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Best dental schools in California | Pre-Dental | Student Doctor Network
Hey I am new here and I am currently going to the university of hawaii getting a degree.
What should my major be if I want to continue on to dental school?
Also what are the best dental schools in California?
I plan on moving back after I graduate university of Hawaii
thanks for the replys
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USC is pretty good and has a reputation.
So is UCSF and UCLA.
actually, the best dental school is the one that takes u in!
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Usually pre-dental has a bio science major...may have others..engineering, art.
Choose what you are really good at.
This is how I rate the CA schools:
1 UOP
2 UCSF
3 LLU (Loma Linda)
4 UCLA
5 USC
Been in the business 25+ years....this is based on "clincially" what I see at dental exams.
Good Luck
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At at LLU and think its pretty good so far
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Quote: : Usually pre-dental has a bio science major...may have others..engineering, art.
Choose what you are really good at.
This is how I rate the CA schools:
1 UOP
2 UCSF
3 LLU (Loma Linda)
4 UCLA
5 USC
Been in the business 25+ years....this is based on "clincially" what I see at dental exams.
Good Luck You are forgetting Western!!!
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1 UCLA (hands down)
2 UOP
3 UCSF
(im biased)
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Quote: : You are forgetting Western!!!
Bug999 is a boards assistant, and as of yet no Western dental student has ever taken boards, so how would they know?
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This thread is not going to go anywhere...
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Quote: : This thread is not going to go anywhere...
Agreed. To the OP, in dentistry, and most things really, "best" is incredibly subjective.
What is the best for one person is rarely best for another.
Do your research, visit the schools and decide for yourself.
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Quote: : Hey I am new here and I am currently going to the university of hawaii getting a degree.
What should my major be if I want to continue on to dental school?
Also what are the best dental schools in California?
I plan on moving back after I graduate university of Hawaii
thanks for the replys http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=640363
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If you're talking about "best" school clinically than most of the schools will give you equal opportunity to hone your skills.
It's not like UOP learns a special technique that students at LLU do not.
If you think that students with high GPA scores will correlate to clinical skills than UCLA/UCSF would be the best schools.
If you think that students with high DAT scores will be the best clinicians than UOP/UCLA/UCSF will be on the top of the lists
Basically, you can be LAST in your DDS class and the worst thing that can happen is you get a degree in dentistry and become a dentist
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1)UCSF
2)UCLA
3)UOP
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USC doesn't even qualify to be on the list.
This is based on the Student's scores on national boards.
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It depends on your career goals.
As an example, I have talked to a clinical professor, who worked at UCLA before, and he said that the school is not clinically strong.
On the other hand, if you want to get involved in research - UCLA would be a good fit.
There are pluses and minuses for all California schools, I think.
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All the CA schools are great.
As Zubnaya Feya said it depends on what you are looking for.
In my list UCSF/UCLA are the top two schools (because they are research oriented).
Loma linda is my least favorite (because they are religious oriented, ask spiritual leader for the secondary).
However I still respect whoever choose Loma Linda.
You can get your degree from any field you want as long as you complete prereqs.
I am an engineer, but I do not recommend you to do engineering (you may have low GPA and can cause some problems).
The more upper bio courses you take the more advantage you have in DS.
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Quote: : 1)UCSF
2)UCLA
3)UOP
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USC doesn't even qualify to be on the list.
This is based on the Student's scores on national boards.
Listen troll, you don't have access to NDBE scores and no one does so don't come around making false claims.
There are plenty of super high scores on part 1s at USC.
96, 97, 98's every year..
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Quote: : listen troll, you don't have access to NDBE scores and no one does so don't come around making false claims.
There are plenty of super high scores on part 1s at USC.
96, 97, 98's every year..
-Hes right.
I went for an interview yesterday and they said they had one guy with 96 and another with 99.
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Quote: : -Hes right.
I went for an interview yesterday and they said they had one guy with 96 and another with 99.
Remember that every schools has some students score score with those numbers.
Hopefully your interview went well there
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This is dumb...better board scores don't mean your a better dentist, if you want to be a good dentist you can accomplish that at ANY school.
Its not like if you go to UCLA-->like omg!
Your the best dentist in the world now!
Or if you go to USC;
Dude your like totally a sucky dentist.
Each school fits each person differently and being a good dentist is determined by your own dedication, not the school you go to.
Now stop with these stupid arguments and judgements.
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