What are the exam schedules like? Are tests/quizzes spaced out or all packed into one week?
I heard from a current D1 that the reason NYUCD made the start date earlier this year (July 1) is due to the volume of students saying that there wasn’t enough time to learn so much material (didactics).
So for this year, it was a very spread like exam schedule, some months would be super busy and others would be empty and give us enough time to study. Also in those empty months, we had enough time to explore the city. And yes that is true but also it is for preparation for the new boards. They cram didactics into you like no other! The new d1 class will have quite the adjustment.
Piggybacking on this, are you nervous about paying back your loans? What are your plans following graduation? Has your projected loan balance affected these plans and how?
Big Hoss
Hey Hoss! Glad to see you are still here. Yeah, I am a little bit nervous paying back my loans. But with anything in life, one must be calm and collected, others in similar situations have done this before and I am sure I can do the same (albeit with massive changes to lifestyle.) I plan to work for a few years under my mentor (a general dentist in the area that I am from) and then open up a practice. I am going with the aggressive payment program; maxing out most of my paycheck to the loan, living with my parents, and seeing where it goes from there. Estimated loan balance for the minimum was sitting at like ~2.5 to 3k. I decided to go the more aggressive route at like 8k/month (96k a yr) because I really want to kill it out. But again, this is all a dream, I have to see how much I earn, taxes, and go from there. I might also refinance both loans and make it under one payor, but need to do some further research on this. I plan not to save for retirement either because my main and only focuses are to get faster in the clinic and pay this damn debt off. Hope that answers your question!
Do you know of anyone that has received merit-based scholarships? Curious because I know the Medical Program there is now free.
There are are a few, but you need a very high DAT and GPA. However, I would even go to say its not necessarily merit-based but need-based. But for that, you need again the high scores.
What was the total cost of D1?
95k for the first year.
1. What are the benefits and drawback for attending a dental school in a metropolitan like New York City itself?
2. What made you decide to attend NYU over other dental schools?
Benefits are patient population is huge. Lots of famous and innovative doctors come to give talks and if you take the opportunity to learn from them, I think you will highly benefit from them. Drawbacks, as I mentioned, are the high students to low faculty ratio, having to stand out and getting to know people is key if you want to survive.
Honestly, I was only accepted to two other schools. But I was accepted too late by that point, and I couldn't back out from my lease and other commitments. It wasn't enough time for me to research the specific areas and recommit. Thus, I choose to stick to the school that believed in me first.
