Question for OMFS residents out there...

[GatorDMD]

Penn by far has the most bitter students, in residency meeting people from other schools and seeing how much they liked their schools really makes me upset that I spent so much money for a bad experience. We are treated like trash there by an administration that does not care about us all they care about is the bottom line.

However do I think that going to Penn has helped me get into one of the most competitvie residency programs at one of the top institutions in the world....of course! Penn alum are everywhere, many are program directors, Chairs of departments, and deans of dental schools and many of these people attended Penn in its hayday, and are fond of Penn and their students. Penn does have a good reputation in acadamia, but if I had decided to go to another institution would I be in the position that I am...I guess we will never know.

So when my coresidents ask how did I like Penn, my simple reply is that it got me where I wanted to go.

Just an opinion by a Penn alum, that has been through the whole process.

where are u doing your residency at?

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[Jediwendell]

It doesn't really matter where you went to dental school. If you are good you are good. If you suck, people will find out. If anything, there might be a little bias against the "specialist factory" dental schools, but only because places don't like to interview too many people from the same school in a year. Study hard, rock the boards, don't be a jerk, and you will get in somewhere.

 

[OMFSCardsFan]

one of the most competitvie residency programs at one of the top institutions in the world

Bold statement...I'd also like to know where it is that you speak of...