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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / May 2006Dental Student Needs To Study More .....
No problemo, you will be in good company .... dentists are not th brightest bulbs on the tree, not rocket scientists, not any of that ye they make out just fine ...... At your dental school interview, memorize this statement ...... "I want to help people, especially disadvantaged ethnic groups ....." Joely I've got plans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will graduate from high school this coming June, and I have alread started to express an interest in dentistry. I will be attendin college this fall, but I'm coming upon a few problems. Academically, I didn't have the absolute best high school experience therefore I will be attending a two-year community college befor applying and hopefully transferring to UC San Diego, or my big one USC. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't the worst student, but I'd like t use the beginning of my college years to wipe clean and better myself Because I wasn't the best student, my mother has doubts that dentistr is what's best for me because it is not the easiest to persue. I'd like to know if it's wise for me to be considering something lik this at such a young age, and what I should I do if I happen to chang my mind. I'd like to have something to fall back on if dentistry jus so happens to not be my "thing." For now though, my mind is very set on this goal...hopefully it wil stay like that, but you never know what I could be saying this tim next year, two years, or five years from now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last edited by khernandez : 05-03-2006 at 10:01 PM. Reason: spelling khernandez View Public Profile Send a private message to khernandez Send email to khernandez Find all posts by khernandez Add khernandez to Your Buddy List « Previous Thread | Next Thread  -- Joel34 >> At your dental school interview, memorize this statement ...... > > "I want to help people, especially disadvantaged ethnic groups ....." > > Joely If I were conducting the interview, my bullshit meter will be off the scale and someone saying this will actually turn me off - because it's not true. This is just mind food that admissions committees don't want to eat. This statement stinks because everyone says it thus it hold absolutely no merit. Admissions folks expect to hear this with a slight roll in their eyes and a gentle sigh. I had a fellow I was in an interview with and he flat out told them he was "in it for the money." He got in. I don't recomment it, but it worked for him. What ever the answer is, make sure you're honest with yourself. If your saying something, and your body language doesn't match with what's coming out of your mouth, it's not going to work. > If I were conducting the interview, my bullshit meter will be off the > scale I agree. T > No problemo, you will be in good company .... dentists are not the > brightest bulbs on the tree, not rocket scientists, not any of that yet > they make out just fine ...... ________________________________________________ I have to disagree. When I applied to dental school there were over 1,000 applicants for only 96 spaces. That's over a 90% rejection rate. The admissions committee looked at ONLY the brightest bulbs on the tree. High school grades really didn't count for much, so this student has plenty of time and opportunity to raise his grades in college. Involvement in community affairs, like donating time in college tutoring programs and other worthwhile pursuits, also count in making an application look good. If the admissions committee sees good college grades, a high score on the DAT, and a history of community involvement for worthwhile causes, the chances of that applicant are improved. And since there is a nationwide shortage of dental school full-time faculty, many admission committees look favorably upon an applicant who expresses a desire to go into research or teaching, if he can demonstrate a college academic record to support it, and really means it. UCSD has a great scientific academic reputation, and USC is one of the top dental schools in the country. Can't go wrong with either, or both. - dentaldoc > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Joel344's Profile: http://dentalcom.net/forum/member.php?userid=12 > View this thread: http://dentalcom.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4327 Yo Lew ...... Thar's the problem ..... over here, we do help disadvantaged people and we are well known for it. We need more like us, not more like YOU! PS~ We also make money ...... but we are not GREEDY dentists! That seems to be the norm these days ..... Joel *** lewis (via google) Guest Posts: n/a Re: Dental Student Needs To Study More ..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> At your dental school interview, memorize this statement ...... > > "I want to help people, especially disadvantaged ethnic group ...." > Joely If I were conducting the interview, my bull**** meter will be off the scale and someone saying this will actually turn me off - because it's not true. This is just mind food that admissions committees don't want to eat. This statement stinks because everyone says it thus it hold absolutely no merit. Admissions folks expect to hear this with a slight roll in their eyes and a gentle sigh. I had a fellow I was in an interview with and he flat out told them he was "in it for the money." He got in. I don't recomment it, but it worked for him. What ever the answer is, make sure you're honest with yourself. If your saying something, and your body language doesn't match wit what's coming out of your mouth, it's not going to work -- Joel34 > Yo Lew ...... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joel The "norm" seems to be you doing a lot of finger pointing and criticizing of others these days. If your flavor of the month is charity and good deeds for humanity, that is great and admirable, but don't try so hard to sell that here where plenty of people have been witness to a very different version of you for the past many years. Do your good deeds, and be proud, but how about knocking off the judgmental crap and the self-aggrandizing rhetoric...it is rather nauseating. T Not really .. .you should see the young people with teeth rotted into the pulp and missing front teeth ...... its not the patients its the crappy dentists around here ...... You can't brush out a cavity you know ....... Joel The "norm" seems to be you doing a lot of finger pointing an criticizing of others these days. If your flavor of the month is charity and goo deeds for humanity, that is great and admirable, but don't try so hard to sel that here where plenty of people have been witness to a very differen version of you for the past many years. Do your good deeds, and be proud, but how about knocking off th judgmental crap and the self-aggrandizing rhetoric...it is rather nauseating -- Joel34 > Not really .. .you should see the young people with teeth > rotted into the pulp and missing front teeth ...... its not [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joel Maybe you just discovered there is a big segment of the population with a low dental IQ and limited or no access to dental care, but your remarks suggest that you have a copyright on this insight. If this is truly news to you, one has to wonder what tree you have been sleeping under Dr. Van Winkle. T That's true ... over the years I had seen better and better teeth in the 'burbs ..... but now back in the city ... Oy Vey! Joe -- Joel34 If dentistry were free, some will still not access it. They don't think it's important - and most poor people don't think a lot of things are important, except smokes. |
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