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yes! Super easy to make friends in dental school who also want to travel

Hi! All universities are different in their requirements. In Australia I found that grades are highly considered over all else. Some Australian dental schools have an interview process where others do not. If I remember correctly, I only needed shadowing experience for my applications to Canadian and/or US schools. ☺️

Haha I would actually agree with you in regards to Vancouver! But I am from Toronto, the weather is definitely very different there lol

Hi! This depends. If you go into a graduate dentistry program it takes 7-8 years to complete (i.e. you will complete minimum 3 years of a bachelors degree, usually 4 years, + 4 years of dental school). However, if you go into an undergraduate program it takes about 5 years to complete (these undergraduate dental programs are offered in Australia at certain schools!). Hope this helps!

Hi! Of course 😊

Only a 2 part written exam! All multiple choice

@@alannahanita-marie THANK YOU!!!!!! Which Australian Dental school are you at?

@@alieabutt492 I graduated from the university of melbourne in 2021!

Hi! This is in AUD

Typically they would give 10-15k per year, but I think it ranges based on your financial situation and tuition cost at the time etc. So that's just my experience with it. Hope that helps!

Hey Javier! You can find all of the pre-requisites for each dental school in Australia on OzTREKK's website: oztrekk.com/programs/dentistry/ I feel like most of the required courses for dental schools in the states will also apply to what you need for Australia :)

Hi! I wrote my DAT during my 4th year of undergrad. But if I could go back I would have written it during my 3rd year so that in case I wanted to write it again, I would have the time in my 4th year to do so 😊

@@alannahanita-marie Thank you so much:) Once you graduate from dental school are you eligible to work in Canada right away? or is there another test ?

@@priyankarohra1483 You need to write the Canadian Dental Board Exam (called the NDEB), which everyone has to write, even students who study dentistry in Canada. But that's it, nothing extra which is really nice!

Hi! I have a video on the topic of fees living and studying in Australia with specific ways that myself and my classmates afforded it. Hopefully that video can answer your question well 😊 th-cam.com/video/w5CSmNgnCIE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AlannahAnita-marie

Hello! Thanks for your question. That is so exciting that you've applied, I hope you get in!! I am actually going through the process now getting a job. So far there are plenty of opportunities, but I am just starting the process so I can update you when I know more 😊 Income is what I expected/more, this all depends on how much you want to work and what procedures you want to focus on. Good luck with everything!

@@alannahanita-marie Thanks so much for the reply! Looking forward to an update video! :)

Tuition ranges from $80-90,000 per year

thank you so much for watching!

Hey Colbe! Now that you mention it, the timeline does seem confusing. When I applied to dental schools in Canada for the first time I completed the applications during my 4th year. However, due to the way the application systems work for some schools in Ontario, this meant that they were looking at my top 2 years NOT including the year I applied within. So, although my 4th year marks were among my highest, they unfortunately were not considered on my application and instead they looked at my 2nd and 3rd year marks (which had some of my lowest marks due to a low second year GPA). I graduated from my bachelor's degree in June 2017 and took time off of school as I planned on applying again to Canada during the next cycle so that they could include my 4th year marks in the application, which I believe would have helped a ton. During this time off I also completed my application to Australia and applied to multiple schools in the US. From Sept-Nov I received offers to interview in the US and also received my offer of acceptance to Australia, which I ultimately accepted! So I didn't have the issue of having to drop out of any courses since I took that break from school anyway. If things didn't work out at that time I would have enrolled soon after that in both extra courses and taking my DAT again! I hope this makes more sense now as to what the timeline was and why I didn't jump into extra courses at the time. 😊 Let me know if this is still confusing! Good luck with everything!

@@alannahanita-marie Thank you so much for the help!!! That makes so much more sense! I am literally having the same situation where I want to use my 4th year grades because my second year grades are lower (covid :( ), so I was planning to also take an extra year instead of a gap year ( I am in 3rd year now, going great!) . But it is weird because September I would start my 5th year, whereas I also might get an acceptance into AU which means I would have to drop out of that 5th year lool so I was just confused, thanks for clarifying! I am assuming you graduated right? If so, how is the work like back in Canada! That is another big question I have always wondered, did you find a stable job when/if you came back to Canada? This had to be amazing that you can finally pay off debt faster now! Thanks for all the help! This really helps me decide between things :D

@@colberendsal5884 Yeah! If you continue straight into a 5th year then I guess you would just drop those classes if you accept your offer, which at the end of the day would be fine! I did graduate yes! Unfortunately did not get to have an in person graduation due to covid. But I recently got back to Canada and am in the process of getting my license. It takes around 4-6 weeks for the license registration for the provinces to go through, so I am still waiting on all of that. I am definitely going to make a video soon once I am settled with a job to explain that process after returning from Australia too! 😊

@@alannahanita-marie That would be great, I would love to see how life is after returning from Australia! Thanks for all these videos! They are tremendously helpful :D

Wow! I always wanted to go to Jervis Bay! Thank you so much for your comment 😊

Hi Riley! In my first and second year (before the pandemic) I got to go home twice a year, once in my mid-year break and again for Christmas break! It was perfect. But then in third and fourth year I had those same breaks off of school but unfortunately couldn't travel home because of Australia's border restrictions, which are now currently not a problem anymore for anyone starting school there this year 😊. School was online for about half of my third year. But there is only so much you can do online in dentistry, so we went back to in-person fairly quickly for clinical and lectures and seminars remained on zoom. Thanks for your question!

Awesome! Now that borders are open, I am considering heading over to Australia. I'm trying to get my degree in nursing, but have been unsuccessful even though I'm already a working LPN for the last two years now. Can you work and do school while you're there? I was told that's illegal to do as there's a work visa or a school one; can't have both? Have you worked while being in Australia?

@@rileydohlman7574 You can definitely work while in school there! You are allowed to work a certain number of hours on a student visa as well. I know many classmates who had jobs during their degree. 😊 Good luck with everything!

Hi Ann! If you already have a dental degree in another country there are a set of exams required to be taken in Australia in order to practice and become licensed there. I believe it is called the ADC exam, if you are interested in looking into it ☺

So true!

OSAP typically gave about $9,000/year, but this actually increased in my last year to $14,000, so it may be higher now for incoming students! 😊

Hey Emilie! From my knowledge there are 2 dates that the DAT is held in Canada. One is in November and the other in February every year 😊

Hi Sanchita! Sorry for the late response to your comment. I am not too familiar with the fee structure for undergraduate dentistry programs in Australia, but I feel like this question would be well answered by the team at OzTREKK! You can find contact information on this page: oztrekk.com/programs/dentistry/

Hey Dhruvi! That's amazing and I hope you are enjoying your first year so far 😊YES the undergraduate dental degrees in Australia are valid to work as a dentist in Canada! The undergraduate and graduate degrees are considered equivalent when you go back to Canada. If you know that this is what you want to do you can even consider completing your current undergrad in 3 years as a 3-year bachelors degree is recognized to be accepted into Australian dental schools. Just something to consider if you wanted to go to dental school sooner! The entrance GPA is always changing depending on those that are applying at the same time as you! If it helps- I was accepted for the 2018 year with a Western University calculated GPA of 3.7 in my 4th year, 3.9 in my 3rd year, and 3.3 in my 2nd year (not my best year lol). I hope this helps and lemme know if you have any more questions! Good luck 🥰

I usually study from lecture ppt's! But we do get additional articles to read as well so I study from those too and then if there is anything I don't understand I will use textbooks to learn more into it 😊

@@alannahanita-marie thank you so much ! 💗

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Thank you so much! Hope your studies are going well 😊

Thanks Laura! It really is amazing, I wanna go back!! haha and ouu I'm gonna watch yours! Thanks for your comment 🥰

Hi hi 🥰I do actually have a video on this. I hope it helps and if you have any further questions, let me know! th-cam.com/video/w5CSmNgnCIE/w-d-xo.html

Yes I believe so! But only if you studied after the reciprocal agreement between Canada and Australia came into place (in 2010).

@@alannahanita-marie thanks for replying!