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MRDSP Scholarship Application
Priority Deadline: April 1, 2024
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Hometown
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Counties:
Adams
Alcorn
Amite
Attala
Benton
Bolivar
Calhoun
Carroll
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Claiborne
Clarke
Clay
Coahoma
Copiah
Covington
DeSoto
Forrest
Franklin
George
Greene
Grenada
Hancock
Harrison
Hinds
Holmes
Humphreys
Issaquena
Itawamba
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Jones
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Lafayette
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
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Leflore
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Father's Name
Father's Address (street, city, state, zip code)
Mother's Name
Mother's Address (if different)
Education
High School Name, Town, and Year of Graduation
Highest Composite ACT Score
List Colleges Attended, Date of Attendance, and Degree Earned
School of Dentistry to Which You've Been Accepted or Are Attending
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Dental School Student ID#
Highest DAT Sum
BCPM GPA
Overall GPA
How Will You Be Classified this Fall in Dental School?
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Prioritize Your Preferences of These Types of Dentistry (1= Highest and 2=Lowest)
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List Four Mississippi Towns of 10,000 or Fewer Residents Where You May Wish to Practice Rural Dentistry in Order of Preference (1=Highest and 4=Lowest)
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Personal Insights
Please Provide Brief Responses to the Following Questions:
1. What Motivates You to Choose a Rural Lifestyle and Dental Practice Location?
2. Describe the Pivotal Moment in Your Life When Rural Dentistry Became Your Primary Professional Goal.
3. Identify the Most Influential Person in Your Decision to Become a Rural Dentist and Why.
4. What is Your Most Significant Personal Strength?
5. Of What Personal Accomplishment Are You Most Proud and Why?
6. Identify Your Most Significant Weakness.
7. Describe Your Greatest Academic Challenge to Date.
8. What Aspect of Dental School Are You Most Apprehensive Of?
Place a check by each statement below to indicate your understanding and willingness to comply:
I will practice one year for each year I receive the MS Rural Dentists Scholarship Program award in a pre-approved Mississippi rural or medically underserved community.
The Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program is given permission to contact any parties or to obtain any source of information necessary to verify my eligibility for this scholarship.
I am currently a permanent resident of the State of Mississippi.