Attrition/Transfers

[Joshua Tree]

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For the people in school right now, I am doing some research for some dental school committees and wanted to know:

1.) Has anyone's class experienced any attrition yet this year?
2.) What year do kids normally drop out of their program if they chose to?.
3) Aside from NYU, what is considered a large attrition number? (number of students entered and graduated in 4 years)
4). Do many schools still operate a transfer policy? (Do you have transfers in their class?)

 

[DesiDentist]

usually the first year is the most common year kids tend to drop out. Most schools have a very low drop out rate. I would say between 1-3% if that high. Schools try their best to retain their students. However, there are times when neither the school nor the student can keep himself/herself in the program.

Transfers are very rare. I know that the University of Pennsylvania will accept transfer apps from students in good standing for 3rd year only.

DesiDentist

 

[Kung Foo]

At Ohio State, one first year dropped out the first week of class this year, and another (who was at the 8.5 month preg. mark at Christmas) dropped out after first quarter, but is coming back into next years class...

Even though we're only in the second quarter right now, and everyone's fairly frustrated, most of us feel that we've already been through way tooo much pain to drop out at this point. Upperclassmen have talked about D1 second quarter being the time when people typically "disappear" from the class.

Hope this anecdotal info helps.

 

[XxdtxX]

Has anyone ever dropped out or been kicked due to a lack of manual dexterity??

 

[Joshua Tree]

The good thing with manual dexterity is you can practice, practice, practice and you can eventually get it. (Might cost some money buying new practice teeth😉 )

We lost a person in our class because of grades, and one person b/c they didn't like dentistry, but no one for manual dexterity (this was 20 years ago, I am not certain about the changes in dental education now)...

I ask as to get a feel if schools were replenishing their attritioned students anymore, or just letting those positions go unfilled. Will be interesting to see what happens at Ohio State...

Any other stories are welcomed...