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Hello All,
I'm curious to hear everybody's opinions as to their favorite dental schools (and why, if you're feeling like sharing personal experiences (i.e.: friends and family have gone there so you know at least second-hand about the school)).
Some may want to list their favorites in terms of their 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices, etc.,.....and some of you conspiracy theorists who think that the schools might look you up on this site to see if they are your number one school, you can jumblize your schools and put them in no particular order. Btw, for those in the latter category, I believe that you can be anonymous on this forum (provided your screen name isn't your real name), so discussing your feelings about your favorite schools should be okay.
Keep in mind, I'm not posting this thread to start a flame war between subscribers (i.e.: "How can you say that school ABC is better than XYZ?", or "My school is better than yours"). Far from it. A lot of us have never been to most of these schools, nor do we know anybody in (or alumni of) these schools. So, any information we can collectively cull from other pre-dents throughout the country who may live near the school, or have friends/family who have attended/work at the school, or even current dental students who feel like giving feedback on their school, etc., can help us all make a more well-educated choice as to which schools would best fit us. Remember, we're all looking for the best school(s) for us. Somebody else's Top 10 may be perfect for them, but not for you. But, by discussing why we like the schools we like, we can find out more about schools we'll never see before applying, and in some cases, wouldn't apply to if we didn't find something in this thread that really piqued out interest in the school.
Somebody might say, "I like Stony Brook because their graduating classes do the best on the boards." Or, "I really like UCLA because they have a good Prost program." Mind you, I don't know if either of the above statements are true or not....hence my desire to start this new thread so that we can find out from others which schools are known for what. I've had friends who "went away" to college (not dental school, but college), and they wound up hating it because they went there because of what they had heard/believed about the school (but never checked up on). This is the reason for my post....the more we share and learn, the better choices we can make.
Let me know your thoughts.
2thDMD
I'm curious to hear everybody's opinions as to their favorite dental schools (and why, if you're feeling like sharing personal experiences (i.e.: friends and family have gone there so you know at least second-hand about the school)).
Some may want to list their favorites in terms of their 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices, etc.,.....and some of you conspiracy theorists who think that the schools might look you up on this site to see if they are your number one school, you can jumblize your schools and put them in no particular order. Btw, for those in the latter category, I believe that you can be anonymous on this forum (provided your screen name isn't your real name), so discussing your feelings about your favorite schools should be okay.
Keep in mind, I'm not posting this thread to start a flame war between subscribers (i.e.: "How can you say that school ABC is better than XYZ?", or "My school is better than yours"). Far from it. A lot of us have never been to most of these schools, nor do we know anybody in (or alumni of) these schools. So, any information we can collectively cull from other pre-dents throughout the country who may live near the school, or have friends/family who have attended/work at the school, or even current dental students who feel like giving feedback on their school, etc., can help us all make a more well-educated choice as to which schools would best fit us. Remember, we're all looking for the best school(s) for us. Somebody else's Top 10 may be perfect for them, but not for you. But, by discussing why we like the schools we like, we can find out more about schools we'll never see before applying, and in some cases, wouldn't apply to if we didn't find something in this thread that really piqued out interest in the school.
Somebody might say, "I like Stony Brook because their graduating classes do the best on the boards." Or, "I really like UCLA because they have a good Prost program." Mind you, I don't know if either of the above statements are true or not....hence my desire to start this new thread so that we can find out from others which schools are known for what. I've had friends who "went away" to college (not dental school, but college), and they wound up hating it because they went there because of what they had heard/believed about the school (but never checked up on). This is the reason for my post....the more we share and learn, the better choices we can make.
Let me know your thoughts.
2thDMD
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) they have an excellent reputation, high specialization rates and its in an awesome city
