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Admissions

Admissions Information

Deadlines, Applications, and Forms

Admission to IPFW does not confer admission into the IPFW Dental Hygiene Program. Students must apply separately to IPFW and the Dental Hygiene Program. Prospective students must complete the eight mandatory prerequisite courses with a minimum grade of C or better. Courses may NOT be graded on a pass/not pass option. Developmental or remedial courses cannot be used to fulfill prerequisite requirements. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. However, because class size is limited to 30 students per year, a GPA of 3.5 or higher is recommended. Each year the Dental Hygiene Program receives between 125 to 150 applications for admission.

Applications for the Dental Hygiene Program must be received no later than February 1 of the year in which an applicant desires to enter the program. Although the application is due February 1, applicants are given until the end of May to complete all prerequisite courses.

The only Advanced Placement (AP) courses accepted by the program are English composition and psychology, if AP scores are 4 or higher. Anatomy, physiology, and microbiology must be completed within five years of admission into the program. Credits in chemistry, English composition, psychology, sociology, and speech/comunications will be accepted for 10 years. Outdated courses must be retaken.