Life on the beach

[chet8]

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I feel that quality of life is very important in determining where to matriculate. For me, I would love to be by the beach. I was wondering if students that go to school near the coast (Pacific or Nova) get free time to relax at the shore. If so how often? Do you actually get to go out and enjoy the weather? Or do you spend most of the time in the library like most other schools? How much overall free time do you have?

 

[jmjfb23]

Nova - plenty of time for the beach, but honestly you get used to it and stop going after a while. I only go when I have visitors down that want to go. Also the waves are too small to surf if you are looking to do that then Pacific might be a better choice for you. Ha, I love the idea of choosing where to go based on if you can surf there or not, but why not, you'll get a pretty similar education where ever you go.

 

[dentofalltrades]

I feel that quality of life is very important in determining where to matriculate. For me, I would love to be by the beach. I was wondering if students that go to school near the coast (Pacific or Nova) get free time to relax at the shore. If so how often? Do you actually get to go out and enjoy the weather? Or do you spend most of the time in the library like most other schools? How much overall free time do you have?

San Francisco is not warm enough to go to the beach except maybe for 3 weeks in July. It's too windy there also.

 

[djeffreyt]

Nova would definitely be better than SF as far as warm weather beaches...but for surfing, you can't compete with the left coast.

I live in san Diego...and I'm not tired of the beaches. I've lived here 10 years and with the exception of winter and the last month due to a back injury, I still go to the beach at least twice a month...and sometimes up to 2-3 times a week.

But quality of life goes way beyond weather and beaches...

 

[jackbauer!]

unfortunately, the thrill of living by the beach will wear off quickly. south florida is a cess pool, in my opinion. i've spent my entire life here (minus 4 years of college), and i'm itchin to get out!...

jb!🙂

 

[gryffindor]

A graduate of MUSC told me that the girls used to wear their swim suits under their scrubs so they could head to the beach after clinic was over.

 

[jmjfb23]

At Nova they actually hold a few of the lectures at the beach, you know to show how big a piece of sand feels between the teeth (for occlusion class of course).

 

[DrReo]

I feel that quality of life is very important in determining where to matriculate. For me, I would love to be by the beach. I was wondering if students that go to school near the coast (Pacific or Nova) get free time to relax at the shore. If so how often? Do you actually get to go out and enjoy the weather? Or do you spend most of the time in the library like most other schools? How much overall free time do you have?

Where did you end up going OP? Can you still surf???

 

[lotexigeus]

Where did you end up going OP? Can you still surf???

/yourself

 

[somethinpositiv]

Life's a beach, then you die.

 

[mike3kgt]

unfortunately, the thrill of living by the beach will wear off quickly. south florida is a cess pool, in my opinion. i've spent my entire life here (minus 4 years of college), and i'm itchin to get out!...

jb!🙂

jb,

I recently finished a transition from SoFla to Ohio. Believe it or not, I like it much better up here. I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale and lived in warm weather my whole life. Things are changing in SoFla... too expensive, people have become coarse and unfriendly, and nobody can actually speak English and go as far as to say we should learn Spanish because we are in "Florida." There are a lot of natives from Southeast Florida who are moving to NC, TN, OH, KY for the above reasons.

Do not go to a school just because of the weather. Pick a good school with a low-moderate tuition and cost of living and go there. Nova is reasonably priced compared to other private schools but if you can go to a state school, go. I enjoyed going to Nova and have a good solid clinical foundation.

Debt is a powerful monster when you graduate and can control your life even though you don't think it will. The pressure to pay off a $300k note before you even buy a practice, house or car is humbling. High debt levels make you pressured to accept the first highest paying job out of school. That often times means corporate dentistry where you will be used and abused for the all-mighty dollar.

Before I went into dental school I would have thought what I just said was lunacy. It's easy to be a pie in the sky thinker and think you "must go where you are happy." While that is hugely critical factor because if you are miserable, nothing else matters, but debt accrued MUST be a significant factor in a logical decision to decide where to go.

Hope this helps.