The Cal Pre-Dental Society is a registered student organization of University of California, Berkeley. We are dedicated to improving the oral health of the surrounding communities while providing professional development for our members through initiatives in education, advocacy, and ethical professional standards.

Please use the links at the top of the page to find more information about our club, or about dentistry in general.

PDS Members after a long morning hardwork at the spruce up the SF Zoo Community Service~* --3.8.08-- Thanks for all the hardwork, everyone!

Message: 4/20/09~

PDS Officer Interview for 2009-2010

Please Check your assigned time at Google Event Calender. The interviews are all held at 51 Evans, and business attiare is required. For those who still have not confirmed with Hannah, please do so as soon as possible.

Spring 2009 Banquet

More Information will be announced

Spring 2009: Oral and Dental Health Decal

Class is on every Wednesday from 6 - 7 pm in 110 Wheeler. Please check out the tab and decal.org for additional information if you would like to enroll.
Please note that because we will be inviting a variety of guest speakers to present at the Decal, the same speakers will not be present at the General Pre-Dental Meetings. If you are interested in learning about a specific topic, you are more than welcome to attend the apporpiate Decal meeting if the space is available.

Google Event Calender (under Event Tab)

For information about upcoming events, you are able to view the whole monthly events under Google Event Calender now! Message: 4/13/09~

Last general meeting for Spring 2009

4/15/09 7Pm @ Wurster. PDS officer will present you the dental school application process, as well as other elpful tips on your resume.

Poker Night

This Thursday 4/16/09 8PM-11PM @ 100 Wheeler. The game is no-limit Texas Hold'em. We will provide lessons to those new to the game, and more experienced players can test themselves in our tournament. The cost is $10, which includes admission and your seat at a table. Seating is limited, so come early! And please invite your friends and anyone you think who would enjoy a casual hand of poker. Proceeds will benefit the Dental Education Outreach Program.Please note that there is no money or gambling of any kind. The chips used in poker have no value as currency.

University of Pacific Pride Day

4/18/09 8AM-5PM At UOP

Message: 3/5/09~

Inter-health Social Movie night hosted by Foresight 3/13

Berkeley Project 3/7/09

3RD General Meeting 2/2509 from 7-8 pm @ 101 Wurster

Kaplan Speaker will come talk about what DAT is like, and the speaker herself is a current DAT course instructor in Kaplan. SHe will go through few DAT sample problems, so come to our third general meeting and get to know more information about DAT.

DEOP

Fri 2/27 at Berkeley YMCA on Sacramento Street.

DAT Practice Test 2/21 10am- 2pm @ 60 Evans

DEOP

Fri At Emeryville YMCA @ 10:30, it is fulled. ; Fri 2/27 at Berkeley YMCA on Sacramento Street @ 10: 30, only 4 people signed up 2/9/09~

Second PDS General Meeting- 2/11/09 from 7-8pm @ 101 Wurster

ISL Spring Break Trip: Nicaragua

If you are interested in our Spring Break volunteer trip to Nicaragua, please notify Sheena at sheenav.at.berkeley.edu. Please click on the tab above for additional information. I need to know by February 2nd, 2009.

2nd Annual UCSF Impressions Conference, Deadline extended to Feb 13th.

If you are interested in attending the UCSF Impressions conference this year on February 28th, please fill out the application and submit it by February 13th. Please note: you must mail in the applications on your own!

Give kids a Smile Day 2/7/09

UCSF Give Kids a Smile Day Shift 1: 8:30am-12:30pm Shft 2: 12:00pm-4:00pm. This is a great community service opportunity to help out with the activities at this event where dental students provide free cleaning to low-income children.

Message: 01/23/08~

First General Meeting - January 28th

Our first general meeting will be held from 7 - 8 pm in 101 Wurster Hall. Please join us for great upcoming opportunities, pizza, and a chance to meet your fellow members!

Google Event Calender (under Event Tab)

For information about upcoming events, you are able to view the whole Fall 08 semester events under Google Event Calender now! Also join our facebook group Cal- Predental Society for weekly updates.

Fall 2008: Oral and Dental Health Decal

Class is on every Wednesday from 6-7 pm at 210 Wheeler.

Please note: A New Format for General Meetings

Please note that because we will be inviting a variety of guest speakers to present at the Decal, the same speakers will not present at the General Pre-Dental Meetings. If you are interested in learning about a specific topic, you are more than welcome to attend the appropriate Decal meeting if the space is available. By shifting the focus of the General Meetings, we hope to offer additional opportunities to learn more about your fellow members' experiences and hold more helpful Workshops for pre-dental students!

For any general inquiries regarding Websites/ Facebook group updates, please email Michelle Hsiao (mh924@berkeley.edu)

Message: 10/26/08~

Fundraising Eent @ Baja Fresh This Wed 10-29 from 5-9PM. Please Come and support us. Community Service Event @ YMCA Halloween Carnival Oct. 31st 5-7Pm. For information about upcoming events, you are able to view the whole Fall 08 semester events under Google Event Calender(under event tab) now! Also join our facebook group Cal- Predental Society for weekly updates.

Message: 10/20/08~

Third General Meeting will be on Wed 10-22-2008 @ 220 Wheeler.

Message: 10/12/08~

Hope that everyone doing well during the midterm weeks. For information about upcoming events, you are able to view the whole Fall 08 semester events under Google Event Calender(under event tab) now! Also join our facebook group Cal- Predental Society for weekly updates.

Fall 2008: Oral and Dental Health Decal

Class is on every Wednesday from 6-7 pm at 210 Wheeler.

Message: 09/15/08~

Hope that everyone had a great time during our first general meeting! For updates, please join our Facebook group "Cal Pre-Dental Society" so that you can receive updates for the Fall 2008 Schedule!

First Social Event

Our first social event is going to be on Wednesday, September 17th from 7:30 - 8:30 at Blake.

Message: 08/08/08 ~

Hope that everyone has been having a great summer!! Please stay tuned for updates. For those of you who have not been added to our e-mailing list yet, please join our Facebook group "Cal Pre-Dental Society" so that you can receive updates for the Fall 2008 schedule!

Fall 2008: Oral and Dental Health Decal

Please e-mail Sheena (sheenav.at.berkeley.edu) if you are interested in taking our Decal this upcoming semester. We will pass out CCN's after the school year starts.

Please note: A New Format for General Meetings

Please note that because we will be inviting a variety of guest speakers to present at the Decal, the same speakers will not present at the General Pre-Dental Meetings. If you are interested in learning about a specific topic, you are more than welcome to attend the appropriate Decal meeting if the space is available. By shifting the focus of the General Meetings, we hope to offer additional opportunities to learn more about your fellow members' experiences and hold more helpful Workshops for pre-dental students!

5/3/08 Saturday Thank you for a wonderful semester, everyone! love from PDS'07-08 Officers~ <3

4/30/08 Wednesday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: LAST PDS General Meeting. We will be having a guest speaker, Dr. Matsuishi, a pediatric dentist.

Ever wondered about being a pediatric dentist? Love working with kids? Dr. Matsuishi will tell us about being a dentist in pediatric as well as the path to become a pediatric dentist. He will also talk about an opening position in his clinic for the upcoming year! This is our last General Meeting for the year. Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!

4/16/08 Wednesday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: 6th General Meeting. We will be having a workshop on AADSAS Application: Path to Dental School presented by Jennifer Kim, the current PDS President.

Come with questions regarding personal statement, interview preparations, AADSAS applications, general questions regarding some of the *popular* dental schools, etc. If you plan on applying to Dental Schools this summer, this workshop will give you a general overview of the application process, interview process, and getting to the final step! Look forward to seeing ya'll on Wednesday!

Announcements

Officer 08-09 Interviews: Week of 4/14 through Week of 4/21

3/19/08 Wednseday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: 4th General Mtg featuring UoP (University of Pacific) School of Dentistry! Free Pizza + Soda~*

We will be having the Assistant Director of the Admission for UoP. She will give a presentation of the school, prereqs, answer any questions you may have about UoP. Come out and learn more about UoP School of Dentistry!

2/27/08 Wednesday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: 3rd General Mtg featuring Dr. Sam Thatcher

Dr. Thatcher is our very own Cal alumnus. As a general dentist, Dr. Thatcher will share personal experiences from Berkeley undergraduate to dental school to owning a private clinic. Come out and hear about all the personal experiences from our very own Cal alumnus! Hope to see you guys out there!

2/15/08 Friday PDS Raleigh's Social @7PM

Please RSVP with Hannah (hwoo@berkeley.edu)

2/13/08 Wednesday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: 2nd General Mtg featuring Mark Hunt, CDT (California Dental Technician).

If you missed our 2nd General Meeting, you can still download the annoucements from the download site (2/13/08 Annoucement) and learn more about our upcoming events.

1/30/08 Wednesday 7-8PM @ 110 Wheeler: 1st General Meeting for SP'08

Thanks for coming out, Everyone! Hope ya'll got a good intro to Cal PDS Spring 2008 and pumped up for a new, exciting semester! :^) *Note - Our mailing-list is currently experiencing some technical difficulties and not letting anyone subscribe to it. Once it gets worked out, I will make sure to announce it for those who've been trying in the past couple of days. Thank you for your patience.

2/09/08 Saturday UCSF Give Kids a Smile Day

UCSF School of Dentistry is having a GKAS day. Give Kids a Smile Day (GKAS) is a national event where dental students will screen kids and provide over +100 sealants. This is a big event and normally 1st year dental students volunteer to help assist. However, this year the members of the event committee is seeking predental volunteers to help assist chairside, registration, and keeping the kids company and so on. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jennifer Kim(mkjenniferkim@berkeley.edu) with: -your name -e-mail address -phone number -whether you'd like to participate for the morning or afternoon shift *Please note that this will count as a *COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT* for the Spring'08.

2/23/08 Saturday UCSF Conference for PreDental Students

UCSF Student Chapter is holding a conference for PreDents! Information + Registration forms are available under "downloads." If you are interested, please fill out the form and send it to the address listed in the form by 1/25/08. There are only limited spots! Q's: Please contact PDS External Affair, Sheena (sheenav@berkeley.edu).

::Fall'07 PDS Active Members::

Congratulations to Fall'07 Active Members! We had a total of 32 Active Members (these members have completed 4 events, including 1 Community Service events and missed less than 2 meetings.) *List can be found under "Active Members" tab as well.

  • Angela Lee (Fall'07 Publicity Committee)
  • Angeline Salvani
  • Ariel Tsao
  • Carolina Kim
  • Cathy Vo
  • Kevin Luo**
  • Courtney Lam
  • David Thai**
  • Elizabeth Koo (Fall'07 Publicity Committee)
  • Eric Nakagawa
  • Hongsik Park (Above and Beyond)
  • Juliana Oronos
  • Kelly Kimiko Leong
  • Linda Chooa
  • Lindsay Parrish
  • Lisa Siu
  • Melody Pongmanopop
  • Minyi Hsiao
  • Nancy Quach (Fall'07 Publicity Committee)
  • Nicole Pelc
  • Richard Lai**
  • Ruzly Mantara
  • Samantha Chiang
  • Sijii Lee
  • Sunny Sidhu (*Most Active*+ Fall'07 Publicity Committee)
  • Thomas Nalcatsuchi
  • Tiffany Hsu** (Above and Beyond)
  • Tommy Burk
  • Victor Nguyen
  • Yasmina Mohan (Above and Beyond + Fall'07 Publicity Committee)
  • Yingjie Chen (Above and Beyond)
  • Zexi Yan
  • Soofia Salehi (Above and Beyond)
  • Alex Malerstein (Above and Beyond)

    December 5, 2007 @7:00-8:30pm at Tan Oak Room

    Cal PDS will be having Fall'07 Banquet this coming Wednesday. Active Members for this semester have been invited to the banquet -- please RSVP with us by contacting Hannah (hannahlwoo@berkeley.edu). Thank you everyone for a great semester! If you have any suggestions for next semester, feel free to contact any of the officers. Enjoy winter break and see ya'll next year!

    October 10, 2007 @ 4pm in 242 Dwinelle

    Interested in learning more about UCSF: School of Dentistry? James Betbeze, a director of Admissions, will be coming to our campus to speak to us about about the UCSF Dental School program. This is an optional event -- if you decide to come, we'll count it as one event.

    October 3, 2007 @ 7-8pm in 56 Barrows

    3rd General Meeting featuring Army scholarships available for pre-dental students! Planning to go to dental school? Would like to explore scholarships available? Come and learn about what Army offers to dental students. Free Pizza!!!

    September 29, Saturday: SF ADA reception held by USC School of Dentistry from 5:30-7:00pm.

    Interested in going? Questions? Contact Christina (christinalin@berkeley.edu)

    September 19, 2007 @ 7-8pm in 56 Barrows

    2nd General Meeting featuring Dr. Conrad from Berkeley. Come and learn about the great field of dentistry from Dr. Conrad! Questions: contact cal.pds.info@gmail.com

    August 23, 2007

    Thanks for those who came out and checked Cal PDS table out during 2007 Calapalooza!

    May 04, 2007

    Let's say congratulations to the people who have been selected as the new 2007-2008 CalPDS Officers.

    President -- Jennifer Kim
    Vice President -- Lynn Phan
    Treasurer -- Andy Joo
    External Affairs -- Sheena Vaswani
    Internal Affairs -- Hannah Woo
    DEOP Coordinator -- Jane Jiao
    Community Service -- Aileen Reyes
    Community Service -- Christina Lin
    Publicity -- Aileen Toledo

    Mar 20, 2007

    The Officer Application is now available. The deadline to turn officer applications is 10pm on Friday, April 6, 2007.

    Also, there is a DEOP event coming up on March 22 from 9:00 to 10:30am. If you are interested, please contact Renie Ikeda (renie at berkeley.edu).

    Mar 19, 2007

    There will be an Eggster orientation session after our next general meeting this Wednesday (Mar 21) from 8:00 to 8:30pm.

    Mar 12, 2007

    We have an upcoming DEOP event coming up on March 22nd that could use some participants. It will be held on Thursday, March 22nd from 9:00a, to 10:30am. If you are interested, please contact Renie Ikeda (renie at berkeley.edu).

    Feb 27, 2007

    We have found out that the Berkeley Project event is an all day event starting from 8am and ending in the afternoon (at around 2 to 4pm)--lunch will be provided. Because it is an all day event, we are offering credit for two events.

    In addition, we are also holding an Ice Skating Social at the Berkeley Iceland on March 08 from 8-9pm. The Berkeley Iceland is within walking distance on campus.

    If you are interested in any of these two events, please see the Events page for more information.

    Feb 26, 2007

    Event News -- We are cancelling Berkeley Project event on March 10 due to no more openings for volunteers. To make up for that event, there will be a DEOP event on March 7th from 9:30-11:00am. Please see the Events page for more information.

    Feb 22, 2007

    Our first issue of the Predent Press, our monthly newsletter, is available here.

    Feb 21, 2007

    We have 3 new events on the horizon:

    • Mar 17 - Berkeley Projects: Greener Berkeley
    • Apr 07 - Eggster
    • Apr 14 - Relay for Life

    For more information, please check out the Events page.

    Feb 20, 2007

    Our second general meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb 21st from 7-8pm in 20 Wheeler. We will be discussing about the dental application process.

    Jan 24, 2006

    Our first general meeting of the Spring 2007 Semester will be on Wednesday, Feb 7th from 7-8pm in 20 Wheeler. We hope to see you there.

    Dec 01, 2006

    We have now posted the list of active members here. Please verify that you have been correctly identified as an active member.

    Nov 06, 2006

    We have posted the names of members who have signed up for DEOP presentations in November. This list can be accessed in the events section.

    Oct 23, 2006

    We have three new community service events underway.

    • Trick or Treat UNICEF
    • Toys for Tots Toy Donation Drive
    • Annual Thanksgiving Toiletry Drive

    Please check the events page for more details.

    Oct 10, 2006

    Days that we will have DEOP presentations have been updated. Please see the events page for more information.

    Oct 09, 2006

    We have two new community service events planned.

    • Halloween Fair at the Downtown Berkeley YMCA on Friday, Oct. 27 from 5-8:30pm
    • Berkeley Project on Saturday, November 11 starting at 10am

    Please check the events page for more details.

    Oct 5, 2006

    We will have a Pre-health social next month on Nov 17. This social is a chance for you to meet other students who are pre-pharmacy or pre-optometry. For more information, see the description in on the events section.

    Oct 4, 2006

    The UCSF Conference scheduled for Oct 14 has been cancelled. Anyone who paid fees for this conference should contact Beverly Hong (beverly.hong at gmail.com) as soon as possible to obtain their refund.

    Sept 30, 2006

    DEOP Presentations are starting soon. DEOP is a fun way to serve the local community by promoting proper dental/oral hygiene among children. Following is the current list of DEOP presentations scheduled in October.

    • Oct 13th (Fri) 09:30-11:00am
    • Oct 16th (Mon) 12:00-01:30pm
    • Oct 20th (Fri) 09:00-10:30am
    • Oct 23rd (Mon) 12:00-01:30pm
    • Oct 26th (Thu) 09:30-11:00am

    If you are interested, please contact the DEOP coordinators Renie and Elizabeth for more details (renie at berkeley.edu or elizabeth.h.le at gmail.com).

    Sept 27, 2006

    Our next general meeting (the 3rd) will be on Wednesday, Oct 04, 2006 in 122 Barrows from 7:30-8:30pm. We will be presenting DEOP program as well as discuss information about California Dental Schools and the DAT.

    Also, the 3rd general meeting is the last general meeting where membership fee is $10. Afterwards, the membership fee will be $15.

    Sept 26, 2006

    We have added two useful resources two the quick links section below:

    We will also put up a page with information about California and East Coast dental schools

    Sept 14, 2006

    UCSF Dental Career Conference is taking place October 14, 2006 from 9am to 3pm. This conference is a tour of the dental school, an introduction to their DDS program, and application and financial aid advising advice. There is a $20 fee set by the school to attend. As of now, transportation is still being determined.

    If you would like to attend, please RSVP by sending an email to Beverly Hong (beverly.hong@gmail.com). Please provide your name, email, phone number, and specify whether you can drive or have your own transportation. If you can drive, please tell us how many people you can also take in your car. You will also need to pay a $20 fee mentioned earlier by our 2nd general meeting on September 20.

    Sept 12, 2006

    Our next general meeting will be on Wednesday, Sept 20, 2006 in 122 Barrows from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Sept 11, 2006

    Our membership application can be found here as well as in our Downloads section.

    Sept 01, 2006

    Our first general meeting will be on Wednesday, Sept 06, 2006 in 122 Barrows from 7:30-8:30pm. We will have free food and drinks. We hope to see you there.

    August 2006

    We will have a booth set up at Calpalooza, August 24 from 11-2pm. Thus, if you want to find out more information about our club, please find us then.

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