University of Washington School of Dentistry

Required exams

Transcript evaluation

Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), World Education Services (WES)

National board notes

• Applicants must pass NBDE Parts I and II, or the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE).
• Official NBDE or INBDE score reports must be submitted via ADEA CAAPID® application.

TOEFL instructions

• Applicants who attended Dental School outside of the United States are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). UWIDDS accepts internet-based TOEFL (IBT) scores
• only
• . We do
• accept a home edition test or best results TOEFL.
• Your TOEFL must have been taken within the last two years.
• All applicants who graduated from dental school outside of the United States, including U.S. citizens, are
• required
• to take the TOEFL. Your TOEFL score report should be submited directly to CAAPID.

Letters of evaluation

• Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation directly through the CAAPID portal.
• These letters must be written in English, on the recommender’s letterhead, and contain full contact information with recommender's signature.
• The letters should be written within 12 months of the date of the submission of the application.
• Letters may be written by a Dean, an Associate Dean, Department Chair, or Faculty member at the applicant’s former dental school. At least one of the letters should be written by a dental professional who has worked with the applicant within the last 12 months.
• The letter should address the candidate’s
• strongest
• weakest
• characteristics and indicate class ranking when possible. Letters of Evaluation