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[cluelessdr]

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ive been lucky enough to have one acceptance to Midwestern-AZ. I also got placed on waitlist for UDM. I am terrified by the MDW tuition. If I dont get another acceptance, I kinda wanna take another gap year and study again for DAT! lol.... thoughts??

anybody graduate from MDW recently and can chime into the debt that would be great!!

 

[Pearl E. White]

It's not good to have an acceptance and then decline and apply again. Why did you apply and interview there if you weren't going to attend? 🙁

 

[artist2022]

Take it and run, because not doing so can really bite you in the butt next cycle.

 

[The Piano Guy]

ive been lucky enough to have one acceptance to Midwestern-AZ. I also got placed on waitlist for UDM. I am terrified by the MDW tuition. If I dont get another acceptance, I kinda wanna take another gap year and study again for DAT! lol.... thoughts??

anybody graduate from MDW recently and can chime into the debt that would be great!!

You should have not applied there then. Taking a gap year is also losing 1 year of income as a dentist. While you might be able to work during the gap year, you're certainly not gonna make the +100k you will make as a dentist, assuming you have an average paying job.

 

[princeafrica]

You will get rejected so quick by so many schools next cycle. On AADSAS they ask whether you previously applied and whether you were accepted or not. If you were accepted and declined an offer and do not have a MAJOR compelling reason as to why you decline an offer to go to dental school, then it is gonna be really hard.

 

[PremedNoob]

Sounds like poor planning on your part

 

[BatedPenguin]

If you are worried about debt you can still apply for 3 year military scholarships or the NHSC scholarship as well.

Yes the MWU debt is scary but your best best is to just roll with it and tackle it head on when you get there, you aren't going to be able to pay off that debt working as anything else but a dentist at this point.

Also their seat deposit is quite low compared to other schools so if you get another acceptance in January to a cheaper school you can still drop your seat and only lose $200.

 

[Likkriue]

Unless you have backup career plans, go.

 

[Stanelz]

one year of lost income is a big deal

 

[Blueshirts]

Why did you apply to somewhere you had no intention of going, this isnt monopoly, this is real life lol.

 

[Cthuluhoop]

That school will cost you over $500K after the 4 years right? If that's the case think very, very, very hard about what you're about to do in your life and if you see yourself doing something other than dentistry. That is a massive mountain of debt to climb and no-one knows what that kind of debt does to someone until they're under it. Some handle it better than others. If you do really want to go apply for HPSP.

But you either accept it and go, or decline it and chose a different career path, because like others said, there's no going back.

 

[rk1229]

dude...... why.....

there are people who would have loved to go to Midwestern and now you're just holding their seat. I agree with @Cthuluhoop, accept it and go or decline and choose another path.

 

[AppalachianDentalBoy]

Accept it and wait for cheaper offers. If none come you should still go.

 

[BluntForceTrauma]

Rule 1 of applying to D-school: don't apply to a school you would not attend if you were accepted.

Rule 2 of applying to D-school: attend the cheapest school possible, or make someone else pay for it

Rule 3 of applying to D-school: attend where accepted, using rule 2 as your guide




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[Pearl E. White]

Rule 1 of applying to D-school: don't apply to a school you would not attend if you were accepted.

Rule 2 of applying to D-school: attend the cheapest school possible, or make someone else pay for it

Rule 3 of applying to D-school: attend where accepted, using rule 2 as your guide




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So simple. Love this.

 

[Cthuluhoop]

Any reason at all to even think about this?

Nope, see @BluntForceTrauma's post above

 

[AppalachianDentalBoy]

@DozingDentist That 200K turns into $280,000 post tax by the time you pay it off. So $350,000 of pre tax money as the difference. Can you justify spending an extra 350 THOUSAND dollars over your state school? That is a year and a half you could retire earlier or like three undergrad degrees for your future kids.