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Hi! I am down to the wire. I think I would prefer to go to Iowa but the difference in cost makes it seems irresponsible. I would appreciate any and all feedback! Thank you
School 1: Pitt
OOS
Pros:
OOS
Pros:
School 1: Pitt
OOS
Pros:
- Faculty was really awesome and helpful and care about the student’s experience and will make adjustments based on feedback
- Faculty I interviewed with were really great and I think I would learn a lot from them
- Selective courses
- Ability to be well-rounded due to all the locations
- Special needs clinic
- Would not have to adjust to a new city/environment
- Seem strong research-wise
- Public health certificate
- Cheaper option (including possibility to switch residencies to PA)
- A lot of students specialize...I do not feel like competing with peers
- Students looked exhausted esp. D1s and D2s, has expressed the rigor significantly more than students at other schools
OOS
Pros:
- I like the structure of the curriculum
- Current students were very nice and helpful to me and they did not seem stressed or say that the program was unreasonably hard
- Prepare students well for GENERAL DENTISTRY
- Early clinical exposure
- Clinical extramural programs
- Facility is really nice
- Decent tuition and cost of living (even OOS)
- Interesting research projects
- Students talked really great things about the faculty and vice versa
- Would be hard to get out of the state if needed to do so in a short time frame
- Not as much diversity as I would like in the student body
- More expensive (by ~$40k)
