I have the same concern(money) when i was accepted last year.
Will it affect the quality of education?
As it turns out, we are doing alright, if not better. We are constantly improving. Many faculty are willing to have extra sessions during wkends to help out those who are a little behind. Basically, they want all of us to pass. I havent been doing stuff in the clinic yet, but from what I heard, our clinical instructors are awesome.
Detail-wise, we now have to make some copies for ourselves. And the projector sometimes break down and its quality aint perfect. The chairs in some lecture hall are kinda old. It makes minor noises when I move around. Though 7th floor lecture hall is so nice that everybody can fall into sleep there. We have a sim lab that D1 havent used it yet. O, we do have a new pair of bathrooms next to the 4th floor lab. O ya, our 4th floor lab is really nice, too.
i have been talking with people about ucsf and ucla.
it seems every year, many of us are choosing between the top schools in our country. Keep in mind that each of these schools would have pretty much the same level of quality. You maybe comparing a 98 vs a 99... Then you should look at other things.
It rained yesterday! It doesnt suppose to rain in LA. Let's hope the weekend is sunny. Without the smog and traffic(assuming they have acid rain in east coast and traffic in major cities), SoCAL's weather is the best.
We do have selective courses along with a bunch of other requirements in order to graduate. Next quarter, there will be a dental spanish class. it shall be fun.
Other detail: students dont care much about the Board II, like we havent taken enough tests. For those applying for specialty, they would have known placement already(most) or actually studied hard for that test(not majority), then there are those who wants to be GP. Your employers wont hire u even with extremely high board score alone. That kinda explains why we are not as hot as our board I. Do you know how we have been ranked for board I, the one that you have to submit when you apply for specialty?
very disorganized post.
but someone may find this helpful
p.s. i think people have beaten the cost issue down.
dont forget about the state license exam(even though the system is changing)
and alumni influence.
be sure to carefully analyze fact:
i would suggest you to request the annual report from each school and see what/how each school is doing.
juggamynugga said:
Go to penn, I was originally very excited to get into UCLA as well, Then I started thinking about what they told me on my interview. 30th out of 60 or so schools on the clinical boards, they keep having cuts to their programs, the cost keeps going up I don't know I feel like that schools reputation might be better than the actual education you get. To top that off my student interviewer told me that if she could do it again she probably would not have gone to UCLA because she didn't like it or the people very much. I've never heard anything but good things about PENN.
Nick
