UOP Acceptance

[MissionISP]

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I already replied you in PM few days back.

Hello friends ..
I want to request all the people who are not showing up in the group, please send the request again....I apologize for the inconvience....See you all soon...Thanks..

 

[kupra]

After a long wait I also got acceptance from UCSF and UOP😍
waiting for this day for so long.

 

[MissionISP]

Hi Kupra,

congrats first of all, where were you lost since so many days??? anyways, later is better, later is greater !😀

After a long wait I also got acceptance from UCSF and UOP😍
waiting for this day for so long.

 

[BombayBDS]

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[MissionISP]

Awesome example (of what you mentioned or what I said) is present in this thread only.

@everyone:
Check NileBDS's SDN profile or any previous posts, you will notice that he is a pacific IDS graduate and did residency from HARVARD. Isn't that inspiring and so amazing? So, I don't think so any single criteria (especially overwhelming research thing that most students never do while in IDS/IDP programs!!!) matters to major extent for PG selection. It's your own aptitude and overall profile matters the most. NO school is perfect and NO school degree can guarantee you to get a PG seat. All schools are equal with respect to PG prospects. That's why I insist ppl not to compromise on quality.

Hope it helps!!!

missionISP,
Whatever you have written about UOP is absolutely correct, even I myself know a few UOP graduates who are best clinicians, some went into PG programs and had no difficulty in doing so. You have also helped me in confirming some misconceptions I had. UOP is an Awesome school! I myself got accepted into BU, UCLA and UOP but I decided to go to UOP because of its great reputation, strong faculty and alumni. (not saying that the other schools do not have those qualities). I think that is funny how people are saying UOP is better, UCSF is better or whatever school, I personally think that its basically "what you put in, is what you will get out". It will depend upon the student what they make out of what they have in front of them. Getting into PG is about your overall resume, research is not the only deciding factor. See you in July!🙂

 

[kupra]

Hi Kupra,

congrats first of all, where were you lost since so many days??? anyways, later is better, later is greater !😀

My story is also similar to you.....didn't get acceptance last year but after a long but certainly worthy journey I got acceptance in wonderful schools 😍UOP and 😍UCSF......was busy in celebrating with family. You r certainly very decisive person.....I am still confused which school to join.

 

[MissionISP]

Dear Kupra,

Firstly, congratulations 🙂 you have made it.
I have sent you PM, hope it helps. Go ahead with what your heart says, I'll love to see you at UOP. See you in July. 👍

My story is also similar to you.....didn't get acceptance last year but after a long but certainly worthy journey I got acceptance in wonderful schools 😍UOP and 😍UCSF......was busy in celebrating with family. You r certainly very decisive person.....I am still confused which school to join.

 

[MissionISP]

I'm proud of my dream school, no matter what ppl say on any other threads. The following is not only mine but also many senior UOP alumni/mentor friends' personal feelings ::::: 👍👍👍👍👍 I am sorry but could not stop myself to write this thing again if PG is someone's future goal, then go ahead with any school. Honestly it does not make any difference from which school you do UG from. All schools including UOP are EQUALLY GREAT with respect to PG prospects. (NileBDS is GREAT example of doing so - Pacific 08' and Harvard 09'). But before PG, immediate GOAL is to be a 'General DENTIST' and no matter what ppl say, pacific has proved its invincible status by producing best clinicians ever, and that's what touches me personally as I like pacific school's passion and hardwork doing and proving so.

UNIQUE FEATURES of UOP:

1) Friendly school

2) Every current students seemed to be satisfied with the program

3) Great alumni networking is available

4) UOP's mission is to make you the best general practioner you can
be and they work on it really hard.

5) One of very rare schools providing you opportunity to learn 'INVISALIGNERS' - isn't that great and simply awesome?

6) DUAL degree programs available and actively offered (State of the art technology!)

7) They mentor you towards the Regional licensing exam you want to
take .. both WREB and NREB!

8) They don't promise what they cannot do - so, no fake promises!

9) The clinical experience at Pacific truly is overwhelming and mindblowing. My senior friends in the first year (not even completed their first years) have been given 45-55 patients each within a short spam and their second year is yet to begin. So, just imagine yourself.

10) Maximum Faculty number among schools I visited so far - it really makes lots of difference,

11) competency based learning: not limited to pre-clinicals but also extends into the clinic. Clinical requirements are very demanding. If you are not in lectures, you will be in the clinic. If you are not in the clinic, you will be in the lab. So, no free time and maximum use of two year program. (Paisa vasool! - that's what my senior friends said me)

12) All students get to do specialty work - this is unique part about UOP. Even If you want to do impacted molar extractions, they will guide you; you want to RCT molar, they will guide you and let you do it; implants - they will guide you; If you want to do perio surgery, they will guide you..... SO, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR POTENTIAL till what extent you wnat to learn from them.

13) UOP's state-of-the-art facilities and simulation lab with high class standard is amazing and the best ever among all schools I visited. Actually, I am from San Francisco and I have friends in both schools, so I have visited UOP & UCSF three-four times before I was interviewed. I know these schools from inside-out. Did you visit all dental departments at UOP and UCSF from inside? If you had then probably you might have made decision by now. UOP has all recent equipments available and it keeps all departments updated with recent advancements and technologies. Well, I found that UCSF recently has made observable changes and improved standard as compared to two years back but certainly it is nothing as compare to that of UOP.

14) Current students I personally met, convincingly opined me that 'STRONG clinical orientation' of UOP is a major factor in their decision making. UOP has few current students like us who had acceptances in both UOP and UCSF last year and they preferred UOP just because they wanted perfection as a DDS and had no plans going for PG. According to them, the present era is all about dental revolution; UOP curriculum is entirely based on ‘comprehensive patient care', I guess USC is the other school with same kind of standard but has few drawbacks, so UOP aces over USC. I don't have no plan for PG like my senior friends at UOP, so my goal is that I must know comprehensive patient management and I should be self-confident to treat my patients convincingly after completing DDS. UCSF on the other hand, has tried to simulate (copy) it from UOP but still is under experiment. Didn't you see notice-boards all over the walls of UCSF? UCSF authority keeps asking current students how students are feeling with comprehensive care/ 'human resources' experiments in the current curriculum?

15) Helpful and supportive environment with higher interaction with dental faculty members and quality of teaching is simply awesome and impressive. Didn't you have an opportunity to interact with current students? If you did then probably you would not have asked me the same question, UOP believes in a team work. Believe me, this strategy works for development both as a person and as a professional. I didn't find the same level of intimacy among the present IDP students/faculty members of UCSF. UOP already has gifted highest profile dentists to State of California in the dental profession. I'm from California and would love to be headed in a righteous direction. I just want to master my skills as a general dentist. UOP certainly makes its students a perfectionist. Quality of teaching is what might be compromised at UCSF as it's a government school.

16) Research scope is decent because UOP has all recent technologies available and we as IDS students will have access to all nearby major hospitals and patients of all varieties. UOP concentrates on CLINICAL RESEARCH which is good according to my opinion as that is what matters the most in day by day routine practice. If you don't know anything by now then major breakthroughs by UOP includes clinical research on Invisalign and the invisible braces for adults.

17) You asked me about the cost-factor, I don't think so there's much difference between both schools. Honestly, both school expenses go over 200K. I even don't mind paying little higher for UOP as quality matters the most to me. I believe if I have a quality in my work and I'm a perfectionist for all kind of work I'm supposed to perform, I certainly can recover the little difference of money within less than a year, isn't it? Don't think much if you have no plan for PG in near future, trust me UOP will matter with a long time prospect just because of quality.

18) UOP's location in Pacific Heights is considered to be a major advantage, particularly as a place to live while in dental school.

19) I know one of faculty members at UOP and previous UCSF student personally. He's probably the best person to judge both schools and he insisted me to stick myself with UOP for few reasons. His explanations are pretty much logical and his suggestions made me convinced enough for my decision making.

20) UCSF's ‘Independent Study Option' (ISO) is the worst thing I found out among all schools I visited. ISO doesn't make any sense and it is waste of time, the IDS/IDP program already is compressed and we need to learn many things within two years of spam. So, UCSF students keep saying that UCSF program is stress-free because of ISO thing, to me - it doesn't make any sense.

21) I liked the concept of ‘SCOPE' program. It has got SF main dental clinic and 14 different clinics throughout the BAY area.

22) Why we foreigners came to US as a dentist? Everyone might have 100 different reasons but one common interest of all is that we all dentists want to learn all recent advancements and technologies. UOP give all opportunities without no limitations. It's entirely up to you what extent you want to gain out of the school.

23) One of the highest passing rates of WREB licensure exam on first attempt, perfect place if you want to go ahead with your future in California. They prepare the best out of us for licensure exams.

Hope that helps! 🙂

 

[MissionISP]

One eagerly waiting to hear from PACIFIC should receive response from school by mid of this month!!! not sure about it, came to know through a source (Someone sent me a PM, enquired and replied here!) hope that helps!

 

[jgdmds]

One eagerly waiting to hear from PACIFIC should receive response from school by mid of this month!!!

am just curious, How come u know about it?

 

[MissionISP]

Not sure, came to know through a source and someone had asked me in PM, so thought lemme share with you guys. repeating - I'm not sure. Good luck!

am just curious, How come u know about it?