choosing a dental school

[lalala15]

Hi guys wanted to share a personal opinion. advice: I would choose any other dental school in the US but USC dental school, and just wanted to warn other prospective applicants. I've gone to good academic institutions prior to attending USC dental and will admit it was the absolute worst decision of my entire life. The cost is beyond absurd and you do not get a quality education. Teaching was non-existent, faculty were biased and some faculty were completely unethical and unknowledgeable in my personal experience. I was always wondering where the tuition money went because I was mostly learning from YouTube videos. It is crazy expensive. Additionally, in recent years, they screw over many students from graduating. Most of us come in being straight A students our whole lives and take out a whole lot of loans to attend. It is not worth it, if I could take one decision back in my life it would be attending USC dental. So just as a personal take, go to any other dental school except for USC. You'll save your life. If you want to be in southern california: UCLA, Loma Linda, and other schools around here will give you a better dental education for a lower price.

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[Bigjt1420]

Unfortunately there is so much demand that people keep going to these overpriced schools. NYU, USC, etc. It's CRAZY money but people don't care. Sorry you had to learn your lesson. Nobody should want to be a dentist that bad that $500K+ in debt is worth it

 

[JacquesVallee]

Sorry you had to learn your lesson.

I actually don't like this sentiment. It's incredibly callous. You have to remember, these are naive kids being duped by their parents, schools, government, counselors, etc. They just don't know any better. They don't have the financial background to make such a huge financial decision. Go have a financial conversation with a predent. They have NO BUSINESS taking out any sort of 6 figure loans, but this only happens because the government blindly gives them any amount of money. USC costing 800k completely ruins your entire financial life and there is no going back. You can't declare bankruptcy on it and can't pay it off. There really isn't a lesson to be learned.

 

[Bigjt1420]

I actually don't like this sentiment. It's incredibly callous. You have to remember, these are naive kids being duped by their parents, schools, government, counselors, etc. They just don't know any better. They don't have the financial background to make such a huge financial decision. Go have a financial conversation with a predent. They have NO BUSINESS taking out any sort of 6 figure loans, but this only happens because the government blindly gives them any amount of money. USC costing 800k completely ruins your entire financial life and there is no going back. You can't declare bankruptcy on it and can't pay it off. There really isn't a lesson to be learned.

"Sorry you had to learn your lesson" is not a jab at the kid. I'm not blaming them -- you are extrapolating big time. It sucks they had to learn the lesson rather than others teaching them (their parents, school, government, counselors as you say) which is how it should be. But unfortunately they put themselves in that situation (unfairly because they should have gotten guidance), and now they have to live with it. What else is there to say?

The only hope is that other kids read this before they commit to something so expensive and awful. That's why I commented in the first place. Hopefully it'll change minds in the future.