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[Ms.Molar]

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I was accepted to LECOM and I am considering attending above my state school.

Does LECOM have a bad reputation among dentists in Florida?

Anyone happen to know what their board pass rates are for recent classes?

Also, does anyone really choose this school as a first choice or is true most people who go there only go because it was their only option?

 

[Ms.Molar]

Isnt your state school cheaper? go to the cheaper one

It is but not worried about cost (well...I am a little) at the moment because I am hoping for Navy.

 

[DMD12345]

What's your state school and do you want to specialize?

 

[Ms.Molar]

What's your state school and do you want to specialize?

No plans to specialize. My state school is Colorado.

 

[macsak]

No plans to specialize. My state school is Colorado.

go to colorado whether you get navy scholarship or not...

 

[DMD12345]

No plans to specialize. My state school is Colorado.

I can't really speak to what you're asking in the original post except that a lot of people apply to Lecom as a safety school which is why they have a lot of waitlist movement. Some food for thought though: patients never ask where the dentist went to school, most employers don't care what school if you're associating and if you want to own your own pp then even better, a lot of people say to go to school where you'd like to live and practice (connections, used to the area, get hunkered down by finding a significant other, etc.), I've heard of the income being relatively high in Colorado. The Lecom bradenton campus is a small square building in the middle of nowhere so truly research if you'd enjoy going there before committing to a school you've never physically been to. I have a few friends that did the Lecom early acceptance program because that's where they wanted to go though. Idt it's a bad school at all but I don't know all that much about it. Also for your entire 4th year I think they send you to live in one of two rural underserved areas (one in florida one in erie I think) so think about if that's something you'd like. Idk a thing about Colorado though. Hope any of this ramble helps lol

 

[Ms.Molar]

I can't really speak to what you're asking in the original post except that a lot of people apply to Lecom as a safety school which is why they have a lot of waitlist movement. Some food for thought though: patients never ask where the dentist went to school, most employers don't care what school if you're associating and if you want to own your own pp then even better, a lot of people say to go to school where you'd like to live and practice (connections, used to the area, get hunkered down by finding a significant other, etc.), I've heard of the income being relatively high in Colorado. The Lecom bradenton campus is a small square building in the middle of nowhere so truly research if you'd enjoy going there before committing to a school you've never physically been to. I have a few friends that did the Lecom early acceptance program because that's where they wanted to go though. Idt it's a bad school at all but I don't know all that much about it. Also for your entire 4th year I think they send you to live in one of two rural underserved areas (one in florida one in erie I think) so think about if that's something you'd like. Idk a thing about Colorado though. Hope any of this ramble helps lol

Thank you for sharing this!