Study hard...play hard?

[Bereno]

---

Members do not see this ad.

Listen OP... if you are uncomfortable with all 100 of your future classmates, it is time for some serious self reflection.

First off, you are educated enough by now to know that absolutes have almost no statistical validity. The odds of you not liking, or not having people like you, in your class are slim to none. That is part of the interview process to hand select people from many different backgrounds, cultures, and interest groups to make a diverse class. Odds are that the larger your class size is, the greater chances of finding people who have similar interests as you.

Second, cliques will form at any school that is cohort in nature. You will have the partiers, the sports people, the married folk, the going out to dinner people, the outdoor types, the various race groups, etc. However, you are over looking the fact that you will automatically have several things in common with everyone... you all have interests in dentistry and higher education. Use that as a ground work to relate to people.

Lastly, you need to really branch out and hang out with all types of people. Sure you will have your "clique" that you associate most with, but it is in your best interest to associate with everyone. Maybe you don't like to party, but should that stop you from going to a party your classmate is throwing... no, go and socialize, make new friends. Currently i am young and married, so most of my friends are young married people. But we also will go to the occasional "party" that my or her coworkers throw, we go country and swing dancing with certain people, we often host BBQ's for football games with other friends, then we hike and snowboard with others, i have my poker buddies, and sometimes we combine these groups for a big game night. It is good to have a diverse group of friends... not only will this make you happier, but i guarantee you will have lots of fun. It is also healthy for you to do this, because it will make your more relate-able to your future patients.

solid advice IMO 👍

 

[djeffreyt]

Actually, sometimes the mormons party pretty ruckus in school. After all, not all mormons are as faithful as you'd believe.

My social life at UOP from 2007-2010

- Annual dodgeball tournaments (since cancelled due to injuries I believe)
- Dental frats (mostly the Delts since AO wasn't much into paties) that would have outings about once a month at bars and clubs - I'd go sometimes
- Annual Student and Faculty Softball Tournament
- Annual Student and Faculty Golf Tournament
- Lots of city league stuff (Kickball, more softball)
- Lots of time spent exploring the city, going to museums, playing golf at Lincoln, weekend festivals, movie hopping at the AMC, going to the beach with classmates or ditching Biochem to go surf with the mormons in Pacifica.
- 3 "Over the Hump" parties which were all fun
- A couple Galas and major alumni events
- Lots of time spent at local bars for a couple drinks
- Lots of movie nights and/or game nights at friends' apartments
- Hiking in marin, Sailing in the bay, booze cruise to celebrate the end of 3rd quarter.
- Lots of studying.

Honestly, Dental school is whatever you make of it if you go someplace like Pacific. We have a huge class with lots of diversity in a city with a lot of other people and more stuff to do than you could experience even if you didn't have to study for tests each week.

That's not to say there wasn't at least one student who just didn't seem to fit in sometimes. That did happen, but this person still seemed to have some friends in the class who were friendly together and other friends in the city who weren't associated with the school.

 

[tooth knockn]

Listen OP... if you are uncomfortable with all 100 of your future classmates, it is time for some serious self reflection.

First off, you are educated enough by now to know that absolutes have almost no statistical validity. The odds of you not liking, or not having people like you, in your class are slim to none. That is part of the interview process to hand select people from many different backgrounds, cultures, and interest groups to make a diverse class. Odds are that the larger your class size is, the greater chances of finding people who have similar interests as you.

Second, cliques will form at any school that is cohort in nature. You will have the partiers, the sports people, the married folk, the going out to dinner people, the outdoor types, the various race groups, etc. However, you are over looking the fact that you will automatically have several things in common with everyone... you all have interests in dentistry and higher education. Use that as a ground work to relate to people.

Lastly, you need to really branch out and hang out with all types of people. Sure you will have your "clique" that you associate most with, but it is in your best interest to associate with everyone. Maybe you don't like to party, but should that stop you from going to a party your classmate is throwing... no, go and socialize, make new friends. Currently i am young and married, so most of my friends are young married people. But we also will go to the occasional "party" that my or her coworkers throw, we go country and swing dancing with certain people, we often host BBQ's for football games with other friends, then we hike and snowboard with others, i have my poker buddies, and sometimes we combine these groups for a big game night. It is good to have a diverse group of friends... not only will this make you happier, but i guarantee you will have lots of fun. It is also healthy for you to do this, because it will make your more relate-able to your future patients.

I'll agree with you on this one hombre

 

[lnngu]

Actually, sometimes the mormons party pretty ruckus in school. After all, not all mormons are as faithful as you'd believe.

My social life at UOP from 2007-2010

- Annual dodgeball tournaments (since cancelled due to injuries I believe)
- Dental frats (mostly the Delts since AO wasn't much into paties) that would have outings about once a month at bars and clubs - I'd go sometimes
- Annual Student and Faculty Softball Tournament
- Annual Student and Faculty Golf Tournament
- Lots of city league stuff (Kickball, more softball)
- Lots of time spent exploring the city, going to museums, playing golf at Lincoln, weekend festivals, movie hopping at the AMC, going to the beach with classmates or ditching Biochem to go surf with the mormons in Pacifica.
- 3 "Over the Hump" parties which were all fun
- A couple Galas and major alumni events
- Lots of time spent at local bars for a couple drinks
- Lots of movie nights and/or game nights at friends' apartments
- Hiking in marin, Sailing in the bay, booze cruise to celebrate the end of 3rd quarter.
- Lots of studying.

Honestly, Dental school is whatever you make of it if you go someplace like Pacific. We have a huge class with lots of diversity in a city with a lot of other people and more stuff to do than you could experience even if you didn't have to study for tests each week.

That's not to say there wasn't at least one student who just didn't seem to fit in sometimes. That did happen, but this person still seemed to have some friends in the class who were friendly together and other friends in the city who weren't associated with the school.

👍

 

[aqz]

Actually, sometimes the mormons party pretty ruckus in school. After all, not all mormons are as faithful as you'd believe.

My social life at UOP from 2007-2010

- Annual dodgeball tournaments (since cancelled due to injuries I believe)
- Dental frats (mostly the Delts since AO wasn't much into paties) that would have outings about once a month at bars and clubs - I'd go sometimes
- Annual Student and Faculty Softball Tournament
- Annual Student and Faculty Golf Tournament
- Lots of city league stuff (Kickball, more softball)
- Lots of time spent exploring the city, going to museums, playing golf at Lincoln, weekend festivals, movie hopping at the AMC, going to the beach with classmates or ditching Biochem to go surf with the mormons in Pacifica.
- 3 "Over the Hump" parties which were all fun
- A couple Galas and major alumni events
- Lots of time spent at local bars for a couple drinks
- Lots of movie nights and/or game nights at friends' apartments
- Hiking in marin, Sailing in the bay, booze cruise to celebrate the end of 3rd quarter.
- Lots of studying.

Honestly, Dental school is whatever you make of it if you go someplace like Pacific. We have a huge class with lots of diversity in a city with a lot of other people and more stuff to do than you could experience even if you didn't have to study for tests each week.

That's not to say there wasn't at least one student who just didn't seem to fit in sometimes. That did happen, but this person still seemed to have some friends in the class who were friendly together and other friends in the city who weren't associated with the school.

Now this is what I'm talking about. Thanks for the vivid descriptions.

Softball, golf, dodgeball.....that sounds amazing. How many tennis players would you say there were/were there any organized tennis tournaments? A big reason I'm thinking about UoP is actually so I can play tennis year round.