Creighton vs Tufts

[adoran31]

School 1: Creighton
I am a Michigan Resident
Pros:

• Great Clinical reputation
• Brand new building
• Slightly cheaper
• No specialities so students get all complex cases, however I might want to specialize so not sure how it can affect that
• smaller class size

Cons:

• Omaha is an okay city I've been there nothing crazy about it
• Not sure how easy it would be to specialize as I am interested in ortho, prost, and oral surgery but not sure if I want to yet

School 2: Tufts
I am a Michigan resident
Pros:

• Great reputation
• Has all the specialties
• Hospital affiliation
• Bigger city/more things to do outside of school

Cons:

• Cost of tuition and living are more
• Bigger class size

Summary: As a Michigan resident, distance isn't as important with these two schools as they are similar distances away. However, I am waitlisted at a couple closer schools and need to make an initial decision with these two. I'm leaning towards Creighton based on cost, but I am hesitant because I may want to specialize. Boston is also a really cool city with lots to do so I am kind of torn. If anyone has a reason I should pick tufts over Creighton (excluding cost) then please feel free to provide some insight I greatly appreciate it.

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[Ryxndek]

I honestly would go with Creighton. Loved my tour, loved the facilities, and it was my second choice program. As many will say, you can specialize coming out from anywhere. They have great OS faculty and they told me when I was there that you could shadow and help out to gain experience. While they may not have residents, it doesn't mean they don't have faculty within those specialties. And if you end up not wanting to specialize, the clinical experience you'll get will prepare you well after graduation. A no-brainer here. Omaha is what you make of it, it's not a bad city and you have council bluffs nearby and Minneapolis and other major cities are well within a small 3-6 hour drive. And the airport is quite literally an 8 minute uber from the school so very easy access in and out of Omaha!

As a side note, Creighton's deposit is only $500 so you really aren't losing much should you choose to go elsewhere if you get off the waitlist. I see that Tuft's deposit is $2,000, and not that it's a lot in the long run, but given you're torn between schools and waiting to hear back from others, I'd just do Creighton and then wait and see where things go. Good luck and congrats on the acceptances!

 

[macsak]

School 1: Creighton
I am a Michigan Resident
Pros:

• Great Clinical reputation
• Brand new building
• Slightly cheaper
• No specialities so students get all complex cases, however I might want to specialize so not sure how it can affect that
• smaller class size

Cons:

• Omaha is an okay city I've been there nothing crazy about it
• Not sure how easy it would be to specialize as I am interested in ortho, prost, and oral surgery but not sure if I want to yet

School 2: Tufts
I am a Michigan resident
Pros:

• Great reputation
• Has all the specialties
• Hospital affiliation
• Bigger city/more things to do outside of school

Cons:

• Cost of tuition and living are more
• Bigger class size

Summary: As a Michigan resident, distance isn't as important with these two schools as they are similar distances away. However, I am waitlisted at a couple closer schools and need to make an initial decision with these two. I'm leaning towards Creighton based on cost, but I am hesitant because I may want to specialize. Boston is also a really cool city with lots to do so I am kind of torn. If anyone has a reason I should pick tufts over Creighton (excluding cost) then please feel free to provide some insight I greatly appreciate it.

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check to see how many foreign dentists are added to your class in the second or third year at both schools

large class size at tufts is a negative- lots of competition for chair time, instructors, and patients
plus there are 2 other d schools in the city competing for patients
yes, i realize boston is a much bigger city

to me, it's a no brainer to choose creighton...

 

[adoran31]

Thank you both for the input!

 

[happy_6523]

I’m a current student at Creighton, and I love my time here. It’s going to prepare you well as a GP. Being 9 months into the clinic, I’ve already done 6 arches of removables, 6 crowns, restored 4 implants, did 6 endo canals (including 1 molar endo), tons of SRPs, and 42 restorations, while students at other schools struggle to find patients. We don’t have graduate programs, so you get to do everything.

Distance from home doesn’t matter because you won’t have time to go home every weekends anyway. You don’t know if you want to specialize until you’re second or third year in dental school. I thought about specializing, but then realized that I love doing general dentistry after seeing patients in the clinic. You can still specialize at Creighton if you want. We’re taught by specialists except in GD, so you can reach out to them

 

[Rick Harrison]

Creighton!!!

 

[nefavec]

Upside for Creighton: there is a higher chance you'll get that "more advanced" training during dental school because there aren't any specialties.

Downside about Creighton: Omaha is Omaha. Not as many things to do there.

Upside for Tufts: Boston has countless things to do as well as the surrounding states of New England.

Upside for Tufts: the big class size is fun, honestly. But, take that with a grain of salt because I haven't started clinic. So I know that chair time competition (and other stuff mentioned above) may be a con in the future. However, I'll still graduate a dentist. So even if it seems more stressful competing for instructors and chair time, etc. I know I'll still be a dentist.

Downside for Tufts: Boston is very pricy. But if you choose Tufts you can live a little further out (lots of students do this) and then commute via subway, bus, commuter train, etc. And that helps save on rent. But there's probably more bang for your buck in Omaha.

Also, all that deposit is supposed to go towards your first year tuition at Tufts.