Saturday, November 7, 2009
Robert and I have made a list of the top 15 dental school. He will be applying for in June. I got really into looking for schools. Robert had a pre-dental teachers said these wise words "let your wife pick where you go since she will be the one actually living there!" Not all the schools on the list are places we wanted to live. Cost of tuition and cost of living were how I made the list. The schools with the lowest GPA's where the highest in cost and living.
1. University of Denver- By far the best place to live and so cheap
2. Creighton- cost of living is great (I love Omaha)
3. University of Pacific- done in 3 years - high cost of everything
4. University of Washington
5. University of Illinois at Chicago
6. University of Boston
7. Marquette in Wisconsin
8. University of Florida- cost of living is not bad, tuition moderate
9. Stony Brook- New York (nowhere near NY city)
10. Kornberg (temple)-penn
11. UCS-La EXPENSIVE
12. UCLA- La EXPENSIVE
13. Oregon OHSU- doesn't let in a huge amount of out-of-state-residents
14. Howard Unviersity- Distict of Columbia
15. UCSF- EXPENSIVE
This is the list for now. The order is not permanent. Lets face it we will have to go where we get in. The nice thing is that Robert does not have to apply for each school individually there is this mass application process. If the school likes him they will send out seconds where he will do individual applications.If they still like him he will get an interview. The whole process makes me sick. I can't wait to next December when Robert will be graduated and we most likely know where we're off too.
I was looking at the requirements for Dental Schools and Robert has taken all the required and most of the suggested courses already! Yay! He also has a competitive GPA and has some really good community service. He is currently volunteering at a middle school tutoring kids in math. He likes it and probably will do it next semester. Things left on the check list are shadowing some dens and maybe a TAing position if he can get one. He also needs above a 19 on the Dat. I'm not that worried about him getting in. I'm just not patient person.
2 comments:
That's so great! Good luck to you both!
My OB went to Howard. It's traditionally a "black" school (he's Jamaican) but I'm guessing it's probably not that way anymore. It would be cool if you got to live someplace like D.C. or Boston, but I hear ya with the whole cost of living thing.
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