I might shake the table with this one, but why are most pre dents and dental students so incompetent when it comes to the pricing of dental school and basic personal finance? I feel like it isn’t talked about enough and it’s getting out of hand. I think it’s disgusting how these schools can get away with charging so much. Schools are raising their prices faster than inflation and they try to justify this by saying they lost state funding but even with the increase of state funding the past years they still continue to increase prices. Also the interest rate on loans are ridiculous considering the fact that the banks only pays a tiny tiny tiny interest while giving us 7-8% interest rates. I can go on and on with numbers but it will still go over most people’s heads. Why would people even think to go to places like USC or NYU where you’ll come out with 600k in debt (when interest is accounted for). How is that even possible!!! You will literally drown in that debt.
I feel so hopeless because I really love dentistry and I cant really see myself doing anything else, but where do I draw the line. I feel so alone because no one seems to care until it’s too late. Pre-dents are so worried about getting into school that they don’t even realized the financial trap they are falling in. Some might comment: just doing military or NHSC but those are not guaranteed and it’s not addressing the problem thats causing the debt. I’ve been a little stressed over this and I wanted to know how you guys justify this?
I feel so hopeless because I really love dentistry and I cant really see myself doing anything else, but where do I draw the line. I feel so alone because no one seems to care until it’s too late. Pre-dents are so worried about getting into school that they don’t even realized the financial trap they are falling in. Some might comment: just doing military or NHSC but those are not guaranteed and it’s not addressing the problem thats causing the debt. I’ve been a little stressed over this and I wanted to know how you guys justify this?