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HermeytheElf
I'mFillingFine said:
I think you all are taking what I said a bit too far. I wouldnt suggest avoiding a school simply because someone smart is going to be there...its common knowledge that every school has smart people. This started out as a joke (Duh? and Audio seemed to catch on to it) but it seems that many people took it too literally. Anyways...What you said about having a 4.0 is right, and ultimately your grades in dschool will boil down to how hard you want to work, but for someone like cows who has finished undergrad in 3 years with a 4.0, I think its safe to make the assumption that they have good study habits and a good work ethic and will continue to excel in dental school. Now on to your comment on slackers in dschool...this is really a relative term, but I would have to disagree about them not being there or being there in small numbers. There are ALOT of dental students who just want to get their dds/dmd and go into private practice...they aren't worried about specializing or class rank. They have a saying in dental school: A = C = DDS. Now I'm sure right now you would say that you would never do that, that you are going to work hard and be at the top of the class, but when you get to dental school, you're going to realize very quickly just how much work that takes. Ask any dental student and theyll tell you that the difference in study time between an A and a B in most classes is astronomical. So in conclusion, I think there are lots of slackers in dental school, though a slacker in dental school is still going to work much harder than a slacker in undergrad would have if they want to stay in school. Just be aware that there are going to be plenty of people who only want to get by and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nowhere is it written that to be a good dentist you have to do well in dental school.
