Would you pick Penn over Temple . . .

[yelloflash]

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. . . for about $20,000? I am not in-state, so Penn is about $5000 more per year than Temple. They both seem like great schools, except Penn has a stronger academic program.

Which would you go for?

 

[tamkhan]

Of course.

 

[1992Corolla]

I'm curious to hear your opinion on what you think the difference is in the academics at both schools? I'm not bashing, I am just wondering.👍

 

[Regmata]

If you are sure you want to be a GP, go where you will get more clinical exposure

 

[yelloflash]

I'm a pre-dent, so I have no first-hand experience of the differences in academics . . . What I have heard of from students at both schools is that Penn goes into more detail academically, and their requirements are more rigorous. It just seemed like some of the Temple students didn't need to study as much and went out a lot more - but maybe they are just smarter 🙂

It seems like both schools have a strong clinical experience - am I wrong?

I think what impressed me about Penn is that students who weren't in the top 10 or even the top 30 of their class were getting into residency programs, which probably speaks to the reputation of the school.

Corolla - seems like Temple is awesome, and I would be lucky to go there - didn't mean to sound like I was bashing a great school in any way.

 

[Dukie]

I'm a pre-dent, so I have no first-hand experience of the differences in academics . . . What I have heard of from students at both schools is that Penn goes into more detail academically, and their requirements are more rigorous. It just seemed like some of the Temple students didn't need to study as much and went out a lot more - but maybe they are just smarter 🙂

It seems like both schools have a strong clinical experience - am I wrong?

I think what impressed me about Penn is that students who weren't in the top 10 or even the top 30 of their class were getting into residency programs, which probably speaks to the reputation of the school.

Corolla - seems like Temple is awesome, and I would be lucky to go there - didn't mean to sound like I was bashing a great school in any way.

Both are good schools, though Penn has a reputation as being one of the best. Of course, I am not speaking from personal experience, but for that small financial difference, I'd go to Penn.

 

[1992Corolla]

I'm a pre-dent, so I have no first-hand experience of the differences in academics . . . What I have heard of from students at both schools is that Penn goes into more detail academically, and their requirements are more rigorous. It just seemed like some of the Temple students didn't need to study as much and went out a lot more - but maybe they are just smarter 🙂

It seems like both schools have a strong clinical experience - am I wrong?

I think what impressed me about Penn is that students who weren't in the top 10 or even the top 30 of their class were getting into residency programs, which probably speaks to the reputation of the school.

Corolla - seems like Temple is awesome, and I would be lucky to go there - didn't mean to sound like I was bashing a great school in any way.

i knew you weren't bashing. UPenn is a great school but I know little about it...just curious.

 

[NSDDS]

I think what impressed me about Penn is that students who weren't in the top 10 or even the top 30 of their class were getting into residency programs, which probably speaks to the reputation of the school.quote]

If you are speaking about a General Practice Residency, most everyone in every school gets matched (or postmatches). There are plenty of GPR's if you choose to do one.

 

[scandalouslj]

I went to Penn so keep that in mind. But I also interviewed at Temple and had quite a few friends go to Temple. If the tuition difference is that little I would say hands down without a question go to Penn. Our didactics are a lot stronger, and that is do to things like electives which you have to take every year after normal lecture hours or on saturdays, as well as things like senior and junior seminars (there were many nights when my temple friends would call to go out and we were still in class). Overall I would say both schools are strong clinically, but in different aspects. Also at Penn a lot of your experience in restorative dentistry can depend on your group leader. I know that Temple is very strong in the Oral Surgery requirements/experience. Penn on the other hand is very strong on Perio and Endo ( I had done 15 quads of scaling and root planing at the end of my third year, while most of my Temple friends had done none). The thing that sucks at Penn is that all Endo is still handfiling and you are not allowed to use rotary. Also at Penn you dont get your own chair which is kind of a hassle sometimes for general dentistry and Endo, but you do have set rotations for everything else. While at Temple for Perio and OS and Endo you have to sign up for a chair and its first come fist serve witih senior seniority, hence why none of my friends had done any scaling and root planing at the end of their third year, because they could never get a chair in the perio depart. Thats all I can contribute, but both schools are great, and philly is def a fantastic city as long as you can prevent from getting mugged! Oh and for residencies out of my class of 150, about 50 went into GPR/AGD/military, about 40 went into a Specialty program, and about 60 went into private practice. We actually had one of the lowest classes, for the number of people applying to specialty programs at the school in like the last 10 years or something like that. I think there were 4 people that didnt get in to the specialty they applied to and after doing a GPR I know at least 2/4 got in ( I dont know about, or if the other 2 reapplied).

 

[scandalouslj]

Sorry, I tried editing the last post but it didnt work. I dont know about Temple's Crown and Bridge requirement but I would try to find out if I were you as that is the "bread and Butter" of general dentistry. At Penn you had to have a minimum of 700 points in crown and bridge with a crown being worth 20 points and a post and core if you needed that being worth an additional 10 points. Thus you had to do at least anywhere between 25-35 crowns to graduate.