Countdown until December 1st

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Where are you all getting these numbers?

Even if we find out at 12:00 AM on Dec 1st, there's still 8 full days in between now and then. Add in half of today and the likelihood that you'll see at 8 am or so on Dec 1st and that's more like 9 days.

Not that it even matters anyway...
 
Fets said:
Where are you all getting these numbers?

Even if we find out at 12:00 AM on Dec 1st, there's still 8 full days in between now and then. Add in half of today and the likelihood that you'll see at 8 am or so on Dec 1st and that's more like 9 days.

Not that it even matters anyway...
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you are right!
 
Well let's take a serious look here at how much time we truly have left.

Tomorrow is going to be busy because it's the day before Thanksgiving and a lot of people are traveling, making food, making plans etc so tomorrow doesn't count, then obviously Thursday doesn't count either. Friday will count, but only a half of a day because we are still "recovering" from thanksgiving and some people are traveling.

We are at a half day going into the weekend.

The weekend obviously doesn't count. Monday unfortunately does count so we are at 1.5 days. According to my calendar Tuesday starts a New Moon and let's be serious anything space related is awesome, so counting Tuesday would be pretty disrespectful to NASA and space in general. Wednesday is "national acceptance/rejection day eve" so you can't count that and I know schools like Marquette call that night, so that day doesn't count and then Thursday is December 1st.

It seems to me that we only have 1.5 days left you guys!

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blcopp said:
Well let's take a serious look here at how much time we truly have left.

Tomorrow is going to be busy because it's the day before Thanksgiving and a lot of people are traveling, making food, making plans etc so tomorrow doesn't count, then obviously Thursday doesn't count either. Friday will count, but only a half of a day because we are still "recovering" from thanksgiving and some people are traveling.

We are at a half day going into the weekend.

The weekend obviously doesn't count. Monday unfortunately does count so we are at 1.5 days. According to my calendar Tuesday starts a New Moon and let's be serious anything space related is awesome, so counting Tuesday would be pretty disrespectful to NASA and space in general. Wednesday is "national acceptance/rejection day eve" so you can't count that and I know schools like Marquette call that night, so that day doesn't count and then Thursday is December 1st.

It seems to me that we only have 1.5 days left you guys!

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You my friend know wassup. Couldn't have broken it down better... so basically we are there.
 
Where are you guys getting 7.5 days? My countdown app says 8 days and 5 hours
 
Oh no you're not crazy, I'm just not counting the 30th!
 
blcopp said:
Well let's take a serious look here at how much time we truly have left.

Tomorrow is going to be busy because it's the day before Thanksgiving and a lot of people are traveling, making food, making plans etc so tomorrow doesn't count, then obviously Thursday doesn't count either. Friday will count, but only a half of a day because we are still "recovering" from thanksgiving and some people are traveling.

We are at a half day going into the weekend.

The weekend obviously doesn't count. Monday unfortunately does count so we are at 1.5 days. According to my calendar Tuesday starts a New Moon and let's be serious anything space related is awesome, so counting Tuesday would be pretty disrespectful to NASA and space in general. Wednesday is "national acceptance/rejection day eve" so you can't count that and I know schools like Marquette call that night, so that day doesn't count and then Thursday is December 1st.

It seems to me that we only have 1.5 days left you guys!

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haha love your analogy
 
Dentista777 said:
8 days, 1 hour, 41 min
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Ain't even scared.
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Rekker said:
It helps me cope knowing that most schools have already decided our fate by now.
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That doesn't help me. That worsens everything. I have always been the one that plans every little thing and likes to "control" my future (by doing things in the present). Knowing that someone else decided MY fate, and I don't even know what the decision was, makes me anxious.
 
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I just want to drop by to say that this moment is a very exciting time for everyone.

some people will get in Dec 1st at their first choice, some at 2nd choice, some probably wait until Jan or Feb, some may be on waitlist. watever it is, its been a journey.

when you get in multiple schools, plz focus on the price of the school. almost all dental schools are good (as in they have sufficient patients in their clinic), you will become a good GP based on ur personal drive (ur personal drive will drive u to specialty residence at almost any school, no school where specialization is easy)

500k dental schools aren't an abnormality anymore but almost 1/3 dental schools reach this price. interest adds up, loan origination adds up, ull be surprised to see 40-50k interest at the end of four years on that debt.

so to ensure you have a good fulfilling life after hard work in dental school, pick the cheapest!!!!!!!!!! (and of course their clinic must have plenty of patients, cough at LECOM and some other schools for having patient pool problem)
 
frozenicecreamDMD said:
I just want to drop by to say that this moment is a very exciting time for everyone.

some people will get in Dec 1st at their first choice, some at 2nd choice, some probably wait until Jan or Feb, some may be on waitlist. watever it is, its been a journey.

when you get in multiple schools, plz focus on the price of the school. almost all dental schools are good (as in they have sufficient patients in their clinic), you will become a good GP based on ur personal drive (ur personal drive will drive u to specialty residence at almost any school, no school where specialization is easy)

500k dental schools aren't an abnormality anymore but almost 1/3 dental schools reach this price. interest adds up, loan origination adds up, ull be surprised to see 40-50k interest at the end of four years on that debt.

so to ensure you have a good fulfilling life after hard work in dental school, pick the cheapest!!!!!!!!!! (and of course their clinic must have plenty of patients, cough at LECOM and some other schools for having patient pool problem)
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Am I the only one who doesn't 100% agree with this? Cost is an important factor to consider but so is going somewhere you'll be happy for 4 years. It might take longer to pay off the debt but we're going to be denstists, we won't be having to sleep on the streets or anything...personally I think I would be unhappy living in the town where my state school is located, obviously I don't have any acceptances yet but if I get into my state school and one of the private schools I loved I will strongly consider a private school. Just my $0.02.
 
wengerin said:
Is the thread that has the times for notifications actually accurate?
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2 or 3 of them that I interviewed at said times similar to what current students told me, but I can't speak for the rest.. I bet it'll be helpful but who knows anymore with this cycle.

edit: you were at Louisville right? Current D1 told me he went to bed disappointed on the 30th but woke up with an email from them around 7:30 which is what that list reported.
 
LVKE said:
2 or 3 of them that I interviewed at said times similar to what current students told me, but I can't speak for the rest.. I bet it'll be helpful but who knows anymore with this cycle.

edit: you were at Louisville right? Current D1 told me he went to bed disappointed on the 30th but woke up with an email from them around 7:30 which is what that list reported.
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Yes! Why did he go to bed disappointed?
 
drcrentistdds said:
Am I the only one who doesn't 100% agree with this? Cost is an important factor to consider but so is going somewhere you'll be happy for 4 years. It might take longer to pay off the debt but we're going to be denstists, we won't be having to sleep on the streets or anything...personally I think I would be unhappy living in the town where my state school is located, obviously I don't have any acceptances yet but if I get into my state school and one of the private schools I loved I will strongly consider a private school. Just my $0.02.
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Cost should be a huge factor. Why pay 100k or more for the same degree at the end of the day. Dental school is going to be horrible wherever you go. Why do you think going to an oos private school would make you happier? Because you had a great time at the school on your one day visit? Let me tell you, ever new place will seem exciting at first, but with everything it will fade out. If you dont like your state school, you can move anywhere you want after finishing dental school. If you go to a 500k private dental school, you remove your flexibility on where you can live and what lifestyle you can afford. Think long term and tough it out for the next four years so you can lessen the burden for the next 20 by picking the cheapest option. My $.02.
 
nice_guy1 said:
Cost should be a huge factor. Why pay 100k or more for the same degree at the end of the day. Dental school is going to be horrible wherever you go. Why do you think going to an oos private school would make you happier? Because you had a great time at the school on your one day visit? Let me tell you, ever new place will seem exciting at first, but with everything it will fade out. If you dont like your state school, you can move anywhere you want after finishing dental school. If you go to a 500k private dental school, you remove your flexibility on where you can live and what lifestyle you can afford. Think long term and tough it out for the next four years so you can lessen the burden for the next 20 by picking the cheapest option. My $.02.
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350k doesn't leave you with much flexibility either.
 
Would you pay 2k more for an iphone 7 over a s7 just because you an apple fan when they're basically the same phone? Why pay 150k more for the same degree at the end of the day?
 
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nice_guy1 said:
Dental school is going to be horrible wherever you go.
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I'm excited about dental school. Getting to learn exactly what I want to do in life.

I love my #1 choice a lot. I can see myself teaching at that school 10 yrs from now, perhaps on a part-time basis.

Will it be a lot of work? Yes. But this is my career! The more effort I put in, the better my patients will be.
 
nice_guy1 said:
Would you pay 2k more for an iphone 7 over a s7 just because you an apple fan when they're basically the same phone? Why pay 150k more for the same degree at the end of the day?
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I agree with your overall point, but the phone analogy was a bad one. Those phones offer very very different experiences and preference is up to the user. One phone will be better than another depending on the user. Plus the S7 is almost the same price. Sorry, off topic lol.
 
nice_guy1 said:
Cost should be a huge factor. Why pay 100k or more for the same degree at the end of the day. Dental school is going to be horrible wherever you go. Why do you think going to an oos private school would make you happier? Because you had a great time at the school on your one day visit? Let me tell you, ever new place will seem exciting at first, but with everything it will fade out. If you dont like your state school, you can move anywhere you want after finishing dental school. If you go to a 500k private dental school, you remove your flexibility on where you can live and what lifestyle you can afford. Think long term and tough it out for the next four years so you can lessen the burden for the next 20 by picking the cheapest option. My $.02.
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I disagree that dental school is going to be horrible wherever you go. Challenging? Definitely, probably the most challenging thing we have ever done. However, I know people who love dental school. If you think the dental school you choose is going to make you hate life itself, maybe one should look at more than just cost ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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nice_guy1 said:
Would you pay 2k more for an iphone 7 over a s7 just because you an apple fan when they're basically the same phone? Why pay 150k more for the same degree at the end of the day?
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Only a few schools come to mind that are ~500k (NYU/USC). I agree, the cost of attendance for those schools is ludicrous.

My top school (which happens to be a private) is ~400k, which is only ~50k more than both of my state schools. You may get the same degree, but you will get very different experiences and opportunities at some privates, and those opportunities may drastically change your life and the direction of your career. Having that kind of opportunity is worth the 50k to me.
Add in that the facilities are nicer, there is cutting edge research that aligns with my interests, and that the student body seemed so motivated to be there... that is also worth the 50k to me.

This discussion is beaten to death... but I'm bored at work so I thought I would indulge.
 
Just curious, what state schools are 350k? I thought most public schools were around 200-250k in state?
 
blablabla1 said:
Just curious, what state schools are 350k? I thought most public schools were around 200-250k in state?
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Including living expenses Temple is 343k (before the 2-3% increase per year) and Pitt is 331k (before the 2-3% increase per year). Under 350, but no where near the 200-250 mark.
 
Rekker said:
Including living expenses Temple is 343k (before the 2-3% increase per year) and Pitt is 331k (before the 2-3% increase per year). Under 350, but no where near the 200-250 mark.
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Are you including living costs in that Pitt price? Because at my Pitt interview, the all inclusive cost for Pitt was quoted at 264k OOS
 
December 1st is like pretty much here everyone.
 
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