Reading Comp.             21.6                              University of Missouri                  1         

            Total Science                19.4                              Washington University                1         

                                                                                    Ohio State                                 1         

Predental Education:                                                      Meharry                                    1

            BS Degree                    56                                 Toyko                                       1

            BA Degree                    19                                 Kanagawa                                 1

            B.D.S./D.D.S.                 1                                 Beijing                                      1

            Masters                          4                                

            Associate Degree            1        

 

Majors Represented (26)                                      NC Undergraduate Institutions (15 institutions):   

            Biology                         28                                   UNC-Chapel Hill                      27

Chemistry                     10                                  NC State                                 14         

            Business                        5                                 Duke University                           3        

Psychology                    5                                 UNC Wilmington                          3

            Biochemistry                  3                                 UNC Greensboro                          2

            Dental Hygiene               3                                 East Carolina University                2

            Art                                 2                                 Wake Forest University                2

Biomedical Engineering   2                          Only (1): Appalachian State, Elon,

             Computer Science         2                                         Central Piedmont Community,         

Foreign Language           2                                                       Pfeiffer, UNC Charlotte, Davidson,    

            Philosophy                     2                                       Wingate, Winston-Salem State        

             Public Health                 2                       

             Zoology                         2                        NC Counties Represented (11)

Science                         1                                            Wake                                        14          

Chemical Engineering     1                                Durham                                        9

Dentistry (B.D.S.)           1                                Guilford                                        8

Economics                    1                                  Mecklenburg                               6

Electrical Engineering     1                                    New Hanover                             3

History                          1                                    Orange                                     3

Music                           1                                    Cabarrus                                   2

Natural Science             1                                 Cumberland                                  2

Molecular Biology          1                                 Forsyth                                        2

                                                                        Gaston                                       2

Masters                        4                                 Wayne                                         2

     Dental Hygiene                                       Only (1):  Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe,

     Engineering                                                          Caswell, Catawba, Dare, Davidson

     Business                                                              Harnett, Iredell, Lenior, Lincoln,      

     Other                                                                   Moore, Nash, Pitt, Washington,     

                                                                                            and Wilkes

               

August 30, 2005