Who likes NOVA?

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i was just wondering if students currently at NOVA have anything to say about their experience. do you like it? are you happy? how do you feel about the cost vs. education?
 
maksidaa said:
i was just wondering if students currently at NOVA have anything to say about their experience. do you like it? are you happy? how do you feel about the cost vs. education?
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Cost vs. education? Nova is actually one of the cheaper private schools around the country. You get a fine education here for the $$.

As like in many dental schools, some days great, some days not. We always look forward to those good ones.

-Mike
 
isn't it around $300 k for four years? what schools are substantially more expensive than that? i've heard that its difficult to finish clinical requirements and that pass rates are lagging. is any of that true?
 
maksidaa said:
isn't it around $300 k for four years? what schools are substantially more expensive than that? i've heard that its difficult to finish clinical requirements and that pass rates are lagging. is any of that true?
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33k tuition per year x 4 years = 132k
Instruments and misc dental stuff = 20k

~150k total for base costs. Double that if you need living expenses and food to survive. Both of those latter are negotiable 🙂. Most students take out ~55k a year. Totals a little above 200k. I do not know the exact average of debt when graduating Nova, but I probably should considering I am in SGA.

Board pass rates are good. 100% florida board pass last year... I think that's pretty good.

Now as for clinical requirements, that's a different ballgame. Endo and RPD are tough to get. ~10 students held back during summer to finish requirements each year for the past 2-3 years... usually endo is the culprit. Now look at the flip side, I'm almost done and it's december. Then again, I'm a SDNer, so naturally, I'm an overachiever :laugh:

If you're asking me to give horror stories of nova, I will not. Every dental school has its ups and downs. I will not post on SDN what's wrong with the school, but if you come down for an interview, I'd be happy to have lunch with any student to talk about what they want out of dental school and whether Nova will fulfill that
 
Hey Mike, thanks for the info. i'm not trying to pick on nova or anything, just trying to get some info that i didn't get at my interview. i asked some questions during the school tour and the guides were all freshmen and didn't know some of the answers and they couldn't really give us a good feel for the school since they had only been there a month. i'm not blaming them, i just need some answers.
right now i have a choice between louisville and nova. i was impressed by nova's facilities and the laid back attitude at the school but i don't know much else about the school. UF students did some nova bashing when i interviewed there and i don't know what's true and what's not. louisville seemed like a great academic school and it's cheaper than nova, but it's not at the beach. any thoughts from anyone?
thanks
 
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