Jldentaleve
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Hello!
I was blessed to be accepted into both UCLA and MWU-AZ dental school. It has been hard for me to make up my decision as to which school to attend. I'm not planning to specialize. It would be great if I can get some insights as well as some advices from you guys. Greatly appreciated!
ps: I will receive HPSP scholarship so the tuition would not be a factor in deciding which school to attend.
UCLA Pros: I graduated from UCLA for undergrad, very nice environment and my family live in LA area, (close to support system). UCLA has always been my dream school, and I worked super hard to try to get in. The school is prestigious, faculty member are very reputable, and is P/F system.
Cons: The clinical experience isn't the best. Some of my friends who goes to UCLA suggested me to go somewhere else with better clinical experience since I'm not planning to specialize. They don't have large patient pool and you might have hard time to find patient, plus the facilities seem old.
MWU-AZ Pros: MWU-AZ has the top clinical experience in the nation. During my time in interview, I was fascinated by their facilities and opportunities they provided for students to maximize clinical experience (they allow student to do implants). It is a great school to train to be a general dentist.
Cons: The area is not quite attractive/boring, not too much activities around that area. It would be a new environment for me. Speaking in term of reputation, the school is not very reputable compare to UCLA. Not too much opportunities for specialization (in case I change my mind in the future).
I was blessed to be accepted into both UCLA and MWU-AZ dental school. It has been hard for me to make up my decision as to which school to attend. I'm not planning to specialize. It would be great if I can get some insights as well as some advices from you guys. Greatly appreciated!
ps: I will receive HPSP scholarship so the tuition would not be a factor in deciding which school to attend.
UCLA Pros: I graduated from UCLA for undergrad, very nice environment and my family live in LA area, (close to support system). UCLA has always been my dream school, and I worked super hard to try to get in. The school is prestigious, faculty member are very reputable, and is P/F system.
Cons: The clinical experience isn't the best. Some of my friends who goes to UCLA suggested me to go somewhere else with better clinical experience since I'm not planning to specialize. They don't have large patient pool and you might have hard time to find patient, plus the facilities seem old.
MWU-AZ Pros: MWU-AZ has the top clinical experience in the nation. During my time in interview, I was fascinated by their facilities and opportunities they provided for students to maximize clinical experience (they allow student to do implants). It is a great school to train to be a general dentist.
Cons: The area is not quite attractive/boring, not too much activities around that area. It would be a new environment for me. Speaking in term of reputation, the school is not very reputable compare to UCLA. Not too much opportunities for specialization (in case I change my mind in the future).
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