You people are CRAZY. The OP is not rejecteing an offer to become a dentist. Getting into a school does NOT mean you're being offered a dental degree. You have to get through the school and satisfy obligations, financial or otherwise. People act like he's rejecting 10 different schools only to apply the next year... he's rejecting ONE school because of the price.
Technically, since the OP only has only 1 acceptance, then he is rejecting an OPPORTUNITY to become a dentist.
And the 2nd part of this comment, about earning/passing through dental school is a moot point with respect to this thread. If you can't pass dental school, its
NOT because of the school, its because you can't do whats necessary to pass.
Rejecting your only offer of admission and trying again next year is not going to make schools look down on you at all (unless its the school you rejected...then why would you apply there again). People have their own reasons for rejecting the offers. The OP OBVIOUSLY already stated that the price is their reason. Schools know its a huge financial burden and loans do not mean instant money. Some schools even ask on their secondary on how you plan to pay for the four years. The OP is also from NJ. Maybe he liked his state school's program better. Maybe he feels more comfortable there. Maybe the schools philosophy fits his plans better.
Hmm... I guess dental schools are oblivious to how competitive and how stressful (both mentally and financially) the dental application is. An applicant spends all that time building up a GPA, studying for the DATs, spending god-knowns how much for ADDSAS and 2ndary fees, flying to interviews, spends most of the time between september till december first wondering "WHERE AM I GOING TO END UP"..... only to end the entire mission with a rejection to the only places that accepted him/her.
Yeh, thats shows some serious motivation for the field. Dude get real, between 2000-4000 people apply to each dental school, and only 200-400 get interviewed, the addmission people will want to interview/accept those who are most qualified
AND show most desire.... Rejecting an offer for no strong reason shows lack of desire.
The INTERVIEWS are just not so the schools can guage you... they're also so you can guage the schools. That's why they give you opportunities to explore the school and ask questions. They may be a good fit for you, but you may not be for them. It's also true that you may be a good fit for them, but they may not be for you.
This is ONLY true if you have multiple acceptances. Besides, ever heard the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover"? You CAN'T tell how comfortable your going to be at a school's environment simply by spending 4-6 hours there at the interview.
If you feel you're a great applicant and can get in where you want next year, then reject BU and go for it OP. If you feel getting into BU was a miracle and have a poor shot of getting in anywhere next year, then for sure go to BU.
Yeh, lets forget logic all together and go with our gut-feelings
To all the idiots who say rejecting to go to a school after getting in is immature or shows a lack of professionalism or whatever other crap, grow up. If anything it shows maturity and shows that you know what you're doing in life. I bet a school would appreciate a person who knows whats best for them and has the maturity to turn down a school because it didn't fit them than someone who goes to a school they never wanted to go to in the first place because they had no choice.
LMAO.... its real mature (and ingenious) to reject the only offer you got from one of the most competitive educational systems in the world. Real good advice
