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Who's gotten "Don't come here!"
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I did during my interview trip to nyu....i think it's pretty stupid when students yell that out. it's dental school people!!!!! of course it's going to be hard. duh. but yeah...it's pretty annoying when they do that. If they're not happy with the school it's their fault for choosing it.
one of the tour guides at CWR told me he interviewed at arizona and would never have gone there even it was the only school he had been accepted to 🙁 (glad i didn't apply there)
then another interviewee told me he has heard that @ Nova there is a problem with the students getting all of their procedures fulfilled to graduate b/c the school is in such a good area that they have difficulty geting patients, that is worrying (he wasn't applying there)!!!
but i haven't yet had students at a school i have interviewed at tell me not to go there 🙂
then another interviewee told me he has heard that @ Nova there is a problem with the students getting all of their procedures fulfilled to graduate b/c the school is in such a good area that they have difficulty geting patients, that is worrying (he wasn't applying there)!!!
but i haven't yet had students at a school i have interviewed at tell me not to go there 🙂
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i must say the post took me 3 times to comprehend
Arizona seems really cool though. Of all my visists, the only thing that concerns me is patient population. I've heard patient fees at the clinic are not much cheaper than private practice. It's far from inner phoenix's poorer popoluation....so might be hard to get enough diverse casework.
You probably heard some rumor that they're doing all their clinical work on the internet at their house. It's true. In fact, they're interfacing the wei controller in for added realism. You shouldn't apply there if that's not your thing.
Huh? So they don't work on real patients? Or in an office setting? Sorry I'm kind of tech illiterate - what's a wei controller?
Ive heard from a someone who just got graduated from columbia that he would recommend i save the money and go to Buffalo instead..
Ive know several Boston Univ. grads who seemed disgruntled by 4th year
Ive know several Boston Univ. grads who seemed disgruntled by 4th year
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wow, that's rough. At the office I work for, I cringe everytime I found out how much the procedure costs people. I feel so bad. I don't want to deal with that stress while a student.
Whoa...I'm still trying to comprehend this one too. I'm with pine...what does that mean? Thanks🙂
not to be mean...... but tell your friend that he will be thanking Temple when he's out in the real world. He'll have to do similar things when he has his own practice. Yes, you'll have assistants and other grunge men helping you out along the way. But when you're in debt by a few hundred grand, have overhead costs and have to pay the bills you'll make it a point to see if the patient payments are coming in on time and that you're not doing any pro bono work. Might as well prepare for the inevitable, just the flip side of the coin.
last year I was in the elevator at Temple for my interview. No joke: this 3rd year student looked at me and told me not to go to Temple. I asked her why she wouldn't. "It is too compartmentalized."
Go figure...I like it that way.
Go figure...I like it that way.
What does compartmentalized mean?
some of you need to really be thankful of the intelligence you have to be able to "choose" to go to what school you want. there are a lot of people who would just be thrilled to get an interview, let alone be accepted, and attend the one (maybe only) school that accepts them.
Luckily, being in illinois i have two state schools. but after going through last year's application cylce with denial letter after denial letter, i am just hoping to be accepted somewhere out there. given there are schools out there with new gadgets/toys, new facilities, etc. but all in all it comes down to you, and what you make of it. though the institution you choose will guide you, it is ultimately up to you to become the successful clinician
Luckily, being in illinois i have two state schools. but after going through last year's application cylce with denial letter after denial letter, i am just hoping to be accepted somewhere out there. given there are schools out there with new gadgets/toys, new facilities, etc. but all in all it comes down to you, and what you make of it. though the institution you choose will guide you, it is ultimately up to you to become the successful clinician
Thanks for keeping us in our place, we were so out of it. You know what, I am thankful that I will have a choice on where to go. Reality is that I will pick the best school and this thread is important in making that decision.
I hate it when people assume that we are things, like ungrateful, where did that come from?
Don't know if ill have a choice of schools my self, but i think i speak for alot of applicants with multiple interviews in saying that im grateful for the opportunity to go to ANY dental school.. we're just killing time between now and Dec. 01, at which point either elation or panic sets in..
What does it mean corolla?
did they tell you the reasons why don't come to this school? and if they told you, can you post them.😀
I know a dental resident who graduated from NYU and he said that it's not a great dental school. However, I've heard that NYU's dental school is getting new machines and equipments. Sounds exciting to me!
I also had five USC dental school alums tell me that the instructors were not friendly. Two dentist whom I know are working in the US Navy told me that if they could go back in time and select a dental school that admitted them, they would have gone to another dental school. A dentist whom I am working for now told me that one of his instructors crushed his waxed crowns and heavily criticized students' work as if they were losers.
They were kind of vague. Basically, they didn't enjoy the experience, and didn't feel like they got the best education. They also felt like the PBL is not working so well, but they were pre-PBL I think.
sorry, i am actually pretty sick right now, nasty cold, so i don't think all of my synapses are firing with their normal acuity 😳
Hmmm, wei controller. You mean the revolutionary wii controller, from the new nintendo console?. . . only thing i could think of.
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Hmmm, wei controller. You mean the revolutionary wii controller, from the new nintendo console?. . . only thing i could think of.
lol, yeah. I was just trying to go off memory. Being in AZ i hear all the rumors about ASDOH, even from Dentists. I'm just waiting for someone to say they do all their procedures via internet. I think the place is really neat personally...
To contribute to the post:
1) Washington: They do ALOT of their own lab/prep work. I see this as a good thing. However, a few unique students brought that up so I think they see it as a negative thing. On top of all their other coursework, I could see why.
2) USC: The whole PBL thing. But there is no secret there...dont go if you don't like it!
3) UConn: I've heard specific horror stories about the level of difficulty in the science course work. Not a bad thing...Ive also heard by the same folks that the board scores are usually very high. But in the moment of all the hard classes it's probably a reason to say "Don't come here!"
4) Pacific: This I've only heard once and the tone in which it was said made me feel it was more out of retribution than honesty. The student said they felt descriminated against during specialization application due to attending a 3 yr. I guess some people couldn't believe that he actually did learn it all in 1 year less...
good thread though...you can also go on the dental forum and listen to people complain about their school.
