Information for Newly Admitted DDS Students
- Congratulations on your acceptance into the Doctor of Dental Surgery Program at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, one of the nation’s premier centers for dental education, research and patient care.
- This webpage provides information on how to formally accept your Doctor of Dental Surgery Program admission offer.
- If you have any questions on how to confirm your participation in the DDS program, or the program itself, please do not hesitate to contact our DDS Admissions Office at 716-829-6925 or sdmadmit@buffalo.edu.
Step 1: Submit your $1,250 DDS Tuition Deposit
- Please submit your $1,250 DDS Tuition Deposit by the deadline date indicated in your admission e-mail and acceptance letter.
- You will receive an e-mail approximately two buisness days after your admission offer that details online tuition deposit submission.
- Your deposit must be submitted no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time on the date indicated in your admission letter to secure your position.
- Please contact sdmadmit@buffalo.edu if you don't receive the tuition deposit e-mail or if you are experiencing any technical problems.
- Please allow three to five business days (after you receive your admission notifiication) to receive tuition deposit information.
DDS Tuition Deposit Refund Policy
- Tuition deposit refund requests must be made in writing and submitted to the School of Dental Medicine DDS Admissions Office by April 1, 2025.
- No refund will be provided after this date.
- You may submit the written request to sdmadmit@buffalo.edu.
DDS Tuition Deposit Deferral Policy
- In general, deferrals of tuition deposits are not granted. Categorical exceptions are made only for those applicants who provide sufficient documentation of their participation as an undergraduate student in an EOP, HEOP or SEEK program, or as an undergraduate participant in the CSTEP, MARC, PREP, RISE, LSAMP or McNair Scholars programs on any campus, or as an applicant through Project 1000.
- An appeal for a deferral (not a waiver) of the tuition deposit can be made by applicants who provide documentation of their receipt of an ADEA Financial Assistance Program [FAP] Fee Waiver.
- In all other cases, a deferral (not a waiver) will be considered by the Office of Admissions only for cases of extreme financial hardship and then only with clear documentation from an appropriate official at an institution of higher education certifying the financial need.
- Please note that self-declaration of need by an applicant or mere eligibility for student financial aid (loans) is not adequate justification. For more information, applicants should contact our DDS admissions office.
Step 2: Read our DDS Minimum Standards for Admission and Consideration
- Please read the attached Doctor of Dental Surgery Minimum Standards for Admission and Matricuation.
Step 3: Submit your Statement of Confirmation
- Please go online to sign and submit your DDS Statement of Confirmation.
Per your DDS admission offer, the follow items must be received by our office no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, on the deadline date indicated in your acceptance notification and acceptance letter:
- DDS Tuition Deposit
- Statement of Confirmation
- Certiphi Background Check Initiation (you will receive background initiation instructions via e-mail).
- Once your deposit and statement of confirmation are received, you will receive e-mail confirmation from our DDS admissions office indicating your seat in our class is reserved.
- Final Certiphi background check confirmation does not need to be completed by your admissions confirmation deadline to secure your seat in our class.
- Final Certiphi background check confirmation will be sent separately at a future date.
- If you do not submit all required documentation by 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time on the deadline date indicated in your acceptance notification and acceptance letter, your admissions offer will be rescinded.
- No exceptions will be made.
Connect with New Classmates
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Begin meeting your new classmates and ask current D1 students questions in our Class of 2029 Facebook Group.
Begin meeting your new classmates and ask current D1 students questions in our Class of 2029 GroupMe.
- You will receive an e-mail approximately two buisness days after your admission offer that provides UB Applicant Portal instructions.
- You will use this system to submit your DDS Tuition Deposit and verify New York State residency (if applicable).
- Note: International Students are required to submit UB Financial Statement and Bank Documentation via the UB Applicant Portal so an I-20 can be processed for their student visa.
- YOUR APPLICANT PORTAL WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS:
- Your academic transcripts are not required at this time.
- Please DO NOT SEND any academic transcripts to the UB Applicant Portal.
- The UB Applicant portal will indicate your Final Official Bachelor's Transcript as "awaiting". See below. Please disregard this.
- Our office will provide transcript submission instructions in March 2025 after our Admitted Student Day.
- New York State Residency verification instructions will be sent to you in a forthcoming spring e-mail. You do not need to take any actions at this time.
- However, if you indicated New York State Residency on your ADEA AADSAS application and would like to submit New York State documentation now, you can upload documents ot the UB Applicant portal.
- You may reference the following webpage to leane what supporting documentation is required to verify New York State Residency: https://www.buffalo.edu/grad/explore/admissions/nys-residency.html
- On behalf of the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Dental Medicine’s (SDM) Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), congratulations on your provisional acceptance to UB SDM! As you finalize your plans for enrollment to dental school I wanted to share a personal word of welcome to you from our EDI team.
- Your enrollment at UB SDM comes with countless hours of academic study, clinical training, research and patient care. But it also includes opportunities to contribute to a rich history of outreach to the greater Buffalo community, service to one another, and connections to a diverse family of oral health professionals.
- Throughout it all, we remain committed to upholding equity, diversity and inclusion for you and for all members of the UB SDM community. Upholding these values leads to a more inclusive environment, better educational outcomes and better access to care for our patients, which are all essential for your success at UB and to the success of our community for years to come.
- For this reason, I want to communicate to you that the SDM EDI Office and members of our EDI committee are here to support you in your academic journey. We are carefully advancing a strategic plan that impacts you and your time in our program, and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
- Please take some time to review our programs and initiatives and reach out to us with any questions you might have about UB SDM and your time here as a student.