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TMDSAS Celebrates the Inaugural Class at the Texas Tech HSC El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine Class of 2025
The Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine welcomed its first 40 matriculated students to the newest dental school in the West Texas region.
According to the Senior Director of Admissions and Recruitment, Cyd Goldfarb, M.Ed.,
notable statistics about the inaugural class are:
- 5% of the class are from border areas and West Texas
- The class is comprised of 21 different universities
- 40% of the class are from underrepresented groups
- The class meets the average GPA and DAT score in Texas
What makes the Hunt SDM so attractive? Its initiative to provide students with hands-on experience earlier than most dental schools among other reasons.
Opinion: New Dental School, Student Clinic ‘a Big Deal’
The oral health clinic not only has the latest technology, but it also gives students the opportunity to serve in a region where dental care is difficult to access.
What this means for the city of El Paso and the West Texas region.
El Paso Dentists Welcome Hunt School of Dental Medicine Students to Community
About the author: The Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS) is the centralized application processing service for applicants to the first-year entering classes at all of the public medical, dental, and veterinary schools in the State of Texas.
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