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[anonymous516]

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I am considering transfering to Columbia to finish up my dental education. I'd like to hear the good the bad and the ugly from those people going there. The more specific the better. Let me know about teachers, clinics, classrooms, other student...whatever. If you don't to post certain things, please feel free to send me a PM. Your input is greatly appreciated!

 

[Doggie]

I'd like to hear the good the bad and the ugly from those people going there.

Good: Excellent didactic training. You will be trained to be a basic science/dental scholar.

Bad: Not enough clinical exposure.

Ugly: Classmates arent all that attractive.....neither are the girls in new york city for the most part.

 

[teefpulla!]

Good: Excellent didactic training. You will be trained to be a basic science/dental scholar.

Bad: Not enough clinical exposure.

Ugly: Classmates arent all that attractive.....neither are the girls in new york city for the most part.

we are a bunch of doggs that work like dogs. but it's all good.
i just had a cuban sandwitch for dinner that was off the charts.

doggie, you a first year?

 

[teefpulla!]

we are a bunch of doggs that work like dogs. but it's all good.
i just had a cuban sandwitch for dinner that was off the charts.

doggie, you a first year?

oh, one question Anon...
where would you be transferring from?

 

[Halitosis]

Bad: Not enough clinical exposure.

are they trying to change this?

 

[ScorpiORTHO]

are they trying to change this?

Doggie just graduated. Since his time, the curriculum has undergone revision. For example, operative was not taught until second year but is now in first year. Ortho lectures and ortho pre-clinical lab wasn't done until third year and is now also done in first year. Many other changes as well.

 

[Doggie]

Doggie just graduated. Since his time, the curriculum has undergone revision. For example, operative was not taught until second year but is now in first year. Ortho lectures and ortho pre-clinical lab wasn't done until third year and is now also done in first year. Many other changes as well.

Huh? Do I know you in real life?

Anyways.......as scorpiOrtho has mentioned, the school is trying to have more clinical exposure for the students.

 

[ScorpiORTHO]

Your signature says class of 2005! 🙄
Anyways, congrats and good luck with your residency and career. 👍

 

[anonymous516]

ok guys lets get back to whats really important here...me

 

[lnn2]

Huh? Do I know you in real life?

Anyways.......as scorpiOrtho has mentioned, the school is trying to have more clinical exposure for the students.

Probably not! You know, it's one of those nights when you and scorpiOrtho had too much to drink and you started to look good to each other! One thing leads to the next and you couldn't recall the details! 😉

 

[Dr.DaVinci]

Anonymous516, what school do you go to now? and what are your numbers?

 

[Doggie]

Probably not! You know, it's one of those nights when you and scorpiOrtho had too much to drink and you started to look good to each other! One thing leads to the next and you couldn't recall the details! 😉

yeah......and your weiner looks mighty friendly friendly to me........

 

[onetoothleft]

don't they only let you transfer if you are starting your 2nd year?

 

[anonymous516]

don't they only let you transfer if you are starting your 2nd year?

yeah, only into the second year...so its do or die right now
feel free to PM me people i need all the help and input i can get!

 

[StarGirl]

if you're looking at the class of 08, this might be helpful: those kids are smart and super hard workers!! (rumor is that they averaged higher than med students in anatomy...).

good luck 🙂

 

[DcS]

I did an externship where several residents were from columbia. The emphasis on didactics is certainly evident...the residents seemed to know their stuff. Clinically, however, it was pretty obvious that they were pretty inexperienced. This is also true of an harvard alum. Smart as can be, but as I had just finished 3rd year I had probably twice the clinical experience than them. It's not necessary the technical stuff, it was more so the way they handled and interacted with the patients. It's not that big of a deal, it will come with time, but I was quite surprised by it.

 

[StarGirl]

I did an externship where several residents were from columbia. The emphasis on didactics is certainly evident...the residents seemed to know their stuff. Clinically, however, it was pretty obvious that they were pretty inexperienced. This is also true of an harvard alum. Smart as can be, but as I had just finished 3rd year I had probably twice the clinical experience than them. It's not necessary the technical stuff, it was more so the way they handled and interacted with the patients. It's not that big of a deal, it will come with time, but I was quite surprised by it.

don't you think how you handle patients really depends on the person and not the school?

 

[DcS]

don't you think how you handle patients really depends on the person and not the school?

Yeah I agree, but also experience plays a part as well. Moreso like how to word things when speaking to patients, stuff like that. Like I said it's minor and obviously in time evens out, but I do agree that mostly it is the person.

 

[StarGirl]

Yeah I agree, but also experience plays a part as well. Moreso like how to word things when speaking to patients, stuff like that. Like I said it's minor and obviously in time evens out, but I do agree that mostly it is the person.

just wonder, what school are you at? (i don't come on sdn often anymore, so i don't keep up). and externship...that'll mean you're OS bound?

 

[Doggie]

just wonder, what school are you at? (i don't come on sdn often anymore, so i don't keep up). and externship...that'll mean you're OS bound?

Nah.......I had classmates who also went on perio, pedo, and ortho externships....although I dont really think they did more than just observe the residents.

 

[DcS]

just wonder, what school are you at? (i don't come on sdn often anymore, so i don't keep up). and externship...that'll mean you're OS bound?

UNC and pedo, and fortunately we got to do work on the externships but mostly in the OR lots of pulpotomies and SSCs.

 

[v&andy_yankee]

are the classes mainly p/f? i originally thought they were, but the tentative schedules posted have "grades" listed.

 

[tx oms]

I am considering transfering to Columbia to finish up my dental education. I'd like to hear the good the bad and the ugly from those people going there. The more specific the better. Let me know about teachers, clinics, classrooms, other student...whatever. If you don't to post certain things, please feel free to send me a PM. Your input is greatly appreciated!

How about this: they can't even do a face bow right.

 

[DcS]

nevermind, had another story about ineptitude but decided not to post.

 

[StarGirl]

How about this: they can't even do a face bow right.

speak for yourself...
just because you met one student that couldn't, don't generalize that the whole school can't.

we're taught everything here...even beyond what we will and will not do in real practice... aka face bow, investing, casting etc.

 

[teefpulla!]

thanks for holding down the fort, stargirl. i sense a bit of ill-focused resentment (jealousy?) from some of these wannabees.

 

[Mangocat]

To answer Vandy Yankee's question: you get grades for each individual exam in a block or semester but your overall grade for a class ends up being either honors, pass or fail (which depends on your average of the tests.)

 

[onetoothleft]

To answer Vandy Yankee's question: you get grades for each individual exam in a block or semester but your overall grade for a class ends up being either honors, pass or fail (which depends on your average of the tests.)

What constitutes "honors"?

 

[teefpulla!]

What constitutes "honors"?

top 1/3 in overall grade. via tests, this varies. ... sometimes above a 90, sometimes above an 87...
again, it varies.
striving for honors is nice, but may lead you into trouble. balance out your time for each class accordingly. also, make sure you talk to teachers and become friends and plan on doing research early.

teef.

 

[freedyx3]

top 1/3 in overall grade. via tests, this varies. ... sometimes above a 90, sometimes above an 87...
again, it varies.
striving for honors is nice, but may lead you into trouble. balance out your time for each class accordingly. also, make sure you talk to teachers and become friends and plan on doing research early.

teef.

1/3 of students get above 90 on exams?...teefpulla are you a current student at CU?

Here's alittle statistics you incoming students, not 1 person out of the 77 students got even close to getting all honors.

 

[v&andy_yankee]

onetoothleft is wondering about the honors rate; i'm wondering about the failure rate.

some of my friends in med school said that in the p/f classes, very very few people (ie, 5%) of the class would actually fail the class. is this the same fro CU? fail grade= two standard deviations from the class average=bottom 5%?

 

[onetoothleft]

so honors has to do with your performance in comparison to the other students? So if everyone does very well (say everyone gets above 90%), only x% will get an honors grade, and y% will get a failing grade?

If hardly anyone (or noone as freedyx said) got honors in all classes, is 1/3 of the class, as teefpulla said, getting honors/class not accurate?

Dental students are not included with medical student on any of this, are they?

 

[StarGirl]

so honors has to do with your performance in comparison to the other students? So if everyone does very well (say everyone gets above 90%), only x% will get an honors grade, and y% will get a failing grade?

If hardly anyone (or noone as freedyx said) got honors in all classes, is 1/3 of the class, as teefpulla said, getting honors/class not accurate?

Dental students are not included with medical student on any of this, are they?

it depends on the class...

 

[Doggie]

so honors has to do with your performance in comparison to the other students? So if everyone does very well (say everyone gets above 90%), only x% will get an honors grade, and y% will get a failing grade?

If hardly anyone (or noone as freedyx said) got honors in all classes, is 1/3 of the class, as teefpulla said, getting honors/class not accurate?

almost all of the major tests that you have encountered in life is like this.........SAT, DAT, NBDE, etc.......that's just reality.

 

[Grasshoper]

Doggie just graduated. Since his time, the curriculum has undergone revision. For example, operative was not taught until second year but is now in first year. Ortho lectures and ortho pre-clinical lab wasn't done until third year and is now also done in first year. Many other changes as well.

I'm currently trying to debate whether to go to Columbia, Maryland or Tufts. The last two schools are clinically strong. Could you let me know where I can find the curriculum for Columbia? their website sucks! I can't find much useful information about the school, like how many hours spend in pre-clinics in the first two years, etc.

Thanks, Grasshoper.

 

[tooth_sleuth]

Probably not! You know, it's one of those nights when you and scorpiOrtho had too much to drink and you started to look good to each other! One thing leads to the next and you couldn't recall the details! 😉

hah hah, so who was the ugly new york city girl in this scenario?