Creighton vs. Utah (OOS) vs. Harvard

[just_in]

Creighton
Pros:

• Close to home
• New building -- excellent facilities
• A little bit cheaper

Cons:

• Larger class size
• Dress code
• Not sure what Omaha has to offer (in any free time)

Utah
Pros:

• Huge # of clinical hours
• 100% specialty placement rate
• Outdoors
• Pass/Fail

Cons:

• Limited contact with students at interview -- hard to tell what they thought of it
• Newer dental school

Harvard
Pros

• Medicine aspect
• Name -- Get into specialty
• Pass/Fail
• Small class size and class closeness
• Boston

Cons

• Lots of classroom time - not much clinical first two years
• Pressure/attitude (cut throat?)

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[knewstance]

Out of your choices, I like Creighton and Utah. I would probably go with Creighton out of those just because it has been around a long time and the students get some incredible experience there. That said, Utah is an excellent program as well, it just hasn't been around as long.

I don't know all that much about Harvard, but the only reason I would choose to attend there is if I had an alternative career goal (research, PhD, education...).

These are opinions based on my career goals - you haven't provided yours so I won't make assumptions.

 

[wengerout]

Harvard or Utah

 

[deleted903013]

Do you get in state at Utah?

 

[AppalachianDentalBoy]

I’m biased because I love the outdoors and would pick Utah.

If you 100% want to specialize then I guess Harvard. But the students capable of getting into Harvard are the ones who could specialize from any school.

 

[just_in]

Do you get in state at Utah?

No I would not

 

[Light.cure15]

If you don’t mind sharing, what are your stats?


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[wengerout]

No I would not

Ohh that drops Utah just a bit then


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[Gustavo dos Santos]

Creighton
Pros:

• Close to home
• New building -- excellent facilities
• A little bit cheaper

Cons:

• Larger class size
• Dress code
• Not sure what Omaha has to offer (in any free time)

Utah
Pros:

• Huge # of clinical hours
• 100% specialty placement rate
• Outdoors
• Pass/Fail

Cons:

• Limited contact with students at interview -- hard to tell what they thought of it
• Newer dental school

Harvard
Pros

• Medicine aspect
• Name -- Get into specialty
• Pass/Fail
• Small class size and class closeness
• Boston

Cons

• Lots of classroom time - not much clinical first two years
• Pressure/attitude (cut throat?)

Wait, is Utah pass/fail? I thought Roseman was but not University of Utah. Did this change recently?