Hey .. I got an 81 on the NBDE I and I have a 3.5 GPA. What are the average board scores for specialties (esp pedo/prosth)? What are my chances to get into a specialty? Thanks
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Prosth is doable pedo is going to be highly unlikely. If you are serious about either one you should retake the boards.
You've got it a bit backwards...by presenting board scores and then asking where you can fit into a specialty. You should want to do the specialty to begin with and then work for the board scores. Pedo and prosth? Probably the two most polar opposite residencies in dentistry.
An 81...could be worse...well not much but I think your chances for a specialty are good---especially in pedo. All you have to do is play with kids and that doesn't take much smarts.
An 81...could be worse...well not much but I think your chances for a specialty are good---especially in pedo. All you have to do is play with kids and that doesn't take much smarts.
Kids nowadays are very smart. You need at least an IQ of 125 to be on the same level with the average IPOD carrying, Blackberry sporting 8 year old.
Pretty much what I was thinking. If you really want to specialize, it should be in one area of dentistry. If you can't narrow your interests that far, you're likely much better off being a GP and slanting your practice toward your interests, rather than trying to specialize in something just for its own sake.
I disagree. I don't think an interest in two specialties necessarily means that you should abandon the thought of specializing in either one. The kid has plenty of time to figure it out. In any case, the question wasn't "should I specialize or be a general dentist"? The question was about a board score being good enough or not.
Yes, but the question wasn't "is this board score good enough to do <insert specialty>".
Instead, it was: this is my board score and gpa, what specialty do I have a shot at. Most of us interpret that as meaning "I'm not necessarily interested in a specific specialty, but moreso the idea of specializing". Hence, the responses the given.
An 81...could be worse...well not much but I think your chances for a specialty are good---especially in pedo. All you have to do is play with kids and that doesn't take much smarts.
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to clear it up.. i am equally interested in both... i know they are not alike at all but I just like both fields. I want to know if I have a shot at either.. if I have a shot at one Id be happy with that choice.. if I had a shot at neither, I might retake it or as someone posted, just focus my practice on both those fields...and if it was good enough to get into a specialty somewhere in both fields.. then Id have to decide which one i liked more. Thanks for the posts.