Q's for Stony Brook Students

[swtcatastrophe]

Hi all,

I'm interviewing in a few weeks and i'm very excited about it. i am just wondering what the current students had to say about the school.

how do you like the area? do you commute and from where?

what are the pros/cons of having a small class size? how are classes taught (powerpoint or blackboard)?

when i watched the virtual tour, they showed a 'super modern lab.' do you do all the lab work yourself or is it sent out? how many patients do you have once you're in clinic?

answers to any and all of these questions would be appreciated.

thanks!!

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[Streetwolf]

Hi all,

I'm interviewing in a few weeks and i'm very excited about it. i am just wondering what the current students had to say about the school.

how do you like the area? do you commute and from where?

what are the pros/cons of having a small class size? how are classes taught (powerpoint or blackboard)?

when i watched the virtual tour, they showed a 'super modern lab.' do you do all the lab work yourself or is it sent out? how many patients do you have once you're in clinic?

answers to any and all of these questions would be appreciated.

thanks!!

Short and sweet because I'm studying:

1. The area is fine. Might be a bit boring (Long Island) but that's fine. You gotta study. A few students in my class commute from around Queens. I honestly have no idea how they manage that, but they have so far. I am from NJ but I have a house 5-10 minutes from school.

2. Pros of a small class: you get to know everyone very well, very quickly. You get more attention from professors. Professors know you all better. It doesn't feel as crowded. You get more patients during clinical years.

Cons of a small class: less people to meet. Maybe you'll only become very friendly with 5 people instead of 10 if it was a bigger class. Luckily for me I found a good group of over 15 of my classmates to be great friends with. I'm sure there are other things but I haven't found anything bad quite yet.

3. Classes are mainly taught with powerpoint slides. Hardly any use of the blackboard so far (a bit in operative when she wants to draw out an outline of the cavity prep so she can step-by-step show us, instead of having it pre-done on a slide).

4. There are plenty of patients. PLENTY.

5. From what I've heard, most things are sent out to the lab. This makes sense. We won't be making these things in our practices. I can't say for sure though, since I'm still a first year.

Again, I'm only a D1 so take what you want from this. I'm sure when I'm a D4 I'll have more to say.