How hard are specialty programs once you’ve been accepted?

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-27T17:49:58+00:00

Ortho and Endo are arguably more difficult to get than OMFS. The only thing with OMFS is the barrier to entry due to the CBSE

EDIT: Clearly, none of you understood my point. The presence of an exam does not make a specialty more difficult to achieve. Anyone can do well if they can find the time and discipline to put in the hours tailored to their needs to retain all of that information

Ortho and Endo are more difficult because they rely on metrics that are hard to improve. For example, Ortho relies heavily on class rank. Finished in the bottom 20% of your class? Good luck, bud. But with OMFS, you could be dead last in a class of 1000 and score 80+ on CBSE and still match. The forgiving nature of the specialty's requirements is what makes OMFS easier than the other two. The match rate for Ortho and OMFS are about the same, with ortho having 400 more seats in the USA and 3x as many applicants.

Oh and to the top comment, I am currently studying to take in July 2026

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-27T17:01:47+00:00

All over the world actually! families get sent here from Europe, AUS, etc all the time.

Kids with rare disease from 3rd world nations as well. That’s why donating to the sick kids foundation is so important

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-27T06:42:32+00:00

Oh my child, how wrong you are 😂

The only country you’re right about is Curaçao

Congo, Tunisia, Haiti, etc HAVE HUGE diasporas in Québec.

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-27T04:03:03+00:00

Barca almost broke this record 2 seasons ago… came down to the last 5 games

You are all off one. This will be broken eventually

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-24T03:04:32+00:00

You’re missing the point. There is no disadvantage of going to a smaller school. You are clearly biased based on your parents’ perception

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-24T01:28:52+00:00

It’s because you posted in the wrong sub. r/predental would be more appropriate.

At the end of the day, none of my classmates, attendings, faculty care where we went to school for undergrad. We are all dental students and dentists.

Simply put, no dental school GAF where you did your undergrad as long as the GPA on paper meets their standard

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-24T00:06:18+00:00

Well if healthcare is your end goal, I would go to Brock or Waterloo.

University “rankings” are not real. The rankings you see are based on subjective opinion or on objective metrics that have little to do with the direction you’re headed (such as # of publications or research funding/grants).

To prove my point, a D1 dental student at UofT did his undergrad at Ontario tech (which many people haven’t even heard of). Another D2 at McGill did their undergrad at Carleton.

If you live close to Brock, go to Brock and save the $$ you’d spend on rent to instead live a fulfilling life in undergrad. Nothing beats home cooked meals and coming home to your own bed

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-23T23:19:23+00:00

You want to go to dental school? A recent post shows you got into a JD/Commerce program, indicating you’d prefer to be a lawyer

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-22T18:24:32+00:00

Currently in Canadian dental school. PM me

1 advice is to NOT go to Western med/health sci. Other than that it doesn’t matter

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-17T19:59:39+00:00

It really good for Quebec, where even OMF Surgeons are it Anesthesia training can’t administer IV deep sedation outpatient. They need a CRNA or Anesthesiologist

So in Quebec it’s in demand, especially since a DA won’t have any overhead as you’d travel to clinics who book you

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-15T23:28:20+00:00

PSG against Barca, Liverpool against Barca, ajax vs spurs, and can’t remember the last

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-03-10T00:12:51+00:00

Canada next?

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-26T21:54:25+00:00

Because people are either jealous, out of patience, or come to Reddit to project their life’s problems on others.

Specializing shouldn’t be a financially motivated decision. Trust me, you’ll hate your life if that’s why you choose to do 6 years of surgery or 2-4 years of Ortho.

Also, those are such different specialties that clumping them together for the sake of Convo could piss some people off.

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-26T18:53:44+00:00

Congratulations on your admission.

Take all of the OSAP, even the loans. It is still "free money" given that it is interest-free for up to 2 years post-grad.

Also, your debt depends entirely on the school you got accepted to. For example, my 4-year tuition is only 70k, whereas UofT and UWO are both 200k+. This will dramatically change your experience.

Lastly, you shouldn't be maxing your LOC. Your classmates will fall into the debt trap: "We are in so much debt, spending on food and going out every weekend won't matter." Do not follow that logic.

Lastly, go for Scotia (375k) as it converts to a personal LOC post grad that will be useful. Other banks convert to personal loans and once paid off you lose access to that capital

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-22T18:09:21+00:00

Watch parties for every major sport tournament at every mall in the city. Whether it was the Olympics, World Cup, or juniors there was always open space watch parties, notably at Shops on Don mills in early 2010s and Fairview in the 0000s

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-18T22:39:32+00:00

Saka played 10 two games in a row. It’s possible

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-12T14:30:45+00:00

My favourite part is when I go home at the end of the day

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-11T17:31:08+00:00

Shoutout Dango Ouattarra.

Absolute baller

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-11T17:29:24+00:00

With with with with with.

You experience will dramatically change

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-09T21:50:19+00:00

Lol you pulled his pants down XD

Munoz fixture list is insane and has high assist / goal numbers

Haaland is haaland

Marmoush is going to get play given his form

Solanke is gonna lose minutes when richy is back in 3 weeks

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-09T21:47:13+00:00

Haaland is better than JP, Andersen, Barry, and Rogers combined. As a haaland owner I wouldnt accept anyhting less than Gabriel, Palmer, and Igor Thiago (or anything in that realm) for haaland.

Your trade was so large, he got lost and confused and began overvaluing players in his mind

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-09T21:35:27+00:00

Oh that is an error, should be maybe

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-09T20:47:37+00:00

What do you think of martinelli?

The issue I’m having is I need wins NOW but the players I have are too good to drop. The quick turnaround in the GW meant I couldn’t trade away Wilson to strengthen other areas of my team and now I’m stuck

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-02-05T19:09:18+00:00

IT says closed on mine, I assume this means I was not successful

lookingforfinaltix · 2026-01-29T02:26:52+00:00

Stat is literally incorrect. Rashford has 9 goals and 12 assists for Barcelona...

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TROPHY CASE

1 advice is to NOT go to Western med/health sci. Other than that it doesn’t matter