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Hi guys
I am finding this super confusing the difference between pass vs match.
There is SO much information and everybody keeps pointing to different things so I want to summarize
1. CAAPID - this is doing 2 years of dental school. PLUS: +Easiest to get into. If you graduate with an American diploma, you can practice any where in the US. This means, if you get your NYU dental degree, you can go to California and open up a clinic there. +If you want to do specialty, having American grades and an American diploma will give you a big advantage. +Earlier in the year +Easier to apply to.. This means, you send in 10 CAAPID applications to 10 different schools, and whoever says "you are accepted" you just pick them. MINUS: -Generally, the most expensive route. -you are treated as a STUDENT and less as an actual dentist compared to the PASS programs and MATCH programs. This means, instead of doing actual dentistry, (fillings crowns RCT etc), you are sitting in class preparing for the classroom exams.
2. PASS/MATCH - 2 years of General dentistry training OR specialty.
... PLUS + Cheaper than CAAPID. +You focus on patients and treatments rather than studying. + You can apply to specialty? MINUS: -You are limited to that state. -Sometimes there are "hidden" rules that limit you to ONLY being a professor, and not a clinician. -You have to rank the schools.
Actually, i dont really understand PASS/MATCH
I am finding this super confusing the difference between pass vs match.
There is SO much information and everybody keeps pointing to different things so I want to summarize
1. CAAPID - this is doing 2 years of dental school. PLUS: +Easiest to get into. If you graduate with an American diploma, you can practice any where in the US. This means, if you get your NYU dental degree, you can go to California and open up a clinic there. +If you want to do specialty, having American grades and an American diploma will give you a big advantage. +Earlier in the year +Easier to apply to.. This means, you send in 10 CAAPID applications to 10 different schools, and whoever says "you are accepted" you just pick them. MINUS: -Generally, the most expensive route. -you are treated as a STUDENT and less as an actual dentist compared to the PASS programs and MATCH programs. This means, instead of doing actual dentistry, (fillings crowns RCT etc), you are sitting in class preparing for the classroom exams.
2. PASS/MATCH - 2 years of General dentistry training OR specialty.
... PLUS + Cheaper than CAAPID. +You focus on patients and treatments rather than studying. + You can apply to specialty? MINUS: -You are limited to that state. -Sometimes there are "hidden" rules that limit you to ONLY being a professor, and not a clinician. -You have to rank the schools.
Actually, i dont really understand PASS/MATCH
