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Hello yall, i just discover this website today and it have helped alot. However, I have some questions of my own that I would like to ask.
1) Shadowing!
I'm a junior right now and currently do not have any dental experience at all. When this spring semester start, I look up a list online of the dental place around where i'm going school, which is in San Francisco. I went around like 10 dental office and most of them were like a little office with just one dentist. I walk in and ask them if I could volunteer there to accustom to the environment but they all say they don't need any help. One of the larger office did say they give me a call, but when I called back, the receptionist say one of the dentists had a knee injury and the office is very busy. She won't be able to show me around and stuff and say she give me a call back when there opportunity. This is march and haven't heard from her yet.
Is it me or is it difficult to find a place to shadow? I don't have a regular dentist that I go to so no hope in that area. Should I do something different, like bring in a resume when I come and ask to shadow to show that I'm serious and really want the opportunity? Any suggesstion?
2) Recommendation Letter?
By reading the thread, I figure I need to apply with ADA first, and i'm wonder whether they need the recommendation letter to be sent to them? It's becauuse if I apply during the summer then I couldn't get recommendation from the professor until the Fall semester start. Is it alright to get things done like this? Any suggestion on how to get through the application process efficiently?
Sorri that my first post is so long!
1) Shadowing!
I'm a junior right now and currently do not have any dental experience at all. When this spring semester start, I look up a list online of the dental place around where i'm going school, which is in San Francisco. I went around like 10 dental office and most of them were like a little office with just one dentist. I walk in and ask them if I could volunteer there to accustom to the environment but they all say they don't need any help. One of the larger office did say they give me a call, but when I called back, the receptionist say one of the dentists had a knee injury and the office is very busy. She won't be able to show me around and stuff and say she give me a call back when there opportunity. This is march and haven't heard from her yet.
Is it me or is it difficult to find a place to shadow? I don't have a regular dentist that I go to so no hope in that area. Should I do something different, like bring in a resume when I come and ask to shadow to show that I'm serious and really want the opportunity? Any suggesstion?
2) Recommendation Letter?
By reading the thread, I figure I need to apply with ADA first, and i'm wonder whether they need the recommendation letter to be sent to them? It's becauuse if I apply during the summer then I couldn't get recommendation from the professor until the Fall semester start. Is it alright to get things done like this? Any suggestion on how to get through the application process efficiently?
Sorri that my first post is so long!