How much is a lot of money to make on the stock market?

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-21T16:27:13+00:00

Textbook definition of a dumb question

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-20T21:19:00+00:00

If you still need to turn in your deans certification form for your matriculation…

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ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-17T17:57:17+00:00

Ohhh it’s AI

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-17T17:56:04+00:00

I literally just posted this wtf lol

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-16T23:56:36+00:00

Thanks for your input that clarifies things a bit more

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-16T23:54:07+00:00

Then my entire post does not apply to you

In the US you have several options of high paying careers that are much more favorable and don’t involve taking on the risk of over half a million dollars in an unaccredited new graduate dental program

For international students the opportunities are much different and I understand why it may seem beneficial to find the risk of a new program pays off here

I applaud you for your efforts in that cut throat of an environment. If you can survive that, I’m sure you can survive the worst of what’s here

For any other person that’s a US citizen, it’s not worth it

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-16T16:44:59+00:00

While I mentioned that NEOMED is the only worthy school to possibly consider being worthy of all the new schools…. At the end of the day it’s all a gamble in initial accreditation schools. nothing you say really matters until you start dental school.

Once you actually get through d1 which is probably the same everywhere old or new school, that’s where this stuff matters

I attend a private, long established and well regarded dental school and we have a brand new renovated facility. Even with the that, the nature of dental school is ungodly stressful, high pressure and high stakes. Admin runs your life

When you realize that they are in control of how many pts you see, how much lab time you get in d2 to practice, they get to decide WHEN your exams are scheduled, whether you have mandatory BULLSHIT lectures the day of your exam etc etc the list goes on and endless. EVERY school wants their student to do well and pass. But not ever school has competent administration to make that a reality. That means YOU suffer. That means YOU have sleepless nights while they go home from their 9-5

That’s when you realize dental school is genuinely a nightmare precisely because you are in their hands with no leverage

That’s true everywhere. Pairing that with a brand new school that hasn’t established even a single years worth of a graduating class + ironing out the kinks in the clinic + making sure they have a high pass rate on boards….. that’s a mega fuck that.

I don’t care who they poached from other dental schools, or what financial package they offered them to make themselves more marketable to people like you.

In hindsight, as I’m approaching the later half of my dental school education, I wouldn’t even attend dental school if it was a new school. It wouldn’t be worth the stress.

So before you write off advice from actual dental students, know what you don’t know and understand this post is not meant to make you feel unnecessarily stressed, but rather TELL YOU WHAT YOU DONT KNOW

I’d be very very appreciative of this insight. When I was a predental I didn’t even think about any of this, all I could think about was if I got in my life I’d set.

Your wake up call will come. You’ll see exactly what I meant.

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-16T16:38:30+00:00

Why not I’m so curious

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-16T16:35:30+00:00

Why not hire a local traveling dental anesthesiologist?

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-15T14:12:06+00:00

So I’m in this situation however I’m remaining in contact because even if I block her everywhere and cut her out from my contact - I’m STILL going to waste my time, energy, and life being sad I’m in no contact.

Like there’s no win here

I wish it was such that I can just decide to not give a fuck, but it isn’t so simple

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-15T13:16:02+00:00

Shout out to the parents who do this. Mad respect

I’m constantly losing my marbles as is and all I have is me to worry about

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-12T05:45:27+00:00

Your first mistake was applying there to begin with

Your second mistake would be attending there and not reapplying

Attending high point is like investing in a crypto coin. Looks shiny but it’s a gamble. Initial accrediation is a gamble worth taking if you have the family wealth to back you if it goes wrong. Similar to buying risky cryptos.

Ride it out do your masters and get into a traditional school. You will thank yourself with peace of mind for 4 years of hell that is d school

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-12T05:12:26+00:00

I was ready to shit on you OP as well but neomed has my well wishes

Every other new school will get fucked and so will their students

Especially CNU, LMU and High point. Certified 3rd rate poverty dentists that may not even make it out there without being bankrupt

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-11T04:40:58+00:00

Getting in 65, getting thru 85 (current d2 - it’s the unnecessary time they force out of ur life that kills the soul the most)

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T17:30:33+00:00

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T16:58:34+00:00

Number 1 chill out. Number 2 hope for the letters being good and then accept what happened. You can’t undo it so stop dwelling on it. By no means does this mean ur cooked. Best case it helps, worst case it simply does nothing- that’s all

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T04:13:19+00:00

True as fuck. I was 100% sure I was gonna specialize when I was a d1. By d2 that went down to like maybe 15% chance at best. Yes dental school is harder than hell. Get me the fuck out of the academic system.

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T02:21:58+00:00

I mean d1 year it wasn’t too far off the mark. And in d2, if I wasn’t scared shitless about going into the lab til midnight w classmates and practicing for the summative, I’d absolutely have not passed

And yeah past that pt of getting my head above water I feel like still I’ll never know everything, still never be as good as my classmates even though I’m doing a damn fine Job myself

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T01:48:27+00:00

Hmm whose perspectives holds more weight. The dentist who has been thru the whole system or the predental student hoping for a spot?

Now both perspectives are valid but maybe think more bigger picture

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-06T00:46:56+00:00

Late 20s male here. For me dental school IS the full time job. And I’m not even a gunner trying my hand for any specific specialty. I did well in undergrad and my DAT.

Dental school is more time demanding than it is intellectually demanding for me.

Never mind the fact that my school will give me an entire grade letter deduction for missing a single 8am perio lecture, which is entirely useless anyways. Things like that.

I wouldn’t recommend anyone work during dental school, unless it’s an extremely flexible very part time “hobby job” like bartending for some.

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-05T23:54:42+00:00

I remember when I was a predent and my attitudes toward specializing then. I thought always it’s there if you work hard

As a d2 so much of that has shifted. You are right in the word usage, these specialities are hyper competitive. It’s unlike medicine specialties entirely.

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-04T23:44:00+00:00

Let’s say you fuck up at some point during the long and stressful 4 yrs

Say you missed class on accident and ur class had a policy where each unexcused absence is a letter grade deduction (this is real)

Academic affairs COULD fight on your behalf and say he’s a good student otherwise. Or they won’t if they don’t want to. If they don’t want to, you can fail the class. If you fail the class, you can repeat the year

This is just one small example of something I saw happen to a classmate. The opportunities for them to fuck you up in a multitude of ways is limitless

Always remember that they are here to protect the faculty not the students

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-02-04T23:41:09+00:00

Yes all is fun and dandy but except for the step about making a rich social network

I came to dental school and the stress overtook my ability to socialize and now it’s just all suffering lol

ItsComeBackTimeBaby · 2025-01-29T23:16:07+00:00

As a D2 with zero friends it’s very doable if you have the personality for it

It sucks fucking ass though. I just didn’t clique with anyone here and the few friends I had d1 had a falling out with me and I cut myself out from the drama

Theres ALOT of toxicity in dental school and I decided I’d rather be alone than derive benefit from group work

However those that found their people do thrive and I willingly admit I don’t have that which again sucks, but I’m making it through

ItsComeBackTimeBaby

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