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Dental Hygiene Application Assessment Points Calculator

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Applicants to the M State Dental Hygiene program are assigned points for the criteria below. Applicants who score the highest points will be selected for admission to the program. Use this form to calculate your points.

  • All documents and courses must be completed by the application deadline to earn points.
  • All repeated graded prerequisite courses (A-F) will be averaged.
  • All science courses must be completed within the last five years to be eligible for points.
  • Applicants who have taken prerequisite courses at other institutions with a different credit value will use the set credit value of M State’s course.
  • Refer to Dental Hygiene admission requirements for details regarding eligibility and the selection process.

Required Admission Criteria

These requirements must be met for consideration.

Math and English requirement

 

Math

Completion of MATH 0095 Elementary Algebra II or placement into MATH 1020 Intermediate Algebra
English

Completion of ENGL 1101 College Writing

Prerequisite grades

BIOL 2260 Anatomy and Physiology I - Lecture

Grade
(12 pts)
(9 pts)
(6 pts)

ENGL 1101 or higher

Grade
(12 pts)
(9 pts)
(6 pts)

DENT 1102 Dental Anatomy

Grade
(8 pts)
(6 pts)
(4 pts)

BIOL 2267 Med Microbiology Lecture

Grade
(12 pts)
(9 pts)
(6 pts)

PSYC 1200 General Psychology or SOC 1111 Intro to Sociology - whichever grade is higher

Grade
(12 pts)
(9 pts)
(6 pts)

Beneficial Admission Criteria

These are not required, but can contribute to points for admission consideration.

ACT score

If you took the ACT and scored 21 or above, please indicate your score range:
(3 pts)
(1 pt)

BIOL 2261 A&P I Lab

Completed this course with a grade of B or better?
(1 pt)

BIOL 2268 Med Micro Lab

Completed this course with a grade of B or better?
(1 pt)

DENT 1102 Dental Anatomy

Taken at M State

Completed this course with a grade of B or better?
(2 pts)

Dental assistant experience

Select "yes" if you've had one or more years of experience as a licensed or registered dental assistant

1 or more years of experience as described:
(1 pt)

M State Dental Assisting student or graduate

Are you a current student or graduate of the M State Dental Assisting program?
(5 pts)

M State Intro to Health Careers course

HLTH 1000

Completed this course with a grade of C or better?
(1 pt)
Total Points: 0