Remediating courses/blocks etc.

[slimdentshady]

Is it common to remediate a course or block in dental school? like does everyone remediate at least one course during the 4 years? Im starting dental school this fall and i really want to stay on top of my game, but it seems like remediating a course is common.

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[SuxDrugs&Rocuronium]

No. Remediation is not common. Study hard and stay caught up. A student in my class failed one course and had to wait a year to remediate it and will now graduate a year after the rest of us. Do everything you can to pass which honestly isn’t that hard.

 

[FloppyToast]

Depends on the school. Some schools have harder curriculums and it's not uncommon for multiple people to have to do a remediation exam or remediate the course. It's not the end of the world.

 

[dentalinthemental]

I agree with the poster above. Current D1 and I know a few people who have remediated courses/exams already. However, I would advise you to try your hardest to try to avoid remediation, especially of an entire course. Dental school admin is extremely unpredictable and a failed course can turn into an entire repeated year (and thousands and thousands of dollars of tuition/repeated stress) really quickly, and you're completely at the whim of their decision.

 

[AONLINE]

Throughout my 4 years of dental school, I failed only one didactic course by 3% (ended up with a 67% while a 70% was needed to pass). Since it was a P/F course that went completely online due to Covid, I just needed to retake the final exam (identical to the original final exam, the prof did not even bother to write new questions) and was allowed to pass the course. There was absolutely nothing on my transcript that indicated that I failed and remediated the final exam.