Question for UoP Students/Alumni or anyone who knows

[catytweety]

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Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knew how many graduating dentists from UoP leave the state of California and whether it's easy to get a job on the East Coast... I have been accepted to a few schools including UoP and NYU and I am wondering if going to UoP would hurt me in the long run. I absolutely LOVE the UoP program and overall atmosphere, and if I had to choose I'd pick UoP over NYU (although I was impressed by NYU as well). I have to admit that I am skeptical about UoP since it's not really well-known nationwide.

Any thoughts???
Thanks !
C

 

[catytweety]

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[wizziefiend]

I dont see how it can hurt...especially with similar price tags.

Might have to take the NERB (i think that's what it's called) and then NY requires a one year residency to practice.

Go to Pacific...it's such a cool place. Plus, NYU's class is HUGE. But if you like the big college atmosphere you won't get that at Pacific...

Best of luck though deciding, I think they're very different schools. I'll be at Pacific in the fall and would pick Pacific over NYU anyday.

 

[catytweety]

Thanks for your thoughts wizziefiend! This is a tough one. I really don't know what to do!🙄

Any other students out there have any thoughts/suggestions/comments?

Thanks!

 

[djeffreyt]

If you are dead set on going back to NY or the east coast after dental school, you should look into where you can take your boards too. I don't know the facts around this, I'm just suggesting you look into it. If you cannot take the NERBs out on the west coast, you may have problems finding patients to work on to pass those Board, while if you went to NYU and took the NERB you would be able to find patients more easily from the pool you already had over there.

I only remember some dentists talking about this problem before, so I thought I'd let you know and you could look into it and figure it out.

 

[Jaybe]

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knew how many graduating dentists from UoP leave the state of California and whether it's easy to get a job on the East Coast... I have been accepted to a few schools including UoP and NYU and I am wondering if going to UoP would hurt me in the long run. I absolutely LOVE the UoP program and overall atmosphere, and if I had to choose I'd pick UoP over NYU (although I was impressed by NYU as well). I have to admit that I am skeptical about UoP since it's not really well-known nationwide.

Any thoughts???
Thanks !
C

I think UoP has a good reputation, nationwide. It is a 3 yr school, so it sounds like an intense program.

As far as getting a job, no one cares what dental school you graduated from.

Licensure is the ONE thing that can be greatly simplified by attending dental school in the state/region where you will apply for licensure. The school will teach you how to best pass the exam in that region, and the exam will be given at your own dental school, making it very easy for you to find patients. If you really know exactly what state you want to practice in, find out the exact requirements for INITIAL licensure in that state. Believe it or not, some states will take multiple regional boards for initial licensure. For example, Illinois will accept any regional board for initial licensure. The diametric opposites are Delaware or Florida, which require their own little state board for licensure. If the state you want to live in will accept WREB
for initial licensure - Problem Solved. If you want to go to NY - Problem also solved since all they require is a GPR for licensure.

 

[catytweety]

If you are dead set on going back to NY or the east coast after dental school, you should look into where you can take your boards too. I don't know the facts around this, I'm just suggesting you look into it. If you cannot take the NERBs out on the west coast, you may have problems finding patients to work on to pass those Board, while if you went to NYU and took the NERB you would be able to find patients more easily from the pool you already had over there.

I only remember some dentists talking about this problem before, so I thought I'd let you know and you could look into it and figure it out.

Very good point! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll look into this.
🙄

 

[gryffindor]

I think UoP has a good reputation, nationwide. It is a 3 yr school, so it sounds like an intense program.

As far as getting a job, no one cares what dental school you graduated from.

Licensure is the ONE thing that can be greatly simplified by attending dental school in the state/region where you will apply for licensure. The school will teach you how to best pass the exam in that region, and the exam will be given at your own dental school, making it very easy for you to find patients. If you really know exactly what state you want to practice in, find out the exact requirements for INITIAL licensure in that state. Believe it or not, some states will take multiple regional boards for initial licensure. For example, Illinois will accept any regional board for initial licensure. The diametric opposites are Delaware or Florida, which require their own little state board for licensure. If the state you want to live in will accept WREB
for initial licensure - Problem Solved. If you want to go to NY - Problem also solved since all they require is a GPR for licensure.

It won't be impossible if you go to school in California and come back to NY. There are plenty of people doing the opposite trek every year (school in NY and returning to California). It will be a slight pain to arrange to take a different regional board if you are not at school in that region. But for the 2 or 3 months of stress you'll go through trying to arrange and take the different regional board, it's an insignificant amount of time & stress compared to your 3 year dental experience at UOP and your 30+ year career in NY. It's not worth going to NYU if you are in love with UOP if your only concern is taking the board exam for another region. Dentists struggle with licensure all the time but it's not the end of the world and you will be able to make the arrangements to practice on the east coast if that's what you want to do. You may end up paying for patients & travel arrangements, but it is doable.

I agree with Jaybe about the job prospects, the name of your school will matter very little when you go out to look for a job.

 

[catytweety]

It won't be impossible if you go to school in California and come back to NY. There are plenty of people doing the opposite trek every year (school in NY and returning to California). It will be a slight pain to arrange to take a different regional board if you are not at school in that region. But for the 2 or 3 months of stress you'll go through trying to arrange and take the different regional board, it's an insignificant amount of time & stress compared to your 3 year dental experience at UOP and your 30+ year career in NY. It's not worth going to NYU if you are in love with UOP if your only concern is taking the board exam for another region. Dentists struggle with licensure all the time but it's not the end of the world and you will be able to make the arrangements to practice on the east coast if that's what you want to do. You may end up paying for patients & travel arrangements, but it is doable.

Thanks for your words gryffindor. Totally makes sense. I think I am set on going to UoP 😀 Hopefully it will all work out for me. If I go back to the East Coast it would probably be to Florida, so NYC would not be my final destination (at least not in my mind right now, but you never know).

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Thanks again for all the information everyone has brought to my attention.
Best of luck to you all!

 

[tooth knockn]

Hmm