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Admission Factors
- Bilingual ability
- Hometown or county of residence that has been designated a medically underserved and/or health professions shortage area, with particular emphasis on South Texas
- Employment history, especially as it occurred simultaneously with undergraduate academic preparation
- Public/community service in volunteer-related areas
- Awards and honors
- Experience in providing health care-related services, e.g., prior military training and experience, other health related fields, dental assisting experience
- Graduation from another accredited health care-related curriculum
- References or recommendations
- Race/ethnicity
- Knowledge of and preparation to enter the profession of dentistry gained through observing or volunteering in a dental practice
- Communication skills
- Future professional goals
- Previously selected as an alternate for the UT Health Science Center dental hygiene program
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