Marquettedental is 100% wrong and is not being truthful. I applied to several school and was accepted to more than one and I came to Marquette because it was one of the best in the country.
Let me tell you first off that I am a D2, my ID looks a little different then this dope's ID. Notice that its a little lighter for the D2's. Match it to the D1's in the picture I am attaching. Also notice the wear and tear on their ID as opposed to mine, this ID sure looks like a newer set. Mine is already wearing out from swiping so much.
Also on marquettedental's perio paper the code reads DEIN 7114, this is the new class codes indicating this person is a current D1. If this person were a current D2 then it would read DENT 411 which is the old code that was changed as of this year.
This person is spreading rumors about the school that are NOT TRUE, they are probably trying to do their friend a favor by scaring people off that are accepted here so that their own friend sitting on the waitlist can get a shot at coming here. Not going to work!
Marquette is awesome and I will tell you why:
1-Marquette works hard to make sure you get a lot of clinical exposure. In your first semester you will be in the clinic doing a variety of things. First they will have you assist other students. This helps so you get a feel for how the clinic runs, where stuff is at, how to interact with patients and many other things. Second you will probably have a rotation through radiology. There you will learn how to take x-rays using the latest digital technologies. After a few days of learning they will give you your own patients and you will do a full mouth series of x-rays. Nobody holds your hand or does it for you, you have the opportunity to do it on your own.
2-Part of that clinical experience is the famous Marquette dentures course. This course is taught using live patients rather then the mannequin in the sim-lab. You and a lab partner are assigned a real, live, breathing patient and by the end of your 3rd semester here you will have a full set of dentures for them. This is a great experience for a 1st year dental student
3-By the end of your first semester you will have learned enough about Perio that you'll be ready to give a prophy. Fridays of you first semester are spent preping you so that in your 2nd semester you can give a fellow classmate a prophy and then in your summer semester of your D1 year you are turned loose in the clinic. The school assigns you patients and you have full control over them. Another excellent clinical experience in your first year! This will continue in your second year as you get more patients.
4-In your first year you have a rotation through oral surgery where you are taught how to give anesthetic to patients. You will give it to each other and then to real patients as part of the learning process.
5-Another plus is that there isn't a oral surgery program, or pedo program at the school. You'll get plenty of rotations through these departments. The school puts plenty of focus on these areas of your education so you'll come out with lots of good experience and exposure in prosth, pedo, perio, oral surgery, endo, etc. assuming you want to take advantage of that. Yes there is an endo residency her, and not anybody can rip into a tooth and do endo. If your a qualified student and you can show the residents that you know what your doing and your well prepared then they will let you have free reign on incisors, molars, and even re-treats. Plenty of experience if you are competent.
6-You will also have a chance for outreach here at Marquette. For example in my 2nd year I had a rotation where I went to a local high school. There were 4 dental chairs setup in the school where we did prophies for the students. Besides this rotation there are 2 satellite clinics setup on the Northside and Southside of Milwaukee where we go frequently. There are also many other opportunities such as the mission of mercy, or service missions to the Dominican Republic... opportunities are endless! The jist of my idea is that Marquette is prestigious for putting our top notch clinicians!
7-I have been very impressed with everyone at Marquette. I truly feel like we have been blessed with some of the best professors around. For the most part they genuinely care about you and your success as a future dentist. Their doors are always open and they are willing to help you with anything. I have come in on weekends to find a professor in the sim-lab looking over our work or helping out. There have been other times when teachers volunteer there time to have a study sessions to help prepare us for upcoming exams. Of course everything doesn't go perfect! Dental school is just like undergrad, you'll always find a subject you don't like or a professor that's not your favorite. All in all we have an awesome dental faculty.
8-Another important thing in my mind is the school listens to your feedback. Every semester we turn in course evaluations. The school takes these very serious and listens to our feedback. Also we meet with the administrators as a class at least once a year where they buy us lunch and open the meeting up for a question and answer period, complaints, or even suggestions.
9-The school also has a great IT support team that is available at all times. Obviously with all the technology we need the techno-savy gurus to take care of us. They are super helpful and always willing to lend a hand.
10-The facilities are state of the art and updated. The building was built in 2002 and has all top of the line stuff in the classrooms, operatories, conference rooms etc. When you go through the clinic you will notice that there is a computer at every operatory. We use axium and have digital records for our patients. Each clinic has digital x-ray equipment and the radiology department is all digital as well. Makes working here a lot easier.
11-One of our professors was shipped out to Iraq as part of his military obligation, but yet he was able to connect into the classroom and give a lecture. That same classroom is hooked up to an operatory with cameras. Its called the tech playroom and there are some little toys like the Cerec machine, and some lasers and other things that they can use to demo for us.
I challenge this person to be truthful and admit to their wrong doing. Our school is awesome and I will put my name on the line against theirs. Our students are some of the best in the country, they are top notch, fun to be with and all around good people.
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