Applications

The application process will probably not be like anything you've done.

It will be a great help to your husband if you are able to assist him with the application process.  It is long, and complicated and, to be frank, a big pain.

Every program requires different information and sometimes in different forms.  There is conflicting information between their program website and the PASS site.  What we did was contact the specified person in each program we were applying to and verified what information they wanted (after comparing the two sources).  There was an OMFS wife that helped her husband apply the year before we did and put together a great spreadsheet to keep track of everything they had done through the application process.  She was kind enough to share the format with me (and YOU).  You can find it here.

I'm not sure what everyone else's experience was, but we applied to about 50 programs.  Being able to write down what we had to do for which program and what they required was so helpful. 

Different programs have different deadlines as well.  When we applied I think the soonest deadline was the beginning of September.  It is a long process to gather all the information, so you probably need to start around May or June.



Notes about spreadsheets:
Please copy and past the spreadsheet into your own document.  You will definitely need to make adjustments based on where you decide to apply.

It is not complete.  Just something to start with.  I've only put in the information for 4 year programs (and only some of them) because we only applied to 4 year programs. 

Programs will change from year to year so you'll have to verify information but I found it easy to adjust an existing document than to start from scratch. 

There are two spreadsheets when you follow the link.  One is the programs contact information and the other is to keep track of the application information.

If you have any questions you're welcome to email:
oralsurgerywives@gmail.com