have you interviewed at both Mwu-az and lecom? Lecom is surely a wiser choice of the two for cheaper option and if you want to give ur future patients all dentures and fillings and cleanings, and a few crowns. the implants, endo, etc you learn in GPR and AGED. The thing about LECOM is their own representative admits finding 2 patients each day for each student is ALOT. like seriously? when you can't even have 2 patients a day, what is ur ambition to become a semi competent dentist upon graduation? and they make its students advertise at fairs and stuff.
one thing to note about LECOM is that their price is cheaper but not actually much cheaper because they make u buy the dental kit that is not included in the fees while MWU-az rents it out and include everything in the fees and other hidden fees at LECOM ( i calculate the price difference is about 70k after taking everything into account of both schools, which is a lot but given the quality difference of both school, i dont trust spending that huge loans on LECOM). However, after all i live in california which means flying from west coast to east coast for 4 years may total up to 10k (including car shipping and stuff). so the price difference is honestly 60k, which is still alot.
LECOM's patient pool has severe problems. they dont have much technologies. MWU-AZ is new but at least its almost 10 years old and has multiple graduation classes and a good track record of specialization. However, LECOM has no graduating class yet and words on the street say their first supposedly graduating class 4th year failed the typodont (idk if i spell correctly) up to 70%, yes the super expensive clinical boards)
But you are right, if MWU-AZ only has the technologies but not huge patient pool like it does now (literally feel like a nursing home there with too many elders), I wouldn't think it has much to offer. However, the DAT and GPA average at MWU-AZ is very competitive for private schools.
yes, it is true that a dentist is a dentist at the end and same school graduates dentists with different qualities. however, I just want to have a good base to become a semi competent dentist to grow from there after graduation.
