Getting into University: Dental School

The ultimate guide to securing your place at university to study dentistry.

Now in its 14th edition, Getting into Dental School is packed with detailed advice and up-to-date information to guide you through the decision-making process and help you prepare a strong university application.

This practical and comprehensive book will lead you through every stage of the process, including: 

Support on how to prepare a winning UCAS application and personal statement in the new three-part format
Latest details of the UCAT admissions test  
Advice on gaining that all-important work experience  
Information on what to expect at interview and tips on how to shine  
Summaries of current issues in dentistry that you might be asked to discuss  
First-hand case studies from dentistry students and practising dentists  

MPW Guides make the complex process of getting into higher education clear and accessible to all. Written by acknowledged experts in a concise format, they go beyond the official publications to give would-be students straightforward, practical advice on how to secure a place on a course of their choice.

Author Biography

Adam Cross is Vice Principal at MPW Birmingham and has many years’ expertise in helping students gain entry onto competitive undergraduate courses, such as dentistry and medicine. He is also the current co-author of Trotman’s Getting into Dental School guide. In addition to his careers guidance expertise, Adam also helps students with pre-admissions tests such as the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Adam is a highly regarded teacher of biology and has 20 years’ experience of delivering GCSE and A level courses. 

Emily Lucas read medical science at the University of Birmingham before obtaining a master’s degree in genomic medicine from Queen Mary, University of London. She currently holds the position of University Support Officer at MPW, and helps students with their university applications, as well as supporting students with pre-admissions tests such as the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). As well as teaching, Emily is currently undertaking a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Southampton. Emily also teaches biology, and is the current author of Trotman’s Getting into Veterinary School guide, and co-author of the Getting into Dental School guide.