Dental School Early Assurance Program

Are you considering a career in dental medicine? BW's early assurance program for dental school can provide you with a pathway to a rewarding career in dentistry.

BW's early assurance program provides a pathway to dental school.

What is an Early Assurance Program for Dental School?

An early assurance dental program offers high school and college students an opportunity to have a reserved seat in a future matriculating dental school class.

BW's dental school early assurance program is an outstanding pathway for a career in dentistry.

Dentistry offers a broad range of professional opportunities, including dental and oral medicine, aesthetic enhancement, implant technologies, surgical facial reconstruction, and clinical and laboratory research.

BW is an undergraduate dental school affiliate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM).

Early assurance admision is provisional until final acceptance to dental school is granted by LECOM. Acceptance to dental school is contingent upon successful completion of all admission and program requirements set forth by the dental school, including, but not limited to, the completion of a bachelor's degree from BW.

In addition to the early assurance program, BW also offers a traditional pathway to dental school for undergraduate students. For both the early assurance and tradtional pathway, students can major in any discipline. Common majors are biology and chemistry.

BW Partner Institution for Dental School Early Assurance

Your pathway to dental school can be solidified through BW's affiliation with LECOM.

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)
School of Dental Medicine

High school seniors can apply to the LECOM early acceptance program. The application is open July 15-April 1.

Students apply separately to Baldwin Wallace University (preferably by November 1 for the priority application deadline).

To be eligible for consideration, a student must:

Earn a high school GPA of ≥ 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted).
Have an SAT composite score ≥ 1240 or ACT composite score ≥ 26 ACT (single exam score, super scores not accepted).

LECOM offers a Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) degree.

Visit the LECOM early acceptance program to apply and review program features and requirements.

Scholarship Information

Generous financial support make BW a proven choice for students. Ohio residents who are entering BW in the fall as a first-year student or transfer student can apply to the BW Choose Ohio First STEM Scholars Program.

Learn More About Early Assurance for Dental School

Baldwin Wallace offers an outstanding pathway for pre-dentistry study and early acceptance to dental school. Students experience hands-on learning, faculty mentoring, small class sizes and impressive real-world research opportunities.

BW's knowledgeable faculty and staff can assist you. Please contact us with your questions pertaining general BW admission questions, dental school early assurance or pre-dentistry.

BW Admission: (440) 826-2222, admission@bw.edu
BW Early Assurance Program: Dr. Colleen Nye, (440) 826-2914, cnye@bw.edu