PASS is a centralized application service of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) for individuals applying to advanced dental education programs.

Please follow the steps 1 – 4 if you are applying to postgraduate programs who participate with PASS. If you are applying to non-PASS postgraduate programs, please disregard step 1 and follow the instructions for steps 2 - 4.

1. Applicants must complete the online PASS e-Form prior to requesting an IE. Please refer to the information made available to ADEA PASS Applicants.  Exceptions can be made for applicants applying for phase one residency programs. 

• Applicants have three days to submit an IE request once a request is submitted through PASS or the request will be declined.
• Applicants applying for AEGD and/or GPR programs cannot submit a request prior to August 1. Requests submitted prior to August 1 will be declined.
• The University of Maryland School of Dentistry does not permit the release of IEs to student or alumni requestors so be sure to "waive" your right to the release of this information on your PASS application or the request will be declined.

2. The Institutional Evaluation Request Form needs to be completed to request an IE from UMSOD; a umaryland email is required. To aid us in writing your IE, you will be asked to upload a recent curriculum vitae (CV). In completing the Institutional Evaluation Request Form, please note the following:

• As a current student, if you are waiting for any final grades to be entered and processed, you may want to wait to make this request to ensure we are using the most up-to-date GPA/class rank data.

3. Please allow for a processing time of four (4) weeks. Requests for IEs are processed by program deadline date versus request date, for example, specialty programs have earlier deadlines than GPRs.

• Any requests submitted with a deadline that is less than 3 weeks, we cannot guarantee the request will be fulfilled.

4. For non-PASS postgraduate programs, applicants must include name of program, program director,  program address, email address to where the IE should be sent, and a deadline date in the NonPASS Contact Information portion of the form.

If you have any questions regarding the Institutional Evaluation/ Dean's Letter of Recommendation process or need immediate assistance, you may contact us by calling 410-706-5627 or emailing SOD_IERequests@umaryland.edu.