**Official Maryland Class of 2021 Interview/Acceptance Thread**

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hopefuldent6789 said:
Well why are they going there? Oh yeah it keeps being bolstered as "first dental college in the world" and the interview guides tell you it helped them get their match of choice so easily. News flash kids: it's just a regular program. Also forget the whole "take your boards after the first year" jargon because the boards are changing to just being one part by the time you young folk take the test. So it doesn't even matter anymore that you take it the summer before D2.
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Well let's see now:

1. In-state tuition
2. Proximity to home so they wouldn't have to deal with Baltimore 24/7 for 4 years
3. I would put it a peg or two above "just a regular program." It's a pretty good school, being in Baltimore notwithstanding
 
Charles_Darwin said:
Does anyone have In State cost of attendance notes from their interview or anything? I couldn't find any online, though I may not have looked in the right places.
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1. In-state tuition is $34000 for the entire year
2. Proximity to home (about 25 mins away) so I wouldn't have to deal with Baltimore 24/7 for 4 years....you still have to walk to class from the closest garage which is a ten minute walk in the ghetto
3. I would put it a peg or two above "just a regular program." It's a pretty good school, being in Baltimore notwithstanding....... I'm being honest because I go there but the program is hyped a little more than it should be
 
From personal experience I can say my yearly expenses with tuition and room and board and cell phone and car insurance and all the other adult bills adds up to about $75K-$80K.... and OOS tuition is $66K for the ENTIRE YEAR. It isn't $32K a year like some ding dong on here said either in this thread or another thread someplace else.
 
Man y'all are giving me doubts now 🙁 I was planning on going to UNLV and this thread is making me afraid of Maryland even though I'm in state


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RandyMan said:
Bro....what are you trying to gain from bashing MD?
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Keklel said:
Maybe hopefuldent is secretly a pre-dent gunning for a spot at Maryland?
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Did you even receive an interview for Maryland yet? I can PM you and prove that I'm a student. I have an ID and a schedule and everything. Sounds like you're pulling at invisible strings that don't exist
 
dr.d00m said:
From a different thread:



Sounds like someone drank a little too much of the haterade
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Yo Dr. D00m it's called reality. I'm tired of people sitting on threads upon threads touting Maryland only to be shattered and disillusioned when they arrive there. Just giving my personal opinion and if it sounds like I'm Devil's Advocate, sorry. I just have lots to say about the school since I go there.
 
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hopefuldent6789 said:
Yo Dr. D00m it's called reality. I'm tired of people sitting on threads upon threads touting Maryland only to be shattered and disillusioned when they arrive there. Just giving my personal opinion and if it sounds like I'm Devil's Advocate, sorry. I just have lots to say about the school since I go there.
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Here's the thing though. Most of the Maryland students I've talked to (or whose posts I read on SDN) have had nothing but positive things to say about the school (excluding location).

When one person, such as yourself, suddenly posts extremely negative things that people have never even heard of... people may think that says more about you than the school.

In other words, a lot of people won't think, "Gee, Maryland is a terrible school." They'll think, "Wow, this poster really has a grudge against his school." Wouldn't this go against what you're trying to achieve?
 
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Keklel said:
Here's the thing though. Most of the Maryland students I've talked to (or whose posts I read on SDN) have had nothing but positive things to say about the school (excluding location).

When one person, such as yourself, suddenly posts extremely negative things that people have never even heard of... people may think that says more about you than the school.

In other words, a lot of people won't think, "Gee, Maryland is a terrible school." They'll think, "Wow, this poster really has a grudge against his school." Wouldn't this go against what you're trying to achieve?
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The school has its pluses and minuses. I'm giving you the side you don't see on here, since you claim that all the students you talk to love it. I have no grudge. I'm doing well at least. Here's the thing: I never said Maryland is terrible. If you take that from what I have to say about the school then that's your perspective.
 
hopefuldent6789 said:
The school has its pluses and minuses. I'm giving you the side you don't see on here, since you claim that all the students you talk to love it. I have no grudge. I'm doing well at least. Here's the thing: I never said Maryland is terrible. If you take that from what I have to say about the school then that's your perspective.
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Your inflammatory language certainly makes you come across as bitter about your school. (Not saying that you necessarily are.)

This isn't just my opinion; several SDN users feel the same way.

I personally have no dog in this fight, so I'm not offended even if everything you've stated is actually true. It's just that I've literally never heard of anyone who regrets going there (maybe they just don't post on SDN?).

I am simply genuinely curious whether Maryland really is overhyped.
 
Keklel said:
Your inflammatory language certainly makes you come across as bitter about your school. (Not saying that you necessarily are.)

This isn't just my opinion; several SDN users feel the same way.

I personally have no dog in this fight, so I'm not offended even if everything you've stated is actually true. It's just that I've literally never heard of anyone who regrets going there (maybe they just don't post on SDN?).

I am simply genuinely curious whether Maryland really is overhyped.
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Define inflammatory. My reply on another thread was in regard to what a previous poster said which was also a bleeped out word. And it was in regard to LOCATION. If you think I regret going to UMB, I don't. I just have strong opinions of the school overall that span beyond it being as hyped as it is for the frills they advertise.
 
My bad for stirring the pot! was only just sharing my opinion and wanted to see how others felt about the area.
 
hankreagan said:
My bad for stirring the pot! was only just sharing my opinion and wanted to see how others felt about the area.
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You weren't even scratching the surface! It's a great topic to discuss because people don't realize that Baltimore is actually dangerous.
 
RandyMan said:
Let us know some negatives besides location??
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Okay:
1. Clinic time.... patients don't always show up, chair reservations fall through, there's a chance you end up finishing requirements after walking the stage at graduation
2. Mediasite doesn't allow you to skip like some students tell you. Teachers hate Mediasite so they employ other ways to make you come to class (pop quizzes and attendance)
3. Location but we already mentioned this
4. Baltimore apartments aren't that cheap
5. Not a family friendly city surrounding the school
6. The riots that happened last year and will probably happen more now with the current election were actually a PIA to work around
7. No grocery stores besides Whole Foods relatively nearby but that Whole Foods location is in Inner Harbor so you have to venture out of "downtown" a little anyway
8. The recent increase in tuition
9. It gets expensive if you don't live with roommates
10. Some of the D1 teachers just aren't that great and you really need to rely on the help of upperclassmen to do well. If you went to UMD undergrad you know what I mean
 
dr.d00m said:
Yeah so is Detroit. So is Philadelpha. So is Chicago. Tell us something new instead of being a broken record
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Dude if you're going here and you're truly happy with your decision that's fine but you seem really upset by what I'm saying for no reason. I'm not trying to upset anyone.'
 
dr.d00m said:
Yeah so is Detroit. So is Philadelpha. So is Chicago. Tell us something new instead of being a broken record
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And last I checked this forum is to be posted on freely in the name of topical discussion so that's what I'm doing. I can speak freely if I feel a certain way about a topic without it affecting your daily life or behavior on this forum.
 
hopefuldent6789 said:
Okay:
1. Clinic time.... patients don't always show up, chair reservations fall through, there's a chance you end up finishing requirements after walking the stage at graduation
2. Mediasite doesn't allow you to skip like some students tell you. Teachers hate Mediasite so they employ other ways to make you come to class (pop quizzes and attendance)
3. Location but we already mentioned this
4. Baltimore apartments aren't that cheap
5. Not a family friendly city surrounding the school
6. The riots that happened last year and will probably happen more now with the current election were actually a PIA to work around
7. No grocery stores besides Whole Foods relatively nearby but that Whole Foods location is in Inner Harbor so you have to venture out of "downtown" a little anyway
8. The recent increase in tuition
9. It gets expensive if you don't live with roommates
10. Some of the D1 teachers just aren't that great and you really need to rely on the help of upperclassmen to do well. If you went to UMD undergrad you know what I mean
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1. This can happen at any dental school. You need to be proactive and not expect things to fall onto your lap
2. Why would you pay so much money to skip classes?
3. K
4. Just like any major city. Find some roommates like a normal person to lower costs, and don't limit your search to just the immediate location of the dental school
5. You already said location
6. Are you basing this off something, or are you just some kind of fortune teller?
7. If you have a car, that shouldn't be a problem. Just go with a group of people every other week so you all knock it out together
8. And? It's much better than some other schools
9. You already mentioned housing
10. Just like any school, some teachers are great while others are not.

That all?
 
So much salt. And FYI if you have a family like I do you don't want to live with roommates so if that's not normal then I'm not sure what is. Get your head out of the sandbox and realize that not everyone in dental school is a recent college grad who is single or dating.
 
dr.d00m said:
1. This can happen at any dental school. You need to be proactive and not expect things to fall onto your lap
2. Why would you pay so much money to skip classes?
3. K
4. Just like any major city. Find some roommates like a normal person to lower costs, and don't limit your search to just the immediate location of the dental school
5. You already said location
6. Are you basing this off something, or are you just some kind of fortune teller?
7. If you have a car, that shouldn't be a problem. Just go with a group of people every other week so you all knock it out together
8. And? It's much better than some other schools
9. You already mentioned housing
10. Just like any school, some teachers are great while others are not.

That all?
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If you're regretting your decision to attend Maryland then don't take it out on me here
 
hopefuldent6789 said:
Okay:
1. Clinic time.... patients don't always show up, chair reservations fall through, there's a chance you end up finishing requirements after walking the stage at graduation
2. Mediasite doesn't allow you to skip like some students tell you. Teachers hate Mediasite so they employ other ways to make you come to class (pop quizzes and attendance)
3. Location but we already mentioned this
4. Baltimore apartments aren't that cheap
5. Not a family friendly city surrounding the school
6. The riots that happened last year and will probably happen more now with the current election were actually a PIA to work around
7. No grocery stores besides Whole Foods relatively nearby but that Whole Foods location is in Inner Harbor so you have to venture out of "downtown" a little anyway
8. The recent increase in tuition
9. It gets expensive if you don't live with roommates
10. Some of the D1 teachers just aren't that great and you really need to rely on the help of upperclassmen to do well. If you went to UMD undergrad you know what I mean
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Thanks for listing some of your other personal negatives. i for one am glad to listen to all perspectives, especially if I'm going to spend 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on a school.
 
hopefuldent6789 said:
If you're regretting your decision to attend Maryland then don't take it out on me here
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I'm not taking anything out on anyone. If anything, you seem to be doing that. I'm not saying that your opinion doesn't matter, but your posts have been nothing short of polarizing (to say the least).

Instead of going on and on about the same thing (location), all I asked was some more things to back up your claims. But in my opinion, you just gave a cookie cutter response that could be applied to many dental schools
 
dr.d00m said:
I'm not taking anything out on anyone. If anything, you seem to be doing that. I'm not saying that your opinion doesn't matter, but your posts have been nothing short of polarizing (to say the least).

Instead of going on and on about the same thing (location), all I asked was some more things to back up your claims. But in my opinion, you just gave a cookie cutter response that could be applied to many dental schools
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If you think they are cookie cutter than that just says a lot about what you see as common place, such as a dangerous location. It says nothing about what I truly meant by what I post. Anyway carry on.
 
hankreagan said:
Thanks for listing some of your other personal negatives. i for one am glad to listen to all perspectives, especially if I'm going to spend 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on a school.
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If you have further questions just PM me so I don't ruin the perfectly unblemished viewpoints of your fellow SDN-ers on Oz....I mean....UMB Dental school.....
 
Doesn't the "dangerous location" provide a large patient pool. Besides what schools are located in nice areas?
 
RandyMan said:
Doesn't the "dangerous location" provide a large patient pool. Besides what schools are located in nice areas?
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Yeah but you can find patients in nice areas. Ask my friends who work in private practice in nice areas. If you think you have to be in a bad area to get a pool of patients, then that's just naive.
 
If a patient can afford private practice why have a 4 hour appt at a school?????
 
RandyMan said:
If a patient can afford private practice why have a 4 hour appt at a school?????
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1. Family members can be seen as patients
2. There are poor people located in nice neighborhoods believe it or not.
3. Not all the patients have a problem affording the work.
 
To Whom It May Concern:

@hopefuldent6789 messaged me proof of his enrollment as a third year dental student at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and asked me to vouch for him. Based on a review of what he sent me, I am certain that he is currently a third-year dental student and fully vouch for him with all of my credibility.

I have no doubt that this is a genuine 3rd year dental student at UMB. He is not a pre-dent with an ulterior motive.

To protect his identity and anonymity (in accordance with SDN TOS), the proof has been destroyed.
 
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This forum exploded. Or imploded. Now can someone tell me a ballpark date range of when the next acceptances go out? Please?
 
dr.d00m said:
1. This can happen at any dental school. You need to be proactive and not expect things to fall onto your lap
2. Why would you pay so much money to skip classes?
3. K
4. Just like any major city. Find some roommates like a normal person to lower costs, and don't limit your search to just the immediate location of the dental school
5. You already said location
6. Are you basing this off something, or are you just some kind of fortune teller?
7. If you have a car, that shouldn't be a problem. Just go with a group of people every other week so you all knock it out together
8. And? It's much better than some other schools
9. You already mentioned housing
10. Just like any school, some teachers are great while others are not.

That all?
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D00m dog why are you even defending these points? For yourself personally? Let the man have his say on the school. His leg up is that he goes there currently and you don't. And from what @Incis0r said, it sounds like the guy is legit. I think we all need to calm down.
 
NicoPresto said:
This forum exploded. Or imploded. Now can someone tell me a ballpark date range of when the next acceptances go out? Please?
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Imploded like a star turning into a black hole. Should be next Friday or the Friday after since they are starting February interviews soon

NicoPresto said:
D00m dog why are you even defending these points? For yourself personally? Let the man have his say on the school. His leg up is that he goes there currently and you don't. And from what @Incis0r said, it sounds like the guy is legit. I think we all need to calm down.
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He's legit but he speaks from only his own experience, which does not apply to many incoming students (being married, having a family, etc). I don't need to attend the school to know about it. Growing up near Baltimore, I have enough experience to make my own conclusions. Nothing against what he said, but I just wanted to offer the flip side and show it's not all doom (pun intended) and gloom at Maryland
 
dr.d00m said:
He's legit but he speaks from only his own experience, which does not apply to many incoming students (being married, having a family, etc). I don't need to attend the school to know about it. Growing up near Baltimore, I have enough experience to make my own conclusions. Nothing against what he said, but I just wanted to offer the flip side and show it's not all doom (pun intended) and gloom at Maryland
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^^how can you offer a flip side if you don't personally go there? You bashed his location criticisms but it seems like that's the only thing you can speak on because of where you grew up, which is location..... Just my view.
 
NicoPresto said:
^^how can you offer a flip side if you don't personally go there? Just my view.
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A wider sample size, I know people from D1 to D4 and talked to them about the school. Visiting the school and area on more than a few occasions. I may not have the legitimacy of being a student, but it's also important not taking everything one person is saying as the end all be all (i.e. talk to more current students)
 
Can anyone else offer a viewpoint on when acceptances go out? To think they will only go out the second week in February seems like a really long time considering they will have had about 6 interview dates since the last round of acceptances
 
dr.d00m said:
A wider sample size, I know people from D1 to D4 and talked to them about the school. Visiting the school and area on more than a few occasions. I may not have the legitimacy of being a student, but it's also important to not taking everything one person is saying and take that as the end all be all (i.e. talk to more current students)
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Ok well I'm sure he talks to a bunch of students too and is voicing the opinion of quite a few. You're right it's important not to take everything one person says and take it as the end all so I guess that applies to you as well since all you are is a profile on a forum and that guy actually has proof of attendance.
 
dr.d00m said:
A wider sample size, I know people from D1 to D4 and talked to them about the school. Visiting the school and area on more than a few occasions. I may not have the legitimacy of being a student, but it's also important not taking everything one person is saying as the end all be all (i.e. talk to more current students)
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How are you certain that the people you talked to are being honest with you? Anyone can tell you the good things about a program without the bad because it's easier to talk about the good in general isn't it?
 
NicoPresto said:
Ok well I'm sure he talks to a bunch of students too and is voicing the opinion of quite a few. You're right it's important not to take everything one person says and take it as the end all so I guess that applies to you as well since all you are is a profile on a forum and that guy actually has proof of attendance.
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Yeah definitely applies to me. I just want people to go do their own research rather than listening to one-off experiences on here
 
dr.d00m said:
A wider sample size, I know people from D1 to D4 and talked to them about the school. Visiting the school and area on more than a few occasions. I may not have the legitimacy of being a student, but it's also important not taking everything one person is saying as the end all be all (i.e. talk to more current students)
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As far as I'm concerned, you are not a proper source if you are going off of hear-say and you don't actually attend the school, nor are you even a true doctor yet. Neither am I but the difference is that I don't go on here and act like I know all there is to know about something just from talking to people.
 
How about we agree to let people form their opinions at the interview and leave it at that
 
dr.d00m said:
Yeah definitely applies to me. I just want people to go do their own research rather than listening to one-off experiences on here
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Well sounds like his research is fact-based and yours are "alternative facts" based on hear-say. Shall we call in a fact checker via CNN? :whistle:😴+pity+
 
blablabla1 said:
How about we agree to let people form their opinions at the interview and leave it at that
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If my opinion was only based off of the interview then that's a biased opinion because the school and administration and student guides for the day only show you the best of what there is. They tell you there at the interview that they are trying to sell themselves as a school program to you. So..... I'd rather hear what actual students that aren't pressured have to say
 
Every school has it's plus and minuses for sure. As someone who owns property in Baltimore as well as works in the city, I can't vouch enough on how much a piece of **** it is. Talk to any students there, pharm, law, med, dental and it's the same story. Inner harbor gets old, powerplant gets old, baseball games get old. There's nothing else that the city can offer and it's going downhill.

I've also heard a lot of negative stuff about the school from students that have recently graduated, and many that are going there. But as I said, i'm sure every school has it's draw backs. For example, you don't really hear about the flooding that happened at temple last week that forced the clinics to close lol
 
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