UPenn vs. Columbia

[bh3k2]

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[Pablo Sanchez]

Cheapest option. The clinical education is better at Penn, but your clinical experience your first year working will greatly outpace everything you learn in dental school, regardless, and that is where you will truly learn.

 

[bh3k2]

right....Thank you!!

 

[trynabeadentist]

limited clinical (beginning after d1)-> concerned mainly about this..

We began pre-clinical work at Columbia (practicing drilling with our handpieces) in Nov of D1 year. Not sure where you got this info - were you told this during your interview? Maybe they're planning on changing for the future?
Pre-clinical work significantly ramps up during D1 second semester.
We started seeing patients for recall appointments during July of D2 year.

 

[future_nostalgia]

If Penn is the cheaper option I'd go to Penn. Both schools will pretty much get you where you want to be so might as well save money while you're at it. I definitely agree that regardless of where you go, you'll learn a lot more clinically after you graduate.