Is Asdoh a good dschool? should I go? Is the debt worth it?

[DentayoK]

Im new here and would like to get some advice about the school that I got accepted into. I only got accepted into asdoh and although I liked it when I took the tour, I felt like its reputation isnt as strong as other schools. Is it a good school and will it provide me with good skills? Also, I know they dont have speciality programs so will it be hard for me to specialize somewhere else? Im just worried that I wont give me the education I want and that it isnt as advanced as some other schools.

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[2TH MVR]

Can't comment on Asdoh, but true education starts AFTER dental school. Everyone here knows I prefer the traditional dental schools that offer the specialty residencies. What I find interesting is that a lot of you pre-dents are wanting to specialize, but you have NO EXPERIENCE in any of these specialties. Maybe you shadowed.

I never attended dental school with the focus of being an Ortho. I wanted to be a skilled, patient caring general dentist. It wasn't until after D1,D2 after I was exposed to the different specialty areas where my mind was changed to that of pursuing Ortho. I even did an AEGD to confirm that I wanted to be an Orthodontist.

I wanted to be a Dentist. Was exposed to the climate of multiple specialty areas that only a traditional school can offer. Then decided on ortho.

Pick a traditional college. Talk to the actual specialty professors, attendings, residents, involved in training specialists. Not sure how you get this specialty exposure through a non-traditional program.

 

[BeggarsCantBeChoosers]

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[DentalNucleicAcid]

@2TH MVR I think it would be in the best interest of a student to at least know that they want to specialize in something from day 1 of dental school so they can make sure to keep their grades up, no? Otherwise, you'd have to work twice as hard to improve lesser grades when you later realize you want to specialize. This happened to me in college for dental school, although I got lower grades for other reasons, not due to not knowing I wanted to be a dentist.

 

[doc toothache]

Im new here and would like to get some advice about the school that I got accepted into. I only got accepted into asdoh and although I liked it when I took the tour, I felt like its reputation isnt as strong as other schools. Is it a good school and will it provide me with good skills? Also, I know they dont have speciality programs so will it be hard for me to specialize somewhere else? Im just worried that I wont give me the education I want and that it isnt as advanced as some other schools.

Options:
1. attend the one school that accepted you, but does not have a "reputation" that " is strong as other schools", it is unknown whether it "will provide" you "with good skills", does not have "specialty programs", does not have "the education" you "want and that it isn't as advanced as some other schools", and will leave you a debt that you are not sure it makes it worth while
or
2. decline the offer and provide someone else with a lifetime of happiness as a dentist.

 

[2TH MVR]

@2TH MVR I think it would be in the best interest of a student to at least know that they want to specialize in something from day 1 of dental school so they can make sure to keep their grades up, no? Otherwise, you'd have to work twice as hard to improve lesser grades when you later realize you want to specialize. This happened to me in college for dental school, although I got lower grades for other reasons, not due to not knowing I wanted to be a dentist.

Agree, but I believe regardless if you are studying to be a generalist or specialist .... your goal should be excellence in grades and technique. The top ranked graduating student in my dental class studied her a** off to become a very successful General Dentist. Both in her career and her family life.

 

[Cheshireshrike]

The name of the game in 99% of all circumstances these days with sky rocketing student loans and debt, is generally going to the cheapest program you can get into. Also echoing what most people are saying, most of what you will use every day as a dentist will come from what you learn on the job!

 

[Vicviper]

I have ASDOH students rotate through my health center during their 4th year. I've been very impressed - they are extremely capable dentists, and I feel more prepared for the real world than many other dental schools. Most ASDOH students do not need to do a AEGD or GPR. It is an expensive school, but not starting this cycle will cost you over 200K+, that being how much you might make in your extra final year of practice.

 

[sobertiger]

It's a dental school. You should go.

 

[OrphanageCaretaker]

Decline your offer so I can get my acceptance at ASDOH