CE courses as pre-dent

[wannabeedent]

I have the opportunity to attend CE classes almost every month... would this be worth my time? Would it be beneficial to my application to have say 20+ hours of CE classes? Or is it really trivial for a pre-dent to be engaged in CE?

Thanks in advance!!

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[BlueQuasar]

Okay, now I have to ask...how did you get that kinda thing going? Even if it's worthless on applications, I would love to check out some CE!

 

[wannabeedent]

Okay, now I have to ask...how did you get that kinda thing going? Even if it's worthless on applications, I would love to check out some CE!

Family friends with both an OMFS and Endo... They both teach/organize CE seminars. They said they would comp my admission if i wanted to come to them. Basically i got lucky... if you wanted to get involved i would just get to know a kick a s s specialist.

 

[doc toothache]

Family friends with both an OMFS and Endo... They both teach/organize CE seminars. They said they would comp my admission if i wanted to come to them. Basically i got lucky... if you wanted to get involved i would just get to know a kick a s s specialist.

What you need is "kick a s s" stats rather than specialist. Attending dental CE courses in os/endo would be about as beneficial as taking DAT review courses that are presented in Chinese.

 

[wannabeedent]

What you need is "kick a s s" stats rather than specialist. Attending dental CE courses in os/endo would be about as beneficial as taking DAT review courses that are presented in Chinese.

Always appreciate your posts doc... thanks.

I am a non trad applicant, I have a BSx2 in Finance and Economics, and have been in banking for the past 3 years. I graduated with a GPA of 3.78 and am going back taking my pre reqs, getting ready for the DAT this summer. I literally already have 700+ hours community service and about 200 hours of shadowing. I currently volunteer dental asst at a public health clinic once a week. So as far as building my EC's I really just don't know what to do anymore, so i thought maybe CE courses might be a good thing!

But if i wouldn't understand it... then it would probably be a waste of time! Thanks again!

 

[doc toothache]

I am a non trad applicant, I have a BSx2 in Finance and Economics, and have been in banking for the past 3 years. I graduated with a GPA of 3.78 and am going back taking my pre reqs, getting ready for the DAT this summer. I literally already have 700+ hours community service and about 200 hours of shadowing. I currently volunteer dental asst at a public health clinic once a week. So as far as building my EC's I really just don't know what to do anymore, so i thought maybe CE courses might be a good thing!

Contrary to popular belief, EC's are not what gets you accepted nor are they what will keep you in ds once accepted. In your case it is a no brainer-concentrate on you courses and dat.

 

[therock21]

What is a CE class?