Salaries in Cali?

[doc3232]

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Just wondering because it might affect school choice (schools' programs).
Thanks

 

[btizzels]

Just wondering because it might affect school choice (schools' programs).
Thanks

I really don't understand what you are talking about..... Salaries in CA?

 

[Hysteria24]

I really don't understand what you are talking about..... Salaries in CA?

I think the OP is asking about how much dentists in CA make.

I'm curious to know how this affects school choice. Maybe the OP will select a CA school if the numbers are high enough? Or conversely select a cheaper out of state school if the numbers are low?

 

[doc3232]

I think the OP is asking about how much dentists in CA make.

I'm curious to know how this affects school choice. Maybe the OP will select a CA school if the numbers are high enough? Or conversely select a cheaper out of state school if the numbers are low?

Sorry was a little vague. Actually asking because I thought some schools will offer a better chance to get into a specialty than others. Am I wrong?

 

[crazy_sherm]

Sorry was a little vague. Actually asking because I thought some schools will offer a better chance to get into a specialty than others. Am I wrong?

Whether or not that is true still doesn't explain how salaries fit in. Whose salaries are you talking about? Faculty? Dentists in the area? State averages? Whatever the answer is, it probably has little effect on your ability to rock the boards and be #1 in your class. 😕

 

[doc3232]

Ok, so as a dentist in Cali, how much would you make depending on what your specific specialty is? Do some schools have higher board scores than others? And also isn't the board pass/no pass now?

 

[Hysteria24]

Whether or not that is true still doesn't explain how salaries fit in. Whose salaries are you talking about? Faculty? Dentists in the area? State averages? Whatever the answer is, it probably has little effect on your ability to rock the boards and be #1 in your class. 😕

By the time we take the boards (post 1/1/10), they will be pass fail. No need to rock them anymore.

Now we just need to focus on being #1 in the class. THe competition is just going to go through the roof now.

 

[doc3232]

By the time we take the boards (post 1/1/10), they will be pass fail. No need to rock them anymore.

Now we just need to focus on being #1 in the class. THe competition is just going to go through the roof now.

Ouch...so does that make it less favorable to go to a top school because competition will be even tougher? As a general practitioner, is class rank important?

 

[Andrew324]

"By the time we take the boards (post 1/1/10), they will be pass fail. No need to rock them anymore."


Are they changing things up?

 

[doc3232]

"By the time we take the boards (post 1/1/10), they will be pass fail. No need to rock them anymore."


Are they changing things up?

Yes, I think you can find a thread on it.

 

[Hysteria24]

Ouch...so does that make it less favorable to go to a top school because competition will be even tougher?

Until the specialty programs figure out what they are going to do after this whole P/F thing goes through I would say that competition will shoot up, and especially so at top institutions Class rank will really be the only quantitative way to sort out the applicants. Other things like research and various extracurriculars will also be important but not as black and white as rank.

On the other hand, specialty programs may be inclined in the short term to stick with applicants from schools that usually produced students with high board scores, thus favoring top schools.

As a general practitioner, is class rank important?

Absolutely not. Finish dead last in your class and you will still be a DDS or DMD. Additionally, your patients would never know. However, for your own sake and sake of your patients I suggest people try hard enough to become a competent dentist.

 

[Hysteria24]

Are they changing things up?

Yes, I think you can find a thread on it.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=508743

 

[doc3232]

Until the specialty programs figure out what they are going to do after this whole P/F thing goes through I would say that competition will shoot up, and especially so at top institutions Class rank will really be the only quantitative way to sort out the applicants. Other things like research and various extracurriculars will also be important but not as black and white as rank.

On the other hand, specialty programs may be inclined in the short term to stick with applicants from schools that usually produced students with high board scores, thus favoring top schools.

Absolutely not. Finish dead last in your class and you will still be a DDS or DMD. Additionally, your patients would never know. However, for your own sake and sake of your patients I suggest people try hard enough to become a competent dentist.

Thanks for explaining. 👍

 

[Andrew324]

Thanks for the quick response on the Pass/Fail Boards with the link