Snakes in the weeds

[ISU_Steve]

No, I don't think like the others on many issues. But on the matter of you, I do happen to agree and I must say that you are far from being in a position of telling anyone what it takes to be an OMS.

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[gumgardener2009]

No, I don't think like the others on many issues. But on the matter of you, I do happen to agree and I must say that you are far from being in a position of telling anyone what it takes to be an OMS.

Actually I'm only four feet away from being in a position of telling anyone what it takes to be an OMS. The guy across the aisle from me in clinic is at the top of my class and we talk about each other's application process a lot. This and the fact that I know students in past years who have gotten into an OMS program with NBDE part 1 scores in the 80's and class rankings out of the top 20. Maybe they didn't get into a top program but they got in nevertheless. By the way I like OMS enough to study for the course last semester and get the top grade in the class, yet I still choose to go into perio because that is what I like (and not because I can't get into OMS). And if I remember you're not even in dental school yet. How are you in any position to tell anyone about dental school period?

 

[ISU_Steve]

No, but I never claimed to be.

And another thing I think I should make very clear, I don't have any disrespect for perio- I actually think it's rather interesting (well parts of it, but there are parts of any specialty that I am not interested by) from what I have seen so far. I think you're operating off the assumption that I am looking down upon your chosen profession- not at all. I respect perios, and I will respect you as one once you gain your credential. But I will still continue to think of you as a person in terms of you being a pompous self-absorbed jackass and I'm sure you'll continue to think of me as an egotistical little wannabe predent. Sounds like fair terms to me, and time to move on.

 

[gumgardener2009]

I guess admitting you have a bad habit is half the battle. I need to spend less time at SDN. I realize that it's a lot like internet porn except instead of a guy stroking his member; the members are stroking each other.

 

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[Dr.SpongeBobDDS]

This thread cracks me up. I always sit in the front of the class because I am half-blind and hate wearing my glasses -- so for the longest time everyone had me pegged as a gunner. Even though I said that I didn't want to specialize, nobody (especially the true gunners) believed me.

But now that we've been in school long enough for everyone to know everyone else's business --- and everyone knows that my grades are crap --- I find that the gunners are much more willing to help with classes and tests.

Now that they know I'm not competition, it doesn't matter.

 

[1FutureDDS]

Can someone please help me get my hard earned time back that I lost while reading this thread?

 

[OMFSCardsFan]

Has anyone noticed classmates who swore for 3 years that they didn't want to specialize, are now applying to specialty programs? What's up with that? Are they afraid to fail publicly so they wait until they know their numbers are competititive? Are they afraid that their GP friends would think less of them? Did they finally realize that their handskills suck and they should find another angle? Or did they genuinely just find an interest in specializing?
E.g., A girl in my class actually had the cajones to say in her speech for class president "I am running for the right reasons; I don't want to specialize". A month later she was doing an OMS externship!

Man, you need to chill out. What difference is it to you what other people do? I've never understood how other people get so offended about people who hide that they want to specialize. How does it affect you at all? Don't worry, there are plenty of Perio residencies to go around. She won't be stealing a position away from you. If you can't get into perio, you have other problems to be more concerned about...