How are you choosing a dental school?

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What are factors you consider in choosing a dental school? (multiple choice poll)

  • Location - Macro: State, Region of the United States

    Votes: 90 62.9%
  • Location - Micro: Parts of the City (good, bad, suburban, etc...)

    Votes: 31 21.7%
  • Class Size

    Votes: 25 17.5%
  • Student to Faculty Ratio

    Votes: 12 8.4%
  • Percentage of Graduates who Specialize

    Votes: 28 19.6%
  • Types of Dual Degrees Available

    Votes: 6 4.2%
  • Opportunities for Research

    Votes: 12 8.4%
  • Teaching Style (PBL, Lecture, etc...)

    Votes: 23 16.1%
  • Opportunites for Clinical Exerience

    Votes: 57 39.9%
  • Legacy: Family or Friend went/goes there!

    Votes: 15 10.5%
  • Ratio of Men to Women in the Class

    Votes: 6 4.2%
  • Diversity

    Votes: 11 7.7%
  • Extracurricular Life

    Votes: 17 11.9%
  • Student Happiness

    Votes: 49 34.3%
  • Cost of Tuition

    Votes: 86 60.1%
  • Opportunites to Volunteer / Community Service / International Dental Trips

    Votes: 19 13.3%
  • Grading Options: Pass / Fail vs. Letter Grades

    Votes: 15 10.5%
  • Other: Please Type in Below!

    Votes: 13 9.1%

  • Total voters
    143

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What are your top considerations for choosing a dental school?

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The strongest factor for me, being married with 2 kids, is how close is the school to family. I have family in SoCal, NE and VA, so I chose schools from there.
 
I'm choosing a school based on who will let me. I can't afford to be picky at this stage of the game :)
 
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If I get in somewhere...thats where I'll go...that's how I'm choosing
 
i am going for who will ever let me in but i for sure have some top choices for a couple of particular reasons..
 
what about SDN polls :laugh:
 
Laptop curriculum. I love the fact that all of our textbooks and other course materials are on computer.
 
"Fit in where you get in."

I picked my state schools, some schools surrounding my state schools, and some schools that had lower GPA/DAT stats (large, private schools). I only got into NYU and it's my top choice...what a coincidence :laugh:
 
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