Failing classes in dental school

[hockeydentist]

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Is this a common theme in dental school as of lately. Does anybody have any recent stats on failure rate in dental school. I would hate to bust my ass in undergrad to finally get accepted to d-school and then fail out.

Are classes that hard or are there other factors that come into play!

Talking to my friends who are 1st years this year, they said that stuff gets thrown at them pretty fast and there is a lot of material covered in a short amount of time.

 

[DDSSlave]

Is this a common theme in dental school as of lately. Does anybody have any recent stats on failure rate in dental school. I would hate to bust my ass in undergrad to finally get accepted to d-school and then fail out.

Are classes that hard or are there other factors that come into play!

Talking to my friends who are 1st years this year, they said that stuff gets thrown at them pretty fast and there is a lot of material covered in a short amount of time.

At my school, UT-Houston, classes are often difficult, challenging, and sometimes never ending, but it's rare that you would fail out of school completely. Occasionally some students may fail a particular class, but even that is unusual. I would imagine state schools have a much lower failing out rate than private schools if for no other reason than the state invests so much money in you. Having said that, I do know of 2 students in recent yrs that essentially failed out, but they were extreme cases.

 

[phosphorylation]

i was talking to a DS2 friend of mine in ohio state, and his exact words were "you'd have to be really really stupid or a person with extentuating circumstances to be able to fail out of dental school". The logic behind this is that, well, look at us busting our asses trying to get into dental school. basically the people who do get accepted are the top students in the nation. maybe top 10%? im just guessing here, but you see my point.

so to the OP. if you make it to Dschool, you deserve it, and they dont accept a lot of ppl, and if they picked you, then there is something in you that won't let you fail out🙂

 

[UBTom]

to Hockeydentist:

Don't sweat it. As long as you are responsible and don't procrastinate, you should do fine.

That means you should ALWAYS keep up with the course material-- Don't put off studying until the very last minute. And be willing to make sacrifices when crunch time comes, such as passing up a night on the town when a midterm is two days away.

It also helps to stack as many cards in your favor as possible: Live as close to the campus as possible, ALWAYS get your hands on old exams if you can, make sure you have a good group of classmates to study and review with, etc.

Worked for me, obviously. 😀

HTH!

 

[trypmo]

[....]It also helps to stack as many cards in your favor as possible: Live as close to the campus as possible, ALWAYS get your hands on old exams if you can, make sure you have a good group of classmates to study and review with, etc.[....]

This really is worth the extra money because it saves so much time. Sucks to have to watch the minutes tick away waiting in a bus or car just to get to school at a time when every minute you can use to study counts for a lot.

 

[critterbug]

to Hockeydentist:

Don't sweat it. As long as you are responsible and don't procrastinate, you should do fine.

That means you should ALWAYS keep up with the course material-- Don't put off studying until the very last minute. And be willing to make sacrifices when crunch time comes, such as passing up a night on the town when a midterm is two days away.

It also helps to stack as many cards in your favor as possible: Live as close to the campus as possible, ALWAYS get your hands on old exams if you can, make sure you have a good group of classmates to study and review with, etc.

Worked for me, obviously. 😀


HTH!

I am just 2 months in, and I will agree that is some good advice. I can't tell you how important it is to stay on top of the material. Procrastination is your #1 enemy in D-school. I have been somewhat staying on top of things, and it still seems like I am getting buried in quicksand. The material is not that difficult, just SO much of it. And if you are like me and like to learn concepts instead of just rote memorization.......well, you better get out of that habit quick!! Learn it and regurgitate it, and move on. Don't think about it too much 🙂