I have always wanted to do this. I am a second year on the west coast. Ask away!
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The biggest difference between undergrad and dental school is the volume of work. The difficulty of the individual classes are comparable, though I’d say the basic sciences in undergrad were slightly more challenging.[/QUOTE]
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what school do you go to?
Do you have to be neurotic about time management in order to have some free time during D1/D2?
public school on the west coast... sorry, I know its more helpful if I tell you where I go, but I am not comfortable doing that
If you have no intentions of specializing, then you will be fine. I am shooting for an OMS residency so was studying hard to have a high class rank and also be prepared for the NBME CBSE. I literally had NO time for anything other than school work and studying for the CBSE for the last year. Now that I am done with the CBSE (still waiting for scores to come out) I have so much more free time.
Most people need to improve on their time management skills after starting dental school. You get the hang of it after the first couple of quarters.
Ah I see. In the case of not wanting to specialize, do you think that not trying to get the A all the time will lessen your knowledge as a doctor or is there a lot of fluff that can be bypassed (thus receiving a lower grade) while still being a fully competent doctor?
I ask because I wonder if I'd be able to study just as hard as someone that has the incentive of specializing. I'd like to be the best darn GP I can be but idk how far I'd go during those late nights with the comforting thought that my grades aren't gonna be scrutinized again, you know?
