USC scholarship

[mahya]

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I was wondering has anyone in here recieved USC Scholarship..if so..what were their stats...Thanks 😉

 

[USCtrojan]

ha!

 

[ShawnOne]

ha!

ha ha

 

[mahya]

ha ha

what does Ha mean???

 

[Toofless]

Rumor is that somebody got one, but i certainly dont know who...

Listen, do NOT come here in hopes of a scholarship or a cheap way out. If you come here be ready to start signing promissary notes till you feel nauseous and throw up. You will be hit HARD, and unless you sign your life away with the military, there is no way out. It's painfully obvious the school does NOT consider the students' debt. Their attitude is "you knew the school is expensive, you chose to come here, you chose to keep attending, now sign"

The tuition goes up a few thousand every year from its already shocking levels. try 60k/year JUST in tuition alone, not including living expenses, parking, student issues, books, typodonts, teeth, burs, gold, etc etc etc. The issues come with a bunch of stuff you will probably use once, if ever. Every year the dispensory becomes more and more stingy adding to the stuff you will need to buy yourself. Parking costs $1k/year, if you are lucky enough to get a spot... and when the school is done abusing your debt account, your own student council will start conspiring to come up with ways to start taking your money to buy themselves pizza and fund a class trip (like i dont have my own friends and family to spend my 2 week summer vacation). To compound the whole situation, everything over 46k/year is private debt!

When I finally graduate and get out of this black cloud of debt, I will not give another dime, EVER. They have already helped themselves enough. You would think the school would have more interest in my future success

On the positive side, USC is a very well known school in so cal. Just being a USC dentist helps with marketing yourself around here. You have a great alumni association who can help you. patient pool is great and you will get lots of experience. I think its a good program if you plan on being a general dentist in private practice in this area. but again, it comes at a premium.

 

[USC_Class of 06]

in addition to $250,000-300,000 debt on your way....most seniors (class of 2006) won't be graduating on time because of ridiculous amount of requirements and dumba-s faculty who neither cares about teaching or students. all they care about is them, them them... they want respect when they don't deserve any....of course i m not talking about all of them, but some who are at the top. Dean doesn't know whats going on with the clinic, academic dean who started PBL can't wait to get out of here.......and you are talking about scholorship??? ha! i think maybe 1 or 2 students out of the whole class gets one of those if you have extraordinary circumstances (which you BS on your personal statement). I personally think they could be in better use to at least pay for the mounting plates, we have to buy to do clinical work so that we can make money for the damn school.

 

[mahya]

in addition to $250,000-300,000 debt on your way....most seniors (class of 2006) won't be graduating on time because of ridiculous amount of requirements and dumba-s faculty who neither cares about teaching or students. all they care about is them, them them... they want respect when they don't deserve any....of course i m not talking about all of them, but some who are at the top. Dean doesn't know whats going on with the clinic, academic dean who started PBL can't wait to get out of here.......and you are talking about scholorship??? ha! i think maybe 1 or 2 students out of the whole class gets one of those if you have extraordinary circumstances (which you BS on your personal statement). I personally think they could be in better use to at least pay for the mounting plates, we have to buy to do clinical work so that we can make money for the damn school.

wow so harsh feelings about USC..I understand your anger about the school especially with the high cost...Private schools are suppose to give you better education and higher attention but USC seems to be an opposite..I hope the new dean would change everything for good which I doubt to take into effect for another 2 yrs or so. After reading these comments..I am more scared about USC... 😕

 

[mahya]

Thanks for the honest comment...I appreciated it..

Rumor is that somebody got one, but i certainly dont know who...

Listen, do NOT come here in hopes of a scholarship or a cheap way out. If you come here be ready to start signing promissary notes till you feel nauseous and throw up. You will be hit HARD, and unless you sign your life away with the military, there is no way out. It's painfully obvious the school does NOT consider the students' debt. Their attitude is "you knew the school is expensive, you chose to come here, you chose to keep attending, now sign"

The tuition goes up a few thousand every year from its already shocking levels. try 60k/year JUST in tuition alone, not including living expenses, parking, student issues, books, typodonts, teeth, burs, gold, etc etc etc. The issues come with a bunch of stuff you will probably use once, if ever. Every year the dispensory becomes more and more stingy adding to the stuff you will need to buy yourself. Parking costs $1k/year, if you are lucky enough to get a spot... and when the school is done abusing your debt account, your own student council will start conspiring to come up with ways to start taking your money to buy themselves pizza and fund a class trip (like i dont have my own friends and family to spend my 2 week summer vacation). To compound the whole situation, everything over 46k/year is private debt!

When I finally graduate and get out of this black cloud of debt, I will not give another dime, EVER. They have already helped themselves enough. You would think the school would have more interest in my future success

On the positive side, USC is a very well known school in so cal. Just being a USC dentist helps with marketing yourself around here. You have a great alumni association who can help you. patient pool is great and you will get lots of experience. I think its a good program if you plan on being a general dentist in private practice in this area. but again, it comes at a premium.

 

[QCkid]

After reading these comments..I am more scared about USC... 😕[/QUOTE]

I know some people that got scholarships. The max was about 10k for the year. Thats knocks your tuition down to about 50k, but its hopeless unless you're a minority.

 

[USCtrojan]

one of our classmate hangs a sign "i will pay for your crowns" in patient lobby since he doesn't have enough crown credits to graduate. i believe graduation is in 3 days and only 20/170 (including international students) have signed out.

 

[ShawnOne]

one of our classmate hangs a sign "i will pay for your crowns" in patient lobby since he doesn't have enough crown credits to graduate. i believe graduation is in 3 days and only 20/170 (including international students) have signed out.

I dont get it. Dont the patients already get assigned to a VT? How can he do that?

Also, do you think those 20 were lucky in the patients they got assigned? Or were they just the husslers who constantly booked patients and could cut a crown in less than a dozen appointments? Im sure you know your class has a pretty bad reputation. Not thats it is your fault. I hear you guys got screwed...

 

[ShawnOne]

Rumor is that somebody got one, but i certainly dont know who...

Listen, do NOT come here in hopes of a scholarship or a cheap way out. If you come here be ready to start signing promissary notes till you feel nauseous and throw up. You will be hit HARD, and unless you sign your life away with the military, there is no way out. It's painfully obvious the school does NOT consider the students' debt. Their attitude is "you knew the school is expensive, you chose to come here, you chose to keep attending, now sign"

The tuition goes up a few thousand every year from its already shocking levels. try 60k/year JUST in tuition alone, not including living expenses, parking, student issues, books, typodonts, teeth, burs, gold, etc etc etc. The issues come with a bunch of stuff you will probably use once, if ever. Every year the dispensory becomes more and more stingy adding to the stuff you will need to buy yourself. Parking costs $1k/year, if you are lucky enough to get a spot... and when the school is done abusing your debt account, your own student council will start conspiring to come up with ways to start taking your money to buy themselves pizza and fund a class trip (like i dont have my own friends and family to spend my 2 week summer vacation). To compound the whole situation, everything over 46k/year is private debt!

When I finally graduate and get out of this black cloud of debt, I will not give another dime, EVER. They have already helped themselves enough. You would think the school would have more interest in my future success

On the positive side, USC is a very well known school in so cal. Just being a USC dentist helps with marketing yourself around here. You have a great alumni association who can help you. patient pool is great and you will get lots of experience. I think its a good program if you plan on being a general dentist in private practice in this area. but again, it comes at a premium.

There is another way out... Get your spouse a job at the school! I should have married somebody who works here, maybe one of the ladies who cleans the sim lab afterhours... 😉

But seriously, I feel you on those tuition fees.

 

[USCtrojan]

we have bad rep because

1) we complain alot (because school's so disorganized)
2) we gave up all the requirements as a junior to our upperclassman last year knowing that they'll do the same for us from our juniors BUTTTTTTT Now they screw us over saying that they don't need to.
3) school has to blame someone for all the problems they're having

 

[ShawnOne]

What i meant is supposedly lots of people in your class (and 2005) dont know a handpeice from a potato peeler (those are the words from one of your own faculty). Not everybody, but much more than past years. Like you said, lots of disorganization, little accountability, and crappy pre-clinical instruction since it was the transition from the pilot PBL to the class-wide PBL. I've heard this from perio, restorative, occlusion (which you didnt even have) and endo instuctors.

For anybody considering USC, the program has become much more organized in the past couple years. I felt that my class, 2008, got pretty good pre-clinical instruction (thanks to Dr Kahn and Dr Fung), and 2009 will be even more organized. I have also heard that they may be tweaking the PBL format a little for 2010 to include more 'resource sessions' (which is code name for lecture) and a different supervised pre-session. I really think USC is moving towards the right direction, but unfortunatly you guys got the short stick.

time will tell...

 

[TeethVader]

wow so harsh feelings about USC..I understand your anger about the school especially with the high cost...Private schools are suppose to give you better education and higher attention but USC seems to be an opposite..I hope the new dean would change everything for good which I doubt to take into effect for another 2 yrs or so. After reading these comments..I am more scared about USC... 😕

My dear, wait till you get here...and who told your there'll be a new dean? Once you're here you will sadly find out things aren't as understandable as you would like them to be. My main problem with USC is the PBL program which no clear direction is given to properly guide your learning. However, good luck!

 

[NVDental]

Some scholarships are awarded upon enrollment, while others can be applied for after your first year. However there are probably around 10-20 scholarships per class. I know of 5 people that are receiving a scholarship, but I don't know how much $, and they either have children or are minorities.

As ShawnONe stated, if you spouse works for USC then you get a 50% tuition reduction for 2 years. However, the amount of money that you save in tuition, appears as income on your spouses paystub, so that you are taxed as if you are making an additional 30K per year!

I know of 5 students from my class whose spouses got jobs and are now working at the University and receiving discounts. however many of the jobs are low paying. My wife decided not to pursue a job at the university because she will make much more money outside of the University, so we wouldn't save that much money in the long run, if she was working at the university.

There are many students in my class (at least 10) that are on military scholarship. With tuition as expensive as it is, military scholarships are very attractive.


ShawnONe - the "06's don't know potato peelers from handpieces! " HA ha.Thats a goodone! I haven't heard that one before, but I have heard similar comments from faculty. For the record, I am happy so far with my eduction at USC. I know that many of the people who complain about PBL are slackers. PBL works best for those students who are motivated.

The fact that such a low percentage of seniors have graduated on time does concern me. Many of the senior complain that it is due to an lack of available chairs, however the clinical dean told me that only 70% of available clinic chairs are used on an average day. So if they resolve the scheduling issues, graduation rates should increase dramaticaly.

 

[Regina330]

for all of you "08's" and "09's" who think you have it made at usc and who think you know it all....THE FACULTY TALK **** ABOUT YOUR CLASSES TOO!

PS. faculty quote: "09's have the worst box forms i've ever seen"

PPS. All schools have their problems....just wait till YOU'RE in clinic...what you do now, has NO BEARING on graduating....unless you don't get that box form down!!

 

[Regina330]

oh yah...this is for NVDental....wait till you learn about ghost-booking

 

[Lesley]

Rumor is that somebody got one, but i certainly dont know who...

Listen, do NOT come here in hopes of a scholarship or a cheap way out. If you come here be ready to start signing promissary notes till you feel nauseous and throw up. You will be hit HARD, and unless you sign your life away with the military, there is no way out. It's painfully obvious the school does NOT consider the students' debt. Their attitude is "you knew the school is expensive, you chose to come here, you chose to keep attending, now sign"

The tuition goes up a few thousand every year from its already shocking levels. try 60k/year JUST in tuition alone, not including living expenses, parking, student issues, books, typodonts, teeth, burs, gold, etc etc etc. The issues come with a bunch of stuff you will probably use once, if ever. Every year the dispensory becomes more and more stingy adding to the stuff you will need to buy yourself. Parking costs $1k/year, if you are lucky enough to get a spot... and when the school is done abusing your debt account, your own student council will start conspiring to come up with ways to start taking your money to buy themselves pizza and fund a class trip (like i dont have my own friends and family to spend my 2 week summer vacation). To compound the whole situation, everything over 46k/year is private debt!

When I finally graduate and get out of this black cloud of debt, I will not give another dime, EVER. They have already helped themselves enough. You would think the school would have more interest in my future success

On the positive side, USC is a very well known school in so cal. Just being a USC dentist helps with marketing yourself around here. You have a great alumni association who can help you. patient pool is great and you will get lots of experience. I think its a good program if you plan on being a general dentist in private practice in this area. but again, it comes at a premium.

Dear Toofless, Most dentists who graduated in the past 25 years give very little support to their alma mata, they feel as you do now. They feel paid a lot and will never give another dime, even after their school loans are done. They got an education, but they paid dearly for it too. Good luck at USC. Lesley

 

[nvpremolar]

one of our classmate hangs a sign "i will pay for your crowns" in patient lobby since he doesn't have enough crown credits to graduate. i believe graduation is in 3 days and only 20/170 (including international students) have signed out.

That is unacceptable for a school. At UNLV, the clinical staff moves around patients to make sure that everyone has adequate patients for competencies. Months before graduation, they moved around patients to make sure that this wouldn't be an issue. How hard would it be for USC to do the same? Even when it came time for the Western Regional Boards and many students couldn't find patients with qualifying class II lesions, the school rallied with outside dentists to send their class II's to the school for the boards. With the high tuition rates at USC, you all deserve much better!