summer break in dental school?

[Ivan Drago]

are there summer breaks in dental school??

this might be a dumb question but i am looking at tufts first year curriculum, and aside from a few days for thanksgiving, two weeks for christmas break, one week for spring break.......i dont see anything for summer break!!!!!!!!!!!
for any year?!?!?

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[INFNITE]

depends on school. columbia has a 2 month summer break after 1st year, 2nd year is flexible depending on when you take the national boards, 3rd year you get 1 month i believe.

 

[tamkhan]

BU has a 2 week summer break, if you don't count in the pointless APEX program. Otherwise, it's 3 months off!

 

[tinman831]

Tufts gifts you approximately two months for summer break at the end of first year. Subsequent summers, you'll get about a month off in August only.

 

[abathingape]

we only got around 1.5 months for summer break

 

[Oracle DMD]

Midwestern gets your first summer off to take your boards whenever you feel like it but after that we go all year.

 

[Dentgirl09]

BU has a 2 week summer break, if you don't count in the pointless APEX program. Otherwise, it's 3 months off!

Off topic, but do you really think APEX is pointless? IT sounded intriguing during the interview.

 

[Sandman8]

No summer break at Marquette so at least youre not alone!!

 

[tooth hurty]

Off topic, but do you really think APEX is pointless? IT sounded intriguing during the interview.

It seemed pretty horrendously pointless to me. You're not allowed to do any hands-on dentistry during your APEX rotations, you're just supposed to shadow. Most pre-dental students shadow before going to dental school anyway, so I fail to see the point.

 

[SMCohen]

Nova gives you 5 weeks after D1 to study for boards