Is spending 200k USD to practice in US worth it ?

[ASPddsaspirant]

Hi,
I'm a FTD. I graduated with BDS from a public dental school in India. As you guys must know there are ASP (advanced standing programmes) in some dental schools in USA, where after studying for 2/3 years we get DDS degree and then become eligible for licensure.

The fees for these courses come upto 200k -250k. Is it worth in this economy to shell out such huge money. After reading a lot of negative threads in SDN, i suppose is doing MDS (master's in dentistry) from india a better option?

Could someone give a real idea how tough it is for FTD without a greencard to go on and establish themselves in the US?

P.S. : I'm 25 years old now. Have completed NBDE 1 and TOEFL. And applied to a few schools in the East coast.

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[tinman831]

Hi,
I'm a FTD. I graduated with BDS from a public dental school in India. As you guys must know there are ASP (advanced standing programmes) in some dental schools in USA, where after studying for 2/3 years we get DDS degree and then become eligible for licensure.

The fees for these courses come upto 200k -250k. Is it worth in this economy to shell out such huge money. After reading a lot of negative threads in SDN, i suppose is doing MDS (master's in dentistry) from india a better option?

Could someone give a real idea how tough it is for FTD without a greencard to go on and establish themselves in the US?

P.S. : I'm 25 years old now. Have completed NBDE 1 and TOEFL. And applied to a few schools in the East coast.

Tuition costs have risen tremendously over the years with some schools hovering close to 400k. Yet there are still plenty of applicants for these dental schools. This wouldn't be so had dentistry been not so economically viable.

 

[omaralt]

Tuition costs have risen tremendously over the years with some schools hovering close to 400k. Yet there are still plenty of applicants for these dental schools. This wouldn't be so had dentistry been not so economically viable.

I disagree. Cost of attendance hasn't reached the $400K mark until recently; your not going to see the impact for a while. Dentistry is economically viable; but when you get to $400K+ then I really don't think it is. Most new grads make $100-120K which is great until you have to take out $3K/month for loans.

To answer your question; $200-250K is very doable and less than what most people graduate with so you'll be fine

 

[budda10000]

If you find yourself going to one of the 400k+ schools check into the military scholarships. I did the math on a spreadsheet and they become economically sound at that level of tuition.(i.e. opportunity costs & lost wages equals out with scholarship compensation)

 

[Cold Front]

I disagree. Cost of attendance hasn't reached the $400K mark until recently; your not going to see the impact for a while. Dentistry is economically viable; but when you get to $400K+ then I really don't think it is. Most new grads make $100-120K which is great until you have to take out $3K/month for loans.

To answer your question; $200-250K is very doable and less than what most people graduate with so you'll be fine

Well. $150k is the new $120k at corporate dental offices. But it doesn't come in the form of salary alone. It's usually a base $120k with bonuses and incentives.

USC 2015 grads will definitely have $400k debt after compounded in-school interest. Other private schools will not be far behind. It would be interesting to see how this effects the # of applicants at those programs at that time.