What do dental students do in the summer?

[ecdoesit]

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I am curious. What do most dental students do in the summer?
Do you go to the beach or study and get ready for the broad? Any way to earn extra income?

 

[UBTom]

It differs from school to school...

Most schools give you a good summer off after freshman year.

Second year is a bit different. Some schools actually have their students take the NBDE Part I during December of their Sophomore year, but most have their students take the Part I in July after 2nd year. My school takes our NBDE Part I in July, which means you spend most of your sophomore summer studying. 😛

Third year also varies... Some schools like NYU gives you only 2 weeks off for your 3rd year summer. Others like mine has a mandatory externship requirement which means you are required to work somewhere (at a hospital, at the dental school, etc.). I did my 3-week externship at New York City's Bellevue Hospital (Oromaxillofacial Surgery Department).

The summer after my 4th-year? I'm taking a 2-month vacation before going off to find an associateship.

 

[DrRob]

Taking a vacation after you graduate is well deserved! I wish I would have!

Marquette does not have summers off!

 

[hazelmei]

I actually am working so that i can pay for rent... then going on to hawaii for a week .. then loungin around for another 2 weeks... after the first year, you definitely need to take a break and RELAX! after the first year, you will feel BURNT OUT! so if i didn't need to make money paying for rent, i would spend my ENTIRE summer vacationing! BUT, another option would to do research if you are interested in specializing ... If I had planned well enough, i would just try to get some R&R ALLLL summer...

 

[aphistis]

I didn't take any time off this past summer, but I'm definitely vacationing over winter break. I swore I would never be one of those people who take cruises on their student loans, but my living allowance is generous enough that I'm considering putting a few hundred in the bank each month in order to take a 10-day Belize travel course with a couple bio profs undergrad. We'll see whether the finances work out 😀

 

[Supernumerary]

The Medical College of Georgia has generously scheduled a seven day reprieve from classes between fall and summer semesters for the freshmen.

*assumes a wholly unprofessional and childishly petulant whine*

...even though the sophomore class just above us got 6 weeks of summer when they were freshman.

I'm beginning to suspect that life may not be fair. 🙂