I wish this is a problem now

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DEFD6153EF93AA15753C1A961948260

 

[Danny289]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DEFD6153EF93AA15753C1A961948260

1.3 to 1! lol

 

[Waitlisted2009]

.

 

[NyCzPeter]

"the average private dental school graduate has educational debts of $51,000."

Do you know how much 51k back in 1987 was worth?

 

[Dental Monst3r]

LOL

 

[hellonurse]

''In some applicants' minds, there is also a hierarchy in the health professions, with medical school on top of dental school. So as applications to medical schools decline, and it becomes easier to get in, some people who would otherwise be going to dental school are probably going to medical school.''

Man...so I could have been one of them real doctors?!

 

[Waitlisted2009]

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[Simiam]

And dental schools face other problems: Tuition that tops $15,000 a year at some private dental schools discourages many applicants, as does the fact that the average private dental school graduate has educational debts of $51,000.



haha now it's 51,000/year + living = Grad Debt of 300k

 

[NyCzPeter]

Yep, inflation since 1987 has been 89.88%.

So nearly 100k! oh my!

Sure the debt wasn't as much as it is today, but be certain that dentistry as a field was not nearly as lucrative in 1987 as it is today.

 

[Lulu2809]

If you look at the most recent publication by the ADA, it's interesting because they show how dental schools go through cycles regarding the amount of applicants. The increase we are seeing now is actually not as unusual as we might think it to be. Take a look back in the 1970s and you will see that the number topped around 14,000, a number similar to today's applicant pool. During the 1980s, that number was down to nearly 6000. It'll be interesting to see what happens to the applicant pool in the next ten years...

 

[doc toothache]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DEFD6153EF93AA15753C1A961948260

The sentiment must have been the same in the mid '70s.

 

[Frederico Albin]

lol 2 months before I was born

 

[Contach]

Wait, so you wish that there is an oversurplus of dentists and a likeliness that you won't be able to pay back your debt after dental school? Because those are the reasons the article cites for limited applications.....

that would be crappy.
you know you're getting into the right profession when you have to sell your left nut, and half of your right nut to get in.