Great video. You forgot to mention two other costs. Opportunity costs - the student can pursue another career or job. The health cost. During the third year of dental school (GPA 2.05), I came down with fulminating ulcerative colitis & ended up with a permanent ileostomy. It took me 2 years to recover from the surgery. I wish I had never, ever pursued STEM, especially health science. Dentistry has ruined my health forever and I really resent it. Dental school was a trial by ordeal that I could not endure. Undaunted by sunk costs, I changed majors & went on to happily earn an MBA (GPA 3.42). I went from making “Ds” to making “As.” Vindication! No Imposter Syndrome. I wasn’t a “D” student after all. The support for students was tremendous at UT Austin, both from the university and from Fortune 500 companies. This support and encouragement was unmatched by the quagmire I faced at UT San Antonio dental school.
@@choysum9030 Yes, but it gets worse! The Return on Investment is just not there. Also, an office next to a 7-11 or WaWa doesn’t seem very professional. Dental classes were not difficult per se, it was just a huge amount of rapid-fire information that simply had to be memorized. I never felt like I actually learned oral medicine. Dental clinic was just too subjective. If one instructor gave me a C, the next instructor gave me a D. Dentistry seems like a trade with a veneer of medicine. When asked about a STEM career, I always advocate against it, especially against health science. Just too difficult with no time to conduct your own research and reflect on what you just learned. For didactic, just memorize. For clinical, just seat it.
Super helpful video!! I’m a dental assistant and I was planning on going to school for hygiene. I find the dentists job wayyy more fascinating though. One of the dentists I work with keeps mentioning dental school to me but I was scared because of how expensive it is. I’m 30 and 500k+ in debt did not sound AT ALL appealing to me. This makes it seem more possible.
Great video. You forgot to mention two other costs. Opportunity costs - the student can pursue another career or job. The health cost. During the third year of dental school (GPA 2.05), I came down with fulminating ulcerative colitis & ended up with a permanent ileostomy. It took me 2 years to recover from the surgery. I wish I had never, ever pursued STEM, especially health science. Dentistry has ruined my health forever and I really resent it. Dental school was a trial by ordeal that I could not endure.
Undaunted by sunk costs, I changed majors & went on to happily earn an MBA (GPA 3.42). I went from making “Ds” to making “As.” Vindication! No Imposter Syndrome. I wasn’t a “D” student after all. The support for students was tremendous at UT Austin, both from the university and from Fortune 500 companies. This support and encouragement was unmatched by the quagmire I faced at UT San Antonio dental school.
Very sad dental schools charge so much and offer so little.
@@choysum9030 Yes, but it gets worse! The Return on Investment is just not there. Also, an office next to a 7-11 or WaWa doesn’t seem very professional. Dental classes were not difficult per se, it was just a huge amount of rapid-fire information that simply had to be memorized. I never felt like I actually learned oral medicine. Dental clinic was just too subjective. If one instructor gave me a C, the next instructor gave me a D. Dentistry seems like a trade with a veneer of medicine. When asked about a STEM career, I always advocate against it, especially against health science. Just too difficult with no time to conduct your own research and reflect on what you just learned. For didactic, just memorize. For clinical, just seat it.
I will love to be a dentist but it’s just too expensive in the US :(
I am astounded on the amount dental school costs!
It's definitely an investment!
I graduated with $450k loans. I thought I’d be rolling in money, but instead I have golden hand cuffs for the next 10 years. 😂
Super helpful video!! I’m a dental assistant and I was planning on going to school for hygiene. I find the dentists job wayyy more fascinating though. One of the dentists I work with keeps mentioning dental school to me but I was scared because of how expensive it is. I’m 30 and 500k+ in debt did not sound AT ALL appealing to me. This makes it seem more possible.
Glad it was helpful!