Just like you're work that much more harder for those loan payments too. Practically everyone on DentalTown says go to the cheaper school. Even more people say that they wish they went to their cheaper choice instead. People here are caught up in dream schools, while people over there are caught up in surviving their loan payments and actually trying to start a life with such a heavy burden on their shoulders, start a family, start a business. Actually live like a dentist and not a person in mcondalds. Penn being as "prestigious" as it is, should be at the forefront of affordable dental education, not at the back of the line. The institution even has that pre-dental summer program, worth several thousand dollars(during my cycle). Embarrassing and practically extortion, feeding off the fear of young pre-dents.
I remember having my interview at another prestigious school, thinking where the hell all the money went after seeing their pre-clinics and clinics. At the same time you go a state away to Temple and they have a sparkling pre-clinic 2-3 years old that you can eat ice cream off the floor of. Monitors at every seat, spotless workstations, incredible lighting. Even UNC, the model of how every prestigious school should look like. Completely gorgeous from the top down, absolutely breath taking. Both extremely affordable schools. But then NYU? Columbia? Penn? 100k more for subpar clinics and for the exact same exam that every student in the country will be taking.
The funny thing is, more often than not, I hear that frats are a cool benefit for work placement. And thats a national thing. This high prices are forcing students to consider mills, contemplating unethical care and unnecessary treatment plans. That is not "prestigious" to me.
