Galen1 said:
Well General Lee knows some info on scheduling changes... fill us in dude!
Okay...I'll type it out for ya guys since I type fast....
Dear Colleague,
The beginning of the academic year is only a few weeks away. As your arrival to NYU is approaching I watned to update you on some of the exciting things that have happened since my last letter.
This year's admission was as competitive as ever. Our applicant pool went up over 30% just in the last year. Close to 4,000 applicants competed for 235 freshman spots. You should be very proud to be part of the incoming class. You are the best class we have admitted in recent memory.
Being part of NYU, a research-One university, it is very important that our college shares the mission of our parent university. NYU College of Dentistry was recently ranked number 6 in a national research list. This is a phenomenal improvement. Only five years ago we were ranked number 41.
Over the last several years we have searched for top clinicians, teachers, and scientists, and have recruited almost 100 new faculty enriching what was already a highly-regarded group of teachers and researchers. For an update on some of these new faculty members, go to our brand new web site and see the latest issue of our award winning magazine Nexus (
http://www.nyu.edu/dental/nexus/index.html).
One of our main concerns is always to improve our cirriculum. To allow our students to have an enriching clinical experience and provide better patient care we moved the entry point of our students into clinics to an earlier date during their second year. This modification of the D2 cirriculum will take effect for the first time with your class (2010). To accomodate this clinical enrichment program your freshman year will end on May 31, 2007. Summer vacation will take place between June 1 and July 8, 2007. Your second year will commence on July 9, 2007, with two additional weeks of summer break between August 17 and September 3. You will resume the second year on September 4, 2007.
I am sure you will find your experience at NYU fulfilling. I am looking forward to seeing you during orientation and on the first day of class. If you have any questions about this mailing or others that came before, please contact me at your convenience. Enjoy the rest of the summer!