AS PASS Timeline & Tips
Advanced Standing students can prepare for PASS starting early spring of their last academic year for the following application cycle.
MARCH (early spring of last academic year)
- Meet with Career Resources to explore job pursuits and residency options
- Consult GSDM Career Library
- Draft your resume for job applicationsand possible post-doctoral residencies
- Consider which specialties you want to pursue
- Search residency programs, using the ADEA PASS Search Engine
APRIL
- Finalize your resume
- Confirm your original DENTPIN# and save it for PASS login
- Determine residency programs for which you will apply
- Track individual application requirements and deadlines
- Identify number of recommendations (2-4) needed per program
- Draft personal statement(s)
- Request faculty or mentors in clinical and academic settings to complete recommendation letters
- Consider what work you will pursue in the meantime by accessing job search links
MAY
- PASS opens! Learn more online.
- Attend “Navigating PASS” Career Resources Workshop
- Register for PASS
- Complete PASS “Institution Evaluation” section to request Dean’s Letter and complete the Dean’s Office required supplemental form for the Institution Evaluation
- Add your recommenders to the PASS “Professional Evaluation Form” section
JUNE
- Complete PASS sections and note character limits in text boxes
- Upload your personal statement(s) and resume
- Add your programs to the PASS “Program Designations” section
- Follow up with faculty who will write your letters of recommendation
JULY
- Request transcripts from the Registrar using the “Dental School Transcript Request Form” from the “Dental Schools Attended” PASS section once you have updated BU as your dental school
- Complete any sections remaining in PASS and apply
AUGUST
- Submit applications (first round of deadlines takes place in the first week of August)
- Follow up with any required supplemental applications and essay
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER
- Review Match Registration
- Determine which programs require Match ranking and review phase deadlines
- Prepare for and attend interviews when invited
JANUARY-MARCH (of the application cycle year)
- Finalize any required Match rankings if applicable
- Receive and respond to final program offers
GENERAL TIPS & CONSIDERATIONS
- Reflect and review programs as soon as possible: know their individual requirements
- Follow up with Career Resources regularly
- Be prepared for supplemental applications and essays
- APPLY EARLY!!!
Please contact Career Resources at gsdmcr@bu.edu if you are unsure about anything regarding PASS and/or your application.