**Your Top Choice** (From where you've interviewed so far)

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Hello all,

I thought this would be fun. So what is everyone's top choice that they want to go to? But it has to be from a school that you've already interviewed at.
Request/EDIT: List the ones you've interviewed at and then say which you liked the most.

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1.UNLV: the cheapest, closest to home except USC, newer school, I know people there
2. NYU: LOVED it. Pretty nice facility, know some people there, crowded a bit, and expensive
3. Midwestern: It was my very 1st choice until I figured about their accreditation. Cost is another matter.
4. NOVA: pretty school, cost is up there right below Midwestern and above UNLV
5. USC: Very expensive. Liked the PBL, but sounds risky

But for some reason I didnt feel so connected to UNLV :thumbdown: BUT the cost and location and friend will take me there :thumbup::xf:
 
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It would be even more informative if you list alll the ones you have already interviewed at and then bold the one you liked the most
 
It would be even more helpful if everyone listed all the schools, ranked them, and listed a few reasons for where they ranked the schools.
 
lmaozedong1 said:
Hello all,

I thought this would be fun. So what is everyone's top choice that they want to go to? But it has to be from a school that you've already interviewed at.
Request/EDIT: List the ones you've interviewed at and then say which you liked the most.

:luck:
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You started the thread so you should post first...
For me
Minnesota
USC
creighton

though creighton and Minnesota are about the same considering creighton is 80k cheaper
 
1. UNC - loved the facilities, ppl, curriculum, and location (I will be able to pay in-state after 1st year)
2. Case - I liked the curriculum, small classes, and a lot of dental practice starting from 1st year
3. NYU - A lot of patients and diversity. BUT way too expensive and I don't like big classes!
4. USC - Location is ok. BUT, I'm not very sure about the PBL system and it's very expensive too
 
1. Midwestern - Amazing facilities, happy students, awesome dean/educational practices, and my wife and I could buy a house in Phoenix.
2. Tufts - same as Midwestern minus the house and sunny weather, plus I have relatives in Boston
3. Marquette - basically the same as above
4. Indiana - my instate school and where my in-laws live, but the super old facilities and PBL drop it to #4
5. Case Western - Nice, professional school, but I had a weird interview experience...
6. UNLV - told by the 4th year student there to go somewhere else if I had the choice.

If I do any of options 1-3, I'm going to do the HPSP scholarship with the military. If I do Indiana, I'll take out loans.

I really hope I get into Midwestern!! The other night I dreamed that Dec 1 came around and I didn't get in. All we can do is hope and wait at this point. :xf:
 
I've only interviewed at
Buffalo
NYU
so my opinions are pretty limited but I LOVED NYU. I for sure will be there next year if I get accepted..even though I would get instate tuition for Buffalo...call me crazy but whatever haha.
 
keb2011 said:
I've only interviewed at
Buffalo
NYU
so my opinions are pretty limited but I LOVED NYU. I for sure will be there next year if I get accepted..even though I would get instate tuition for Buffalo...call me crazy but whatever haha.
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You are definitely crazy.
 
My top 3
1. Midwestern - AZ - amazing facilities, great locale, unique curriculum with breaks.
2. Marquette - in state for me and a great school overall
3. Temple - probably wouldn't consider except they are getting pretty much a brand new clinic in two years supposedly. But a nice city, nice school, super friendly faculty.
4. Minnesota - Nice place, good facilities, but tuition is way too expensive and I didn't feel like they tried to justify this enormous cost.
5. NYU - Not my style for dental school. Looking for something smaller in class size and NY is too expensive.
 
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1. Midwestern - Amazing facilities, happy students, awesome dean/educational practices, and my wife and I could buy a house in Phoenix.
2. Tufts - same as Midwestern minus the house and sunny weather, plus I have relatives in Boston
3. Marquette - basically the same as above
4. Indiana - my instate school and where my in-laws live, but the super old facilities and PBL drop it to #4
5. Case Western - Nice, professional school, but I had a weird interview experience...
6. UNLV - told by the 4th year student there to go somewhere else if I had the choice.

If I do any of options 1-3, I'm going to do the HPSP scholarship with the military. If I do Indiana, I'll take out loans.

I really hope I get into Midwestern!! The other night I dreamed that Dec 1 came around and I didn't get in. All we can do is hope and wait at this point. :xf:
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You'll definitely get into Midwestern with your numbers.
 
1. VCU
2. Pitt
3.Creighton
4. Case Western
5. Minnesota
6. Midwestern (AZ)
7. Louisville
8. Loma Linda
9. Nova Southeastern

I thought each of these schools were good schools. They are each will teach you to be a great dentist if you are proactive in your education, I think the first four are my top choices, but I feel like each day these change. So, before I commit to a "top school", I want to wait to see which of them accept me and then weight my options.
 
I am almost done with all my pre dec interviews and the list goes,
1. Upenn tied with ucsf
2. Umich
3. Temple
4. Usc
 
SoulPower said:
My top 3
1. Midwestern - AZ - amazing facilities, great locale, unique curriculum with breaks.
2. Marquette - in state for me and a great school overall
3. Temple - probably wouldn't consider except they are getting pretty much a brand new clinic in two years supposedly. But a nice city, nice school, super friendly faculty.
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be careful... a promise of a brand new clinic in supposedly two years will more than likely be dragged out to 4+ years. just sayin :)
 
Michigan-great opportunities for research and working in clinics out of the school for the last two years, also every lecture is podcasted onto itunes, instate tuition for me
UDM-new facilities, great clinical experiences,very advanced technologies,only 35-40 minutes from home
Louisville-brand new facilities are amazing! seems like everyone is there to help the students succeed
Midwestern AZ-new clinic is awesome, faculty seems great, systems based learning seems beneficial, campus is very nice if you're going to live there
NYU-location of the school is very appealing to me, great opportunities for specialization it seems, also podcasts all their lectures
Indiana-facilites are kind of old, theres some remodeling going on but its nothing like the other schools listed, seems like many 1st and 2nd year students hate pbl but those who already took their boards say it definitely helped them

I dont know what i'm going to do if i get accepted into michigan and udm i feel like id be super happy at both facilities....so torn :(
 
og2 said:
be careful... a promise of a brand new clinic in supposedly two years will more than likely be dragged out to 4+ years. just sayin :)
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Yeah, I am most definitely considering that; that's also why it's number 3.
 
keb2011 said:
I've only interviewed at
Buffalo
NYU
so my opinions are pretty limited but I LOVED NYU. I for sure will be there next year if I get accepted..even though I would get instate tuition for Buffalo...call me crazy but whatever haha.
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i had the same reaction to NYU! :p hopefully we'll both get acceptances on Dec 1st! :xf:
 
Great idea to make this thread.
Heres my list:

1)UoP- Easy to see why everyone loves it when I went for my interview. Great city, great people/environment, and the place looked like a 5 star hotel. I also got along great with the people I interviewed with, people I could easily see myself working with the next 3 years.
2)Michigan-blown away. Amazing city, great environment. People and school were awesome. Love their emphasis on new technology. Only downfall is the location, way far from where I currently live.
3)Midwestern-Clinics are probably the best i've seen so far. Location makes this high on my list. The cost sucks though!
4)UNLV- Like the people a lot. The professors I spoke with were awesome, and the students were chill. I didn't think too much of this place until my visit, where I left very impressed. I also have heard negative things. I'd probably lose too much on the strip anyways.
5)USC- Some of the people I came in contact with were rude, had a "you should be happy to be here" than a "were happy to have you here" mentality. Not everyone there, but definitely noticed a few. Location was eh, but campus is beautiful. Tuition is ridiculous, which is why its low on my list. Not a fan of PBL either.
6)Western- Great people and family setting. Professors I came in contact with were one of the nicest. Location was bad, campus is old (except for the new nice building), sim clinic was probably the least impressive of the ones i've seen, and they didn't let us see the patient clinic, which is why this school is the low for me.
7)Creighton- Unfortunately chose to push back my interview post December due to the already high cost of attending the others. Heard great things about this school. I just wish they would've interviewed me earlier so I could've gone!

Hope I didnt bash anyones school, I think they're all great. Just going off my experience.
 
Stony Brook: Was one of my top schools going in and still is. Everyone was completely nice (at times...creepy nice but...), just remodeled facilities, small homey feel, professors seemed like they genuinely cared and some even welcomed me in the hallway as I'd be just walking to the bathroom!, Small class size+++, INstate tuitioN!!!!!

Uconn: I have no doubt in my mind I will get a thorough education here. The location was a little scary coming from a big city(nyc) but it was kind of majestic too with all the trees and being on top of a hill, and I am open to the slower paced change...cheap tuition with gauranteed instate residency 2nd year. Small class size ++++! Also, students were happy to be there (although they all looked tired...). However, no diversity. I'd actually have a hard time choosing between here and SB because they are so similar.

NYU: everything was so new looking and luxurious! and I don't have to leave my comfort zone in terms of location. The large class size scared me although nothing seemed to ever be crowded i.e. clinics. However, i do want a place where I can have the extra individualized support...rather than feeling like it is a college orgo lecture all over again with like 300+undergrads in a classroom. The only other problem i would have going here is that my dental mentor (dentist I work for) highly suggested that he doesn't want me to go here because he believes it is a dental mill...and although I know this isn't true in its entirety it does sway my opinion slightly. Price would not be that bad for me because I could live at home; however the downside to that is that I won't be able to experience anything new and I would still be in my comfort zone never leaving nyc...ooo and video lectures were nice

Maryland: I would probably tie this with NYU in my decision making. Facilities were wonderful, students seemed like awesome people.The way they try to integrate technology into the curriculum is a big draw! video lectures woot! However, Baltimore really seemed like a blah city to me. Their gym facilities were beautiful though! Only reason I would choose nyu over maryland if I had to decide would be the proximity to home and that nyc>baltimore big time. And maryland was not cheap at all for a state school as changing residency seemed difficult.

USC: I liked how all the students seemed happy but also fun. facilities were good, but PBL seems kind of risky as others stated. Price tag was not good at all and I did not like los angeles as much as I thought I would and compared to nyu (another similar school in terms of $) it would just make much more sense to just go to nyu instead....so there is no real reason why I'd go to USC if I get in anywhere else. No offense to the school though! my opinion would obv change if I was from the west.
 
Denticles11 said:
Western- Great people and family setting. Professors I came in contact with were one of the nicest. Location was bad, campus is old (except for the new nice building), sim clinic was probably the least impressive of the ones i've seen, and they didn't let us see the patient clinic, which is why this school is the low for me.
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What day did you interview? I hate that you didn't get to see the Patient Care Center - it's pretty awesome. They're showing it to interviewees now (not that that helps you any - boo).
 
Just Peachy said:
What day did you interview? I hate that you didn't get to see the Patient Care Center - it's pretty awesome. They're showing it to interviewees now (not that that helps you any - boo).
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Sept 18th, their first day I think? Yeah its tough to commit to a school when you can't see their clinic!
 
1. Nebraska
2. Minnesota
3. Creighton

I would be happy to go anywhere, but I would definitely prefer Nebraska or Minnesota.
 
Denticles11 said:
Great idea to make this thread.
Heres my list:

4)UNLV- Like the people a lot. The professors I spoke with were awesome, and the students were chill. I didn't think too much of this place until my visit, where I left very impressed. I also have heard negative things. I'd probably lose too much on the strip anyways.


Hope I didnt bash anyones school, I think they're all great. Just going off my experience.
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what have you heard?:rolleyes:
 
USN all the way. I just love the anticipation of whether or not it'll be a failure at my expense.
 
prsndwg said:
what have you heard?:rolleyes:
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I hear other posters mention how students from that school tell them not to go there. Students perception of the school is probably the most important to me. I don't understand why though, I loved the school
 
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Uconn-CT is beautiful! extensive education, small class size, instate tuition after 2nd yr, pass/fail. neg-"demanding" curriculum

PENN- close to family...dean's scholarship?? its a long shot but cud help lower that cost. neg-$$$, dungeon classrooms, old clinic, and pre-clinic was also in the dungeon.

Maryland- new technology, nice buildings, lots of windows, possible in-state tuition. neg-baltimore=ugh

VCU-close to other family, great and early clinicals. neg-can't get in-state so $$.

I also went to Pitt, which i liked:thumbup:, and Case, i don't want to live in the mistake on the lake:thumbdown:.
 
og2 said:
be careful... a promise of a brand new clinic in supposedly two years will more than likely be dragged out to 4+ years. just sayin :)
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haha, I really like Temple too. Excellent clinical experience is what I'm looking for in a dental school.

I don't mind the old clinics. I figure once you have gotten decent with older equipment, the newer equipment will become even easier to use!
 
I can't believe we can start hearing back about school decisions in a little over two weeks!

My top choices are: Pitt, VCU, Louisville, Michigan, and Iowa.

If I were to get into those, or any of the schools I interviewed at for that matter, I would be ecstatic!

Good luck to all :D
 
billabob15 said:
Uconn-CT is beautiful! extensive education, small class size, instate tuition after 2nd yr, pass/fail. neg-"demanding" curriculum

PENN- close to family...dean's scholarship?? its a long shot but cud help lower that cost. neg-$$$, dungeon classrooms, old clinic, and pre-clinic was also in the dungeon.

Maryland- new technology, nice buildings, lots of windows, possible in-state tuition. neg-baltimore=ugh

VCU-close to other family, great and early clinicals. neg-can't get in-state so $$.

I also went to Pitt, which i liked:thumbup:, and Case, i don't want to live in the mistake on the lake:thumbdown:.
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UCONN - they def put a lot of emphasis on the "demanding" curriculum!!! but yea beautiful location!
 
1. Marquette- Community Service, Great staff/students, Dental Facility, Half paperless;), Lots of patients to see, and just a good place overall. Basically I feel as if it will give me a strong base to be a dentist once im out.
2. Creighton- Lots of dental experience (no speciality programs )
3. UCSF- good but i dont want to live in CA again!

Here it is!! I love dentistry so all I really need and want is great clinical experience, service to others, opportunity to help the disadvantaged, and a friendly enviroment with high standards ;)
 
uop>michigan>western>asdoh>midwestern>unlv
 
1. OSU - amazing community, in-state tuition! football tickets :) columbus is a great city
2. Case and Penn - tied; Case facilities are nice, has a nice feel; Penn has the most beautiful campus by FAR and it's ivy league, but the price tag isn't worth it without the dean's scholarship
3. Michigan - i liked their curriculum, ann arbor is a nice city, OOS tuition
4. Maryland - great facilities, but i was unimpressed with baltimore
5. Kentucky - loved the small town feel of lexington; small class size; relaxed student body it seems.
6. Louisville - nice facilities with the renovation, louisville seems like it has a lot to offer, but class size will be 120 which is large
7. Indiana - didn't seem to be anything exciting about this school; blah facilities, blah city, blah curriculum
 
What do you mean by UConn's 'demanding' curriculum exactly? How so?
 
ToothBlaster said:
What do you mean by UConn's 'demanding' curriculum exactly? How so?
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At the interview they really stress to you how demanding the curriculum will be. They say that to you like 10 times during the day. They also stress to you that they are the dental school with the most hours spent in a classroom. Another reason is that for the first two years, all the basic science classes are taken through the medical school. So you go to medical school for two years. It is the same curriculum except twice a week in the afternoons when the medical students go to pre-clinic stuff and we go to pre-dental clinic classes.
 
Having a pretty tough time deciding where I would go if I got the chance to choose...I would be happy with any of the places I've interviewed.

UoP = Marquette = Loma Linda = Temple
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MARYLAND-I like maryland. Although both schools are good if you want to specialize, the technology (as in podcasts, overflow rooms if you don't want to be in the lecture hall, and lecture recordings online) and awesome sim labs and clinical labs make Maryland my top choice. Plus there are clerkships you can do where you are working with a specialist of your choice, which looks great when you apply for residency (it will offset the P/F system) Lots of externships and outreach. Baltimore isn't a bad place. You are so close to the harbor and the students that were there liked it.

MICHIGAN-Ann Arbor was pretty but man will it get cold! Boards scores are average. Curriculum does seem nice, but what happened to summer vaca? Also, not a bad school to go to for sure. I hope I get my choice at both.
 
1- Louisville- New facilities, very nice staff, low cost of living, cool area as well
2- Midwestern AZ- Great campus, 97% pass rate on National Boards Part 1 this year, plus the great climate
3- Indiana- Not much to say, its a little older, but the faculty has gone out of there way to answer my questions whenever I call which is nice
4- Loma Linda- Cool school, great outreach programs, but didn't love the interview process
Have yet to interview at USN- but its a sweet 5 story building, and the Dean of Admissions is the coolest guy I have met throughout this whole process. I had a mock interview with him in july, I live in Utah
 
UCSF... beautiful campus, amazing location, diverse/laid-back student body, tremendous research/specialization opportunities

then again, it's my only interview so far
 
ahhhh. everyone has different schools listed. I thought we would all be fighting for the same schools!!

Kentucky- SMALL class sizes, great student attitudes.. rough clinics. Everything is a little outdated. I am instate so this is my #1. outdated and happy camper versus newly remodeled and unhappy..
Louisville- classes are LARGE, location isn't the best but those are the only downfalls. I enjoy the new look and the students seemed happy (but intense).
Midwestern- Its a new school. I cant help but put my guard up because the school is being built and accreditation is always a worry. I loved the interview though... call me dorky but I thought it was fun!
NYU- HUGE class sizes, city life...(I am from Kentucky, trust me, its hard to adjust). but the interview was exciting and a good experience.
Indiana- somewhat close to home, outdated clinics.

Cant complain anywhere though.. dental school is where I want to be!!!!
 
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