I have a bunch. Sorry if this is disorganized. I just vomited questions, each paragraph touches on a theme that I’m curious about, feel free to answer any or all of them. Thanks for doing this!!!!
How many people failed(?) D1 or D2? What is remediation like at temple?
(This is hard to say but maybe 3-4 students failed and most remediated the year or they passed a redemption opportunity and continued along as normal. Typically if you fail, you talk to a committee that does its best to help you find a solution) Temple monitors everyone so if you begin to slip, they will reach out and try to help, whether that be by tutors or the professors themselves)
How many people are not graduating on time?
I honestly don't know the answer to this but last I heard the on time graduation rate was around the 90% range and pretty much everyone within 1 month after graduation.
Of the students that want to be general dentists, how many of them are doing AEGD/GPR’s? How many feel confident enough to go into private practice right after graduation?
I don't have a specific number. There is a recent uptick in students from Temple wanting to do a GPR/AEGD program but not because they want to cement the basics but rather expand their skill set or because of state requirements. We have a decent amount of students from Delaware and NY which require a residency to practice. Also many students are often interested in specialties to they do a GPR or something to for application purposes. Confidence to jump right into private practice is not an issue for temple grads, our schools reputation is built on confident clinicians.
Are there enough chairs/patients to fill the graduation requirements? Do they handle the class size appropriately in sim lab and in clinic? How many professors are readily available in sim lab (prof to bench ratio?)
There are plenty of chairs at our school, is unheard of to not have a chair to practice. Often times if your clinic gets booked then you can book in one of the other clinics on the other floors. We have a wealth of patients, it is not an issue to fulfill graduation requirements. You just have to make sure you are putting in your work by calling patients. They do handle faculty to student ratio well, in clinic, they will vary the faculty to students based on how many chairs are in used and complexity of treatments, I have not had an issue of not having faculty. As for pre-clinic it I would say maybe 1:10 students as a ratio and the school will bring in more faculty as needed into pre-clinic, I have not had an issue with there being faculty shortage.
How is the competition, gunners, etc. Are people tight knit and supportive?
What is a gunner? LOL. We don't have a competitive environment at our school, it is tight knit camaraderie. We help each other out from day 1 and make sure that we all graduate! No one at our school holds a mentality that their individual success is achieved by stepping over others. There is a lot of room to succeed at Temple for everyone, it just comes down to how hard you work
Is the surrounding neighborhood as bad as people say? What are pros and cons to living in philly?
