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I have been accepted to both, not sure where to go. They almost cost the same. I am not planning to go to any speciality. I will be happy running a general practice. Please provide your suggestions?
Todds2be@work said:I have been accepted to both, not sure where to go. They almost cost the same. I am not planning to go to any speciality. I will be happy running a general practice. Please provide your suggestions?
JessicaSimpson said:go to columbia!!!!!
Rezdawg said:You get better clinical experience at NYU. If he/she is not planning on specializing, NYU is the way to go. No point in going to Columbia if specializing isnt in the plan.
Go else where cheaper.Todds2be@work said:I have been accepted to both, not sure where to go. They almost cost the same. I am not planning to go to any speciality. I will be happy running a general practice. Please provide your suggestions?
JessicaSimpson said:This is probably true, but you can get clinical experience after dental school. You only have one chance to go to columbia. A lot of dentists have no respect for NYU and that might be important to think about if you want to get hired as an associate before starting your own practice.
Rezdawg said:What does going to Columbia dental do for you? The name does nothing.
Todds2be@work, if you plan on living in NY after graduation, then go to Columbia, since doing a GPR is mandatory. However, if you plan on living in another state, then go to NYU. By going to NYU, you will be able to start as an associate immediately. If you go to Columbia, then you will need to do a GPR/AEGD regardless of where you work.
Todds2be@work said:I am from Toronto, Canada and I plan on moving back as soon as I finish DDS. So GPR is not mandatory for NYU to receive DDS, but for Columbia it is?
Todds2be@work said:I have been accepted to both, not sure where to go. They almost cost the same. I am not planning to go to any speciality. I will be happy running a general practice. Please provide your suggestions?
Todds2be@work said:I am from Toronto, Canada and I plan on moving back as soon as I finish DDS. So GPR is not mandatory for NYU to receive DDS, but for Columbia it is?
Todds2be@work said:I have been accepted to both, not sure where to go. They almost cost the same. I am not planning to go to any speciality. I will be happy running a general practice. Please provide your suggestions?
SuperC said:Dentists that I have spoken with frown on NYU.... Things may be different now, but they supposedly turn out more bad dentists than good.
This is just hear-say, I personally have no idea. If I were accepted to NYU, and not UF... I would have already bought my plane ticket.
-C
Rezdawg said:You guys act as if NYU is a dental school in a 3rd world country.
Dental school is dental school.
There isnt one dental school that only produces good dentists.
All dental schools have students that are very competent at graduation and other students who need additional training.
NYU is accredited based on the same measures and standards as other dental schools. Its a good school that produces many good dentists. You are not getting a subpar education by going there. Its stupid and ignorant to think so.
Dr. Parm said:It is not my intention to get personal here at all. However, Rezdawg, how do you explain the 250 seats that NYU has each year, compared to most schools in the nation that feel that even 120 is pushing it. Secondly, yes, a dentist is a dentist regardless of where they attend dental school. And I am definitely not putting down people who have no choice but to attend NYU. I would do the same in their situation. However, when presented with a choice between Columbia (75 students accepted) vs. NYU, I was only pointing out that the answer is pretty damn clear, and one would have to be stupid and ignorant not to see that. No offense ToDDS2b, you're awesome, u got into Columbia haha!
Rezdawg said:Yeah, NYU has 250 seats...they also have the highest patient pool in the country. What does number of students have to do with anything when each student at NYU gets more clinical exposure than a student at Columbia? Number of seats is irrelevant.
Dr. Parm said:The availability of chair per student is at question here Rezdawg. I have no idea why you are pushing for NYU over Columbia, considering that you go to a well-reputed school such as Boston, but hey, whatever floats your boat. I am not one to judge, but am merely offering my two cents to the individual who posted the question in the first place.
Dr. Parm said:The availability of chair per student is at question here Rezdawg. I have no idea why you are pushing for NYU over Columbia, considering that you go to a well-reputed school such as Boston, but hey, whatever floats your boat. I am not one to judge, but am merely offering my two cents to the individual who posted the question in the first place.
Brocnizer2007 said:Just another pre-dent that doesn't know his head from his own a$$.
Sorry bud, complain all you want about the chairs but my fellow classmates never have a problem getting one. Plus we will have the newest clinics in the country. Yes you read right. 5th floor is already re-done. This summer they will re-do 4th floor and possibly 3rd floor.
The dean is spending to the tune of $28 million re-doing the school. Hmmm, sure sounds like the $hit hole you describe.
The school can more than accomdate the class size or the ADA would not give them accreditation.
Please know your facts before you bash a school you have no idea about.
Go ahead and take a look what we look like now. The whole school will look like this in the near future meaning next 3 years.
http://bluestonecenter.nyu.edu/
alfie5884 said:Hey!
Would you guys pick Pitt over NYU? With clincal experience, National Boards scores, cost, etc. taken into consideration. I'm also a NY resident
Rezdawg said:Im only saying that it shouldnt be so cut and dry. Columbia over NYU.
Lets look at the situation here. The original poster wants to do general dentistry.
First off, Its definitely fair to say that NYU is a better clinical school than Columbia.
Secondly, if you know you are going to do general dentistry, then you dont have to put yourself through hell to do well in school. You dont need top grades, you dont need 90+ on the Boards...you just have to perform on a competent level. Columbia is a tough a$$ school. If you go there, you are automatically getting yourself involved in a crapload more stress than necessary.
Thirdly, NYU is in a better location. If I did not want to specialize, then I would have many more nights available to go out. What better place to go out than where NYU is located?
Therefore, for someone going into general dentistry, I think NYU will give him/her a less stressful dental experience, while providing solid clinical experience, as well as a more exciting environment (location).
Now, if I was in that position, I would go to Columbia because Im 50/50 on specializing. I do believe that Columbia is the better school, but you also have to fit the needs of the students with the strengths of the school.
Dr. Parm said:Although we do not agree on this issue, thank you for your constructive inputs. We can surely hold this as a pristine example of how a difference of opinion should be handled. It eventually is useless to interested parties if the post basically consists of foul language intended to incite a verbal fight. Its been fun Rezdawg, but I am officially not contributing to this particular post again. Peace bro.