TucsonDDS said:
Just don't give me any of that organic crap, too oily and not enough taste.
trans fats are positively correlated to athrosclerosis [why? b/c they act like sat fats
and may be oxidized like unsat fats-- eg oxidize LDL's -(lead to)-> CVD]
btw, you can pour out the extra oil
hotsexy-
dr.badvibes is a dental student and is more knowledgeable than other statements where the author is not as accomplished. i interviewed at columbia, the facilities are aweful, the school is friendly, yet, due to the undisputable fact that columbia univ school of physician and surgeons is so excellent (facilities and all) and that its students share classes with dental students, i would not be surprised if dental students feel neglected by basic science instructors, which by speaking with numerous students i feel they did. i do not like dr. mcmanus, but he and his staff, especially dr. davis, are all friendly and place max effort to portray their school as a laid back atmosphere. however, be careful of the statistics, such as 100% of one of the recent graduating classes getting into specialty because as dr.badvibes has previously pointed out military, aegd, and gpr sould not count in those figures because to us pre-dents specialty seems like ortho, endo, pedo, etc etc. with that said, columbia
is a dental school, thus, an excellent place to become a dentist. as they specifically stated in the interview, they do not place great emphasis on gpa, however, the adcoms there view the dat as the great equalizer. therefore, to ensure a position at columbia you will need to
score very well on the dat. at that point, you will be granted an interview to many schools and realize that what dr.badvibes is trying to say is there are other excellent schools and that the name of a school should not influence your decision making, if possible. dental schools are not ranked, no other dentist or dental specialty will care you went to columbia:
toofache32 said:
tx oms said:
PS-don't count on an Ivy League dental education doing much for you in the way of opening doors to OMS
Amen to that. I didn't know there were any "ivy league" dental schools. The boards are the "great equalizer" to compare people across schools.
- this was followed by the columbia student defending columbia's record of scoring well on national board pt 1, hence, the great emphasis they place on your standardized test taking skills (aka dat) during admissions. ultimately, schools such as UCLA, UCSF, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and other state institutions are much much more challenging to secure a position at;
maybe you could fool your patients, friends, and spouse, but you can't fool yourself.
