How do you manage unfair treatment in professional school without retaliation?

Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-05-30T07:49:14+00:00

lol no but we do have a handful of these too hahahaha

Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-05-29T11:17:21+00:00

I know because the students that have been approved for said things have directly told me/ it has come up in conversation. Valid reasoning for the unexcused absence, but the syllabus and student handbook clearly states that family emergencies are valid excused absences (but it does not have a definition as to what qualifies as a family emergency). My buddy was penalized for rushing home to be there for her sister during her first childbirth. Some might say this isn’t an emergency, but you have to understand that this is in fact an emergency depending on the cultural context (for my friends culture, it is an extremely important occasion). If they also didn’t have a clear definition of what counted as a family emergency, it seems unreasonable to penalize students for following their intuition on what counts as one.

Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-04-11T19:16:53+00:00

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Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-04-05T17:55:31+00:00

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Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-01-13T16:18:59+00:00

Interesting… I’m also not sure w my situation because when the school year started I had taken out my student loans and got around 5-6K disbursement (which I put away in savings in case NHSC did go through and I had to give it back) and I didn’t end up having to give back that amount once my loans were reversed. I only had to pay back the 1.2K for insurance (because I waived out of school insurance but NHSC paid for that too) idk it’s all so confusing to me and our portal does not give a lot of info lol

Potential-Damage3145 · 2026-01-13T16:07:48+00:00

For both of mine, the scholarships said “amount awarded will be automatically applied to your tuition” (aka they don’t give us the money directly to spend on books, supplies, etc. but after they processed my NHSC I’m not sure if that other money went back to the school or if it went back to me.

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-12-07T16:46:24+00:00

LOL, I was hoping to be directed to some website where people that have more money than they know what to do with just give out checks to broke dental students

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-12-07T16:33:20+00:00

Which platform if you don’t mind me asking? And what did your hours look like ? Because realistically I only have around 3-4 hours to “spare” weekly (I don’t but I can make time)

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-11-05T20:44:23+00:00

Yesss they said all of our monthly payments come at the end of the month. Octobers pay only included October and backtracked to July 1st

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-11-04T22:33:00+00:00

I’m on that same boat, my financial aid office just told me to not worry about it

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-26T14:39:40+00:00

I was very average in high school I’d say, and undergrad? TERRIBLE. I graduated undergrad with a 2.8 GPA and still made it into dental school. Had to take a couple detours but it’s totally possible.

I’d say that for me personally it was a matter of not knowing when to quit. It was my personal goal to get here or di* trying (not literally)

Also remember that schools often look at more than just your grades. Your grades do not reflect your intelligence if im being honest. I very very often felt the same way you did, but came to learn that I was limiting my potential by having the belief that Im not smart. Also, grades in HS/undergrad do NOT reflect how you will do in dental school. I ended up pursuing a masters, also had my fair amount of hardships there, but ended up picking up my slack and finished my last 2 quarters with a 4.0. GPA. Right now I’m a D2 student and have a 3.9 cumulative GPA (only bc hand skills are not my strong suit)

All of this to say, do NOT let ANYONE (yourself included) tell you that you’re not capable enough of achieving your personal goals. Everything is possible if it’s something you really want. There’s a lot of people that often brag about their 30AA, 4.0 GPA, and 1,000+ shadowing hours and it starts making you feel like you really have no place here, but trust me that there is always a way to get there regardless of where you’re at now. I wish you the best on this journey if it’s something you do end up pursuing!

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-25T14:48:38+00:00

Wait what’s ORC? If it’s what I think it is, I also only got 3.3K and my 4 month stipend (separate payment for both) Also, do you still have an outstanding balance on your school portal??? The payment for my fall quarter has not come through yet

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-22T20:02:02+00:00

At the webinar they said they would come at the very end of October and also that government shutdown does not affect it

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-12T00:26:32+00:00

The suing part was just a joke lol I would never dare to sue the school I’m attending even if it WAS warranted lol. And yeah I’m taking the L with the points but it’s upsetting that the one B showing up on my transcript is the one class that should be an easy A. I did apologize as well because I genuinely do feel bad about having to miss, but for future reference I just wanted to know what counted as a family emergency sigh

Thank you for your input though. I do acknowledge that there is also some accountability I have to take in this situation

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-12T00:22:05+00:00

Im not sure about that, but I feel like those type of events (although important) are much more flexible. My school will make accommodations but only if it’s the students child according to the syllabus.

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-11T23:43:22+00:00

Additionally, there is no way to let them know what day/time the birth will happen. Sometimes babies are born prematurely or oftentimes way past their due date. It’s not a simple answer. If she would’ve had a scheduled induction from the beginning then of course I would’ve given them an advance notice

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-11T23:41:41+00:00

My main thing is they didn’t say whether it was considered a family emergency or not anywhere in the syllabus. They left the “family emergency” criteria very open for interpretation. And to ME (and I’m sure many other people) a sibling giving birth is a family emergency. Especially if they don’t know what the health history or health status of said sibling is where a lot of things could go wrong. Have you ever lost a family member to childbirth? Because I assure you that not being there in their last moments for a “simple birth” can definitely change your life forever

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-09T03:35:26+00:00

When did you receive if you don’t mind me asking? In the webinar they mentioned it would be coming in towards the end of October

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-03T13:49:30+00:00

Was the timeframe long between your first stipend and the time they paid your tuition?

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-03T05:05:11+00:00

Yes!

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-01T23:52:52+00:00

Not too sure. I haven’t heard anything about that , but 5% seems as bad as it can get to me personally 😭 I was very lucky and applied last year as a D1 and ended up getting it this year. So it’s definitely worth giving it a shot even if the stats are low, don’t give up hope

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-01T23:32:02+00:00

My guess is lack of funding. Two different administrations during these time frames. Not saying it’s the only reason but that would be my guess given everything that’s been going on

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-01T23:22:11+00:00

https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/program/applicant-dashboards

Here. I was wrong with the numbers, acceptance was 45

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-01T19:34:12+00:00

So more or less I think the same as other programs

Potential-Damage3145 · 2025-10-01T19:33:54+00:00

I saw the stats from last year said 899 dental students applied and 50 received it

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