@FeralisExtremum
First, let me start by saying thank you. I owe you a lot, as do many others. Not just dental applicants, but your notes provide a comprehensive review of material to be used in many college classes. In fact, I've referred folks who have other aspirations outside of dentistry to your notes and they love them. You likely changed national trends, by yourself. That's a big deal.
Now to the real stuff.
I applied to Touro. I am not a strong APPLICANT. However I have a lot of other factors that stand out. I do not have the time to keep applying. I am intelligent, albeit with a low GPA. My DAT was ok. I got a 20AA, but I did not have the time to dedicate to studying because I work full time, am married, and have kids. Not only do I work full time, but I work hard on being a real father. My children deserve it. They are young and wait for me to come home all day, it's not fair for me to come home from work, say hi, and lock myself in a room to study all the time and ignore my family to study in all my off time. My wife deserves her husband. How long can she be ignored while I work full time and study full time? Work-life-school balance is difficult but I do my best.
Yes, I understand the demand of dental school. I will be immersed in studying and clinic. But I need to balance. I am also making up for a terrible GPA in college from almost 15 years ago. I wish i was as mature as most of you back then, but i was not. I am suffering now because i dug myself into a very deep hole. Its my own fault, but just because i was immature back then, that does not mean i am not intelligent enough to do well in dental school now. I'm in a very tight spot. The opening of this school provides me an opportunity.
I won't argue and say that "you're wrong and stupid," there is definitely truth to what you say. There are some people who have no business becoming dentists applying here. But NOT everyone who would enroll in Touro would be a bad dentist. In fact, I pulled a 26RC score on my DATs. It's not all that impressive to many, but I'm proud of it.
I have my opinions on toothknockn, but I will respectfully ask that if you disagree with him, that you do so without making anyone who applied to Touro feel like a piece of crap. If he posts his weird postings, most of us are laughing more at his postings than the responses of others.
Not every grad from this school will be bad. Think about it this way, it's easy to shine in the dark.
I'm not saying I'm some shining beacon of hope or anything, but there WILL be intelligent, capable students who will smoke their NBDE's, and become great dentists from this school, just like every other school.
Again, thank you for your contributions to dentistry and science. I really mean it.
@tooth knockn
You are dedicated, you have perseverance, and you know what you want. Good for you.
But dude, you really need to take a deep breath before you post. Your postings have a lot of ramblings and some of them just plain don't make sense or are blatantly wrong.
You're an outspoken Touro advocate, which is cool. But when your postings come out the way they do, they associate you with Touro and vice-versa.
That is not good.
I hope your interview went well and that you achieve your dreams. Just keep in mind that dentistry is not just teeth, but communication.