JohnDoeDDS said:
guys how is the clinical program at buffalo? Is it as good as say temple?
Seeing as I've only attended Buffalo, I can't really compare our clinical program to Temple. However, I do know that students at Temple must wax-up and cast their own gold crowns & bridges for their patients, and have to wax-up the metal frameworks for porcelain crowns & bridges. We had to do a good amount of labwork for our clinic cases, however, having to wax up crowns & bridges for your patients is ridiculous. There ain't a dentist out there who does that, except maybe a super prosthodontist. As a predent, this may sound like a negative "But I want to do the waxups, I'll learn more and be a better practitioner." Believe me, when senior year rolls around, you'd rather be staring at a wall than spending the hours required to do a wax-up that really won't be appreciated by your patient anyways.
Housing in Buffalo won't be difficult to come by. Tell your parents to look for something in Amherst if you want to live in the nicest area. Another place to look is Kenmore, you might find something a little cheaper there, but the neighborhoods in Amherst are nicer. If you want nice, then definitely don't let them rent you anything located in the houses on the streets right next to the school (these houses have a Buffalo address, not an Amherst one). If they are going to look in the city of Buffalo, make sure it is in the "North Buffalo" area, this is much better to live in than the streets that immediately surround the school.
If you want to live anywhere decent, make sure you bring a car with you. Actually, if you want to have a life, definitely bring your car or else you will be stuck at the mercy of your classmates. Buffalo is not public-transportation friendly.
