An Idiot's guide to DDS-2

Well once a person is in USA what are the steps to be taken or for people coming on tourist visa what are the things they should get done to write the exam, am going to put those things today.

Ques: What is this ECE and how do i go about it?
Ans: ECE is short form for education credential evaluation that is in simple terms converting your marks from your home country into American standard scale of 4. The score out of 4 is called your GPA. It depends not only on your individual marks but also on the university ranking and credentials like a reputed university candidate with less marks is more likely to have a slight better gpa than some body with slightly more marks but not so good university. Anyhow....ECE is your first administrative kind of step towards your DDS. You need it to take your dates for NBDE exam.
and as for how to go about it?
Well start by going to site www.ece.org here you will find an option like start a fresh evaluation, start from there, dont forget to note down the application code provided on the same page for you to log in later. You will need a course by course evaluation.The purpose of evaluation is further education and desired institution are dental schools. Send one copy of report to ADA address of joint commision of national board examination, Chicago which you can find at "ada.org" , you can ask for extra copy for urself which may come in handy at time like when the deadline is close and you don have time to order a copy through ECE. Fill in the online application carefully. After filling the application print it out and then fill the credit card info to pay the fee and sign in original.

Documents needed to send along with the application form ( all attested by registrar of univ. or the Dean )
1. Copy of Degree certificate
2. Transcripts of marks and transcripts of study hours ( ask your college office about this they know what this is. )
3. All mark sheet copies for 5 years
4. Class 12th marks sheet ( well i did send it )

In the end wait for about a month if you are giving a USA mailing address or add 15 days more for outside. I am giving this time period so that you can plan accordingly for your exam date.

Ques: So whts next like once i have my ECE report in hand?
Ans: lol its not next all the time you have been doing this, you should be preparing for the exam too. Technically after ECE you apply to ADA for exam i.e NBDE. You go to ADA site and go in NBDE part 1 section and look for fresh application. their you complete ur application and pay the fees for the exam. ADA will send you by mail your eligebilty code which you need to fill in while you take the dates of exam. The exam date is taken on ETS ( Thompson Prometric ) site which is the same one you might have used for taking date of GRE

Ques: Ok now that you are telling me all this tell me how to go about studying too, what all material i may need?
Ans: See studying depends on individual capabilities and preferences. I might love a subject you essentially hate or you might be reading a book of which i don know even the name. All i can do is to tell you how i went about my preparation, what i studied first and what last, the plan which worked best for me. But i suggest you to stuck to your studying startegy if you have one that has never failed you.

All the best folks...