why do you think

[mikedoc]

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Why do u you think that there are not a lot of people, if any, from prestigious undergraduates at dental schools while, if you look at medical schools, there are plenty of people from big name undergraduates?

Is it because dentistry is not prestigious?
I don't think I would find many students at the selective undergraduates (Ivys etc...) who want to pursue dental.

 

[utahdent123]

How are you even making this comment? It seems more like an assumption rather then fact.

 

[fightingspirit]

Why do u you think that there are not a lot of people, if any, from prestigious undergraduates at dental schools while, if you look at medical schools, there are plenty of people from big name undergraduates?

Is it because dentistry is not prestigious?
I don't think I would find many students at the selective undergraduates (Ivys etc...) who want to pursue dental.

actually, in my class we have a couple of ivy leagues. and i am pretty sure that at columbia and harvard you'll find some. but in general, you are right. the predominant majority of ivy league science majoring graduates do not go to dental school. those kids either end up in biotech industry, grad school or med-school, usually not dental school and that is because dentistry is for the most part ******ed and non-intellectually stimulating.

having said that, the recent entering classes at dental schools are amazing people. very smart kids with a strong background in the sciences, good GPAs and good DATs. this also includes the amazing kids here on SDN. we are for the most part over-qualified for dental school. so why are those people choosing dentistry? well, it's because a large proportion of us would have gone to medical school if only the medical profession offered a decent lifestyle. dentistry's recent rise is because of medicine's recent fall. many of us thought pragmatically and realized that when you have one life to live, you better live it happy, and hence the escape from medical school. med-school is still more competitive than dentistry but if pre-meds have not been switching to pre-dents, then you would see med-schools becoming even more competitive.

 

[djeffreyt]

Does it matter why? My dad always wanted all of his kids to go to ivy league schools. Some asian people have this overt need to stroke their own pride, and having kids at an ivy league somehow allows for this rather useless endeavor. None of the 5 kids went to ivy leagues. Four of us went to state and UC schools, saved crap loads of money, got good educations and now work in a variety of jobs and industries alongside plenty of people from both ivy league and non-ivy league schools, I'm sure. In the end, what does it matter. I highly doubt that my sister who is a NP or my other sister who is a business manager have been asked in the last few years what undergraduate school they attended.

 

[Zanderale6]

... dentistry is for the most part ******ed and non-intellectually stimulating.

What? 😕

 

[dddsmack]

It seems like fighting spirit is ranting all over SDN lately. FS, I feel ya man. Sometimes you have these moments of truth where you need to find out if where you are at, or where you are going, is where you really want to be.

Best of luck in your soul searching

 

[Columbia07]

I go to Columbia...so there is at least one person applying to dental school from an Ivy League school. However, generally most will pursue other career paths, but not because dentistry is less prestigious rather because most undergrads are less familiar with the career.

 

[1992Corolla]

Nothing is more stimulating that learning about the circle of wills and the potential aneurysms that can arise and the CN they will effect.

Plus 100 pages of Sturdevant reading each day will stimulate your brain more than a triple shot of mountain dew coffee.

Blanket statement threads are about as cool as vanilla ice. I went to one of the most prestigious colleges in the world.

 

[DDSY]

I've heard some people say that their school is the Harvard of [a certain region]. 😎

 

[armorshell]

Yeah, my school is pretty much the Harvard of middle eastern washington 👍

 

[H2OPOLODENT]

Why do u you think that there are not a lot of people, if any, from prestigious undergraduates at dental schools while, if you look at medical schools, there are plenty of people from big name undergraduates?

Is it because dentistry is not prestigious?
I don't think I would find many students at the selective undergraduates (Ivys etc...) who want to pursue dental.

In my class of 1125 at Princeton, I was the only predent I knew of who is going in to dentistry whereas there were probably 100+ people applying to med. I think there is definitely a misconception that dentistry is not intellectually stimulating and does not have the prestige of medicine. Its amazing how many people are shocked that dental school actually four years. Many people assume its only two years. I find this all pretty ironic because some of my college friends who now have big time investment banking jobs are sitting around doing excel spreadsheets all day.😴

On the plus side (for me at least) I feel like I stand out a lot more at my interviews since there are so few people from Princeton who go in to dentistry. Really, who cares if dentistry doesn't have the prestige of medicine? I'd rather work in someone's mouth all day than analyze someone's poop or urine samples for diseases or work 14 hour days doing surgery.

 

[1992Corolla]

intellectually stimulating...riiiight. Its funny that the first two years we take all the same classes as the md's.

In fact most of my basic classes are taught by instructors who teach both the med students and us, just different buildings. go figure. intellectually stimulating. While they are on call on friday and saturday I will be getting intellectually stimulated on the lake, well, that is after my loans have been reduced substantially😀