Tufts vs BU

[Den_Alice]

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I am planning to apply for next year and am eager to know what is the difference between Tufts and BU. I heard Tufts is better on clinical training, but it is not a seperate program (meaning you need to share and compete with DMD students), lengthy (26 months vs 22 months at BU), more expensive (~130000 vs ~110000 at BU) and require Part II score. Does anybody have experience studied in/interviewed by both Tufts and BU? Is it really worth to put in more time/money/effort to be trained by Tufts instead of BU? Generally speaking, do graduates of Tufts earn higher salaries than those of BU?

Thanks and your opinions are greatly appreciated!

 

[ivanBG]

Good question. I am currently a Tufts junior and to be honest still don't have an answer. There is a guy in my class whose wife is enroled in BU - by graduation they will be as close to the answer as anyone can be.
So, it seems that the only thing that Tufts can provide you more is clinical experience - clinic here is 6 months longer and with the speed treatment is developed in school, you can start and complete more complicated cases (say implants, perio/endo/c+b)
On the other hand the class is pretty small (15 international vs 170 regular DMD) so administration is often overlooking us and this could some times be frustrating.
So it is a tough decission. Good luck.

 

[Den_Alice]

Thanks for the info. So how do you think about TUFTS overall? Do you like the clinical training there and strongly recommend it? As far as I know, most TUFTS graduates like TUFTS and most BU graduates do not like BU at all.

Good question. I am currently a Tufts junior and to be honest still don't have an answer. There is a guy in my class whose wife is enroled in BU - by graduation they will be as close to the answer as anyone can be.
So, it seems that the only thing that Tufts can provide you more is clinical experience - clinic here is 6 months longer and with the speed treatment is developed in school, you can start and complete more complicated cases (say implants, perio/endo/c+b)
On the other hand the class is pretty small (15 international vs 170 regular DMD) so administration is often overlooking us and this could some times be frustrating.
So it is a tough decission. Good luck.