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Considering Dental School

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littlebird22 - 06 Aug 2006 13:45 GMT
I am currently a doctoral student entreing my third year of study.
However ,after much thought and consideration, I have decided to apply
to dental school. I have hated the past two years of my program, but
have continued because I have done well academically. I was also
recently offered a research fellowship at the NIH. Upon entering the
program, my career goal was to become a tenured professor at a
university, but now I don't want to do research for a living. I am
curious as to how dental schools will view this switch.
C.J. Thomas - 07 Aug 2006 00:06 GMT
If you are able to get a fellowship at the NIH, you will have no problem
getting into dental school.

Good luck.  It is a long ride...I am now entering my second year of my
endodontics residency...

>I am currently a doctoral student entreing my third year of study.
> However ,after much thought and consideration, I have decided to apply
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> university, but now I don't want to do research for a living. I am
> curious as to how dental schools will view this switch.
Steven Bornfeld - 07 Aug 2006 00:13 GMT
> I am currently a doctoral student entreing my third year of study.
> However ,after much thought and consideration, I have decided to apply
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> university, but now I don't want to do research for a living. I am
> curious as to how dental schools will view this switch.

    I applied to dental school with embarassingly little thought and
consideration after becoming disenchanted with the prospects of a career
in chemistry.  If you have good reasons for wanting to be a dentist, the
schools won't give you a problem.
    (Thirty four years later, things have worked out considerably better
than I had any right to expect, given the parameters of the change in my
career goals).

Good luck,
Steve
 
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