delete

[awilly]

---

Members don't see this ad.

delete

 

[The Anhedonia]

here i fix ur list

1. Anything in the Caribbean
2. Dental hygiene school
3 .....
4.....
39. Harvard

 

[diasIItema]

We all know that dental schools are unranked, but from reading around this site, and looking at the DAT scores of the enrollees, I feel that these are some of the top dental schools in the US.

1. Harvard
2. Penn or Columbia (One or the other?)
3. UCLA
4. UOP

Do you guys think there are other schools that are in the same tier as the schools above? Do you think some of the schools above don't qualify as "top tier"? Can you really say Penn or Columbia is better than the other?

All opinions are welcome, because in the end, all of this is subjective.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

Dental schools are NOT ranked, and for great reasons. Schools vary DRAMATICALLY in their approaches to the field, and each brings something different to the table. Does the name of your school help you get in to certain residencies? Certainly. Is it b/c it's a better dental school? Absolutely not.

For example, every pre-dent assumes Harvard is the best b/c it's the most selective and attracts the top students. I personally turned Columbia AND Harvard down for a state school b/c I KNOW I will get a better quality clinical education here (referring to Harvard; Columbia is legit, but in the ghetto and too expensive. I actually liked their program the best).

Is Harvard the best for research? Yes. Is Harvard the best if you want an easier road to specialization? Probably, but there are dozens of schools where it's fairly easy to specialize if you want to. Is Harvard the best if you want to be a quality GP straight out of school? It's actually probably one of the worst clinical schools in the country. Harvard students will debate you on it, but at my school students enter the clinic 3rd year PREPARED to handle things Harvard students haven't even done in the sim-lab yet. They claim they can catch up and that they have "more attention" and opportunities, but it's simply not true.

If you have access to the Part II board scores, you'd find that only one of the schools you listed, I believe, ranked in the top 5 last year. You can only get access to the scores via a school office. I know UConn and MUSC both placed in the top 5. How many people would consider those top-5 schools? As far as Part 1 scores go, Harvard usually does the best. But I would attribute that to 35 gifted students more-so than the didactic education, even though I'm sure it's phenomenal. And now that boards are P/F, who cares about didactic as much as clinical?

Why UOP? A truncated education, and you think it's better than the other ~60 dental schools in the country? Doubt it. Great school, but I'd choose UCSF or UCLA in a heartbeat.

The point is, pre-dents on this website have a collective false view of what dental school prestige and rankings are. "Rankings" should be your LAST factor in making a decision. Go to the school that is 1) Cheapest 2) Provides a quality education 3) Is in a good location and culture where you will be HAPPY for four years.

That's my rant for the day. Good luck to everyone this cycle!

 

[bluesolic]

Hey,

this is the correct dental school ranking.

everything else is not correct, trust me.



1. dental school that you love to go

2. dental school that you love to go second next

3. dental school that you love to go third next

4. dental school that you love to go fourth next

5. same

6. same

.
.
.
.


this is the OFFICIAL ranking for dental school

so, don't make UNOFFICIAL, unofficial is not true.

 

[Polk]

I read somewhere it was:

1. UF
2. UTHSC
3. MUSC
4. VCU
5. UNC

 

[tothepark]

C'mon guys, we all know that Buffalo is #1! 😉

:troll:

 

[dantemac]

P-I-T-T let's go Pitt!

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

C'mon guys, we all know that Buffalo is #1! 😉

#1 in the number of polar bears 😛

 

[ukrdon2006]

C'mon guys, we all know that Buffalo is #1! 😉

:troll:

Agreed!!!😀

 

[MaceG1]

Can we just end this once and for all? There are no real DS rankings in a traditional sense. Some may be more research/academia focused (ie Harvard), while others are more clinically focused. But again, there are NO hard, concrete rankings! You will get a dental degree anywhere you go. The only real difference is how prepared clinically you are.

 

[diasIItema]

Can we just end this once and for all? There are no real DS rankings in a traditional sense. Some may be more research/academia focused (ie Harvard), while others are more clinically focused. But again, there are NO hard, concrete rankings! You will get a dental degree anywhere you go. The only real difference is how prepared clinically you are.

👍

 

[lemoncurry]

closing