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Miserable D1 Year
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Yeah I was miserable D1 year. I actually do have a lack of interest in dentistry. Our faculty suck too. Deans at our school don't respond either. You need to find 5 or so ppl (try talking even to the quiet ppl) and you should be good. Take pride in the fact that you are doing well (I'm not) academically. Try getting involved in ASDA or pursue other interests/hobbies, etc.
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Id recommend really trying to find some friends out side of school. I have some friends from undergrad I keep ibn touch with but fine get to see very often, some friends from my gym, and I'm dating someone from the area. Sometimes you need to get away from dental school completely in order to just calm down and not go crazy
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How did you pull that off? haha. Teach me your ways! XD
yeah I wanted to drop out of dental school after D1 lol
D2 was great
D3 was cool
going D4, spending the summer with some awesome dentists, life is great thank God I'm in dentistry
D2 was great
D3 was cool
going D4, spending the summer with some awesome dentists, life is great thank God I'm in dentistry
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Why would you say that D3 and D3 was smooth sailing? I hear the opposite from my peers. but I guess it varies person/school?
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We just ended D1 as well. I have felt the same way many many times over the year, but I've come to the conclusion that there are just too many factors to blame to actually nail down an objective truth as to why dental school sucks. It just does.
But to make it suck less, we have to figure out what exactly we can control in this situation. Sometimes, finding close friends in your class to hang with isn't something we can control. I've personally found that to be the case, and instead focused more on my grades. I knew that even though I'd be miserable holed up studying all the time while my classmates are posting pictures on facebook of themselves getting drunk at the bar, I'd be even more miserable knowing that my grades are suffering and yet I'm here at the bar desperately trying to fit in like an idiot because having friends is supposed to be important.
Screw. That.
At the end of the day, YOU are the most important person to YOURSELF. Letting anyone else decide to interfere with that, either directly or sometimes even indirectly through your insecurities, would be an absolute disservice to... how much tuition money are you paying again?
It's 4 years of your life. Make the most of it. Please.
But to make it suck less, we have to figure out what exactly we can control in this situation. Sometimes, finding close friends in your class to hang with isn't something we can control. I've personally found that to be the case, and instead focused more on my grades. I knew that even though I'd be miserable holed up studying all the time while my classmates are posting pictures on facebook of themselves getting drunk at the bar, I'd be even more miserable knowing that my grades are suffering and yet I'm here at the bar desperately trying to fit in like an idiot because having friends is supposed to be important.
Screw. That.
At the end of the day, YOU are the most important person to YOURSELF. Letting anyone else decide to interfere with that, either directly or sometimes even indirectly through your insecurities, would be an absolute disservice to... how much tuition money are you paying again?
It's 4 years of your life. Make the most of it. Please.
