Pros and Cons of ASDOH

[manifesto]

Many of you have interviewed there. What have you guys learned about the school?

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[Ryan08]

I interviewed there earlier this month.

Pros: They can get you into the pediatrics residency of your choice (Their pediatrics department head is the president of the national pediatrics association... or something like that. He knows EVERYBODY)
Cons: Small library, the interview process is a pain in the neck, NO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, the students don't even know each other, the school does not want the students to help each other.

 

[ICUrunning]

I interviewed there earlier this month.

Pros: They can get you into the pediatrics residency of your choice (Their pediatrics department head is the president of the national pediatrics association... or something like that. He knows EVERYBODY)
Cons: Small library, the interview process is a pain in the neck, NO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, the students don't even know each other, the school does not want the students to help each other.

Can you comment on why the school does not want students to help one another? That seems excessive.

 

[Ryan08]

They said that in dental school, they are giving people a license to practice dentistry. If the students help each other get their licenses, then they will not be good dentists and they will do more damage than good. They said that if you help your classmates in dental school, then you are damaging their future patients' health and well-being. BASICALLY, they think that helping your classmates is unethical.

They got angry with me during my interview when I told them that I help tons of students at my school, including pre-dents.

Oh, and I agree. It is excessive for them to think in this way... But whatever, I'll use this as a lesson learned for future interviews 👍

 

[y3nd0]

They said that in dental school, they are giving people a license to practice dentistry. If the students help each other get their licenses, then they will not be good dentists and they will do more damage than good. They said that if you help your classmates in dental school, then you are damaging their future patients' health and well-being. BASICALLY, they think that helping your classmates is unethical.

They got angry with me during my interview when I told them that I help tons of students at my school, including pre-dents.

Oh, and I agree. It is excessive for them to think in this way... But whatever, I'll use this as a lesson learned for future interviews 👍

I haven't heard anything like this. I interviewed last year and spoke to the students there. All of them seemed very happy, were studying in groups, and called each other "family."

Pros would definitely be getting a dual degree (DMD and MPH), very strong clinical training - you see a lot of patients, lots of help if you're struggling, great clinics, scheduling is taken care of, 3rd/4th year off-site rotations, no fighting with graduate students for patients in specialties.

Cons would be expensive, in a hot and essentially isolated location, having to dress professionally for class every day (a definite con for me - I like my hoodies and jeans), little to no research opportunities if you're interested, specializing is possible but more difficult to get into compared to other schools (they train their students to be general dentists), not too many specialties (can't remember which ones they have), small campus (could be pro or con).

This is what I picked up from my interview. I interviewed last year so things could have changed, and some parts of my memory could be foggy.

And yes, the interview process really sucks.

 

[Ryan08]

I haven't heard anything like this. I interviewed last year and spoke to the students there. All of them seemed very happy, were studying in groups, and called each other "family."

Pros would definitely be getting a dual degree (DMD and MPH), very strong clinical training - you see a lot of patients, lots of help if you're struggling, great clinics, scheduling is taken care of, 3rd/4th year off-site rotations, no fighting with graduate students for patients in specialties.

Cons would be expensive, in a hot and essentially isolated location, having to dress professionally for class every day (a definite con for me - I like my hoodies and jeans), little to no research opportunities if you're interested, specializing is possible but more difficult to get into compared to other schools (they train their students to be general dentists), not too many specialties (can't remember which ones they have), small campus (could be pro or con).

This is what I picked up from my interview. I interviewed last year so things could have changed, and some parts of my memory could be foggy.

And yes, the interview process really sucks.

On my interview, it seemed that the students were lying their heads off to make their school seem better than it really is. I am a brutally honest person myself, so this disgusts me. The faculty are the only people I will trust in that place, and that is exactly what they told me. One of the students did say, "we study in groups, but we don't really talk to each other while we are studying."

 

[ICUrunning]

On my interview, it seemed that the students were lying there heads off to make their school seem better than it really is. I am a brutally honest person myself, so this disgusts me. The faculty are the only people I will trust in that place, and that is exactly what they told me. One of the students did say, "we study in groups, but we don't really talk to each other while we are studying."

Hahaha I can picture some students sharing a table, noses in books or in laptops, occasionally stealing glances at one another with looks of disdain and curled, tight smiles. The crumpling of notes and the rare "I'm going to the restroom, watch my stuff" and "I'm getting coffee, brb" are the only sounds mustered in an environment with a whiff of hostility.

I understand every school has its own little culture and ways of doing things but damn, ASDOH sounds like my ochem lab after my TA told us only the top 10% of students would get A's.

 

[manifesto]

wow....

 

[y3nd0]

On my interview, it seemed that the students were lying their heads off to make their school seem better than it really is. I am a brutally honest person myself, so this disgusts me. The faculty are the only people I will trust in that place, and that is exactly what they told me. One of the students did say, "we study in groups, but we don't really talk to each other while we are studying."

I really wouldn't know. 😛 I certainly never heard anything like that from students or faculty while I was there.