Saturday, April 16, 2011

21 Days Left, Again

What are the odds. I just randomly was thinking about this post I did approximately four years ago when I had 21 days left prior to graduation. As the blog gods would have it, I am in exactly the same position today. This was NOT pre-planned which is what makes it awesome. Twenty-one days stand between me and doctor-hood. So in the spirit of that original post, here are 21 things I will absolutely NOT miss about dental school. In no particular order:

1. Only learning dentistry for about 1 hour a day, the rest is spent cleaning up chairs, gopher running lab scripts, calling patients and checking out instruments.

2. Going into debt more and more each and every month

3. The pre-clinic

4. Studying power point presentations for hours on end

5. Cockroaches

6. Dental students, good lord we are an annoying bunch

7. Being treated like a 12 year old despite being 26

8. Calling my own patients and setting up appointments

9. Setting up my chair

10. Breaking down my chair and returning instruments

11. Having 1 out of every 3 units present with some malfunction (leaky water spray, broken hose, etc.)

12. Having 1 out of every 3 hand pieces not work, requiring me to go back to the window for seconds

13. Having to suck-up to pretty much everyone from the janitor on up

14. Being constantly hounded about collections as if I can actually get any of these patients to actually pay. What do you want me to do? Break their thumbs?

15. pre-clinic students leaving rotten smelly endo teeth in open jars all over the school. Pick that crap up please.

16. Having to coordinate with program directors that have NO cooridination in terms of what I have and have not done or when I'm on and when I'm not on rotation.

17. Having to mount every case as if the world would explode should I not

18. Having a crappy lab do all the work

19. Having to get everything swiped or signed (approved)...and I do mean everything

20. Attendance taking (again, I'm 26 years old here)

21. Being a student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM DONE!! and just like that original post... GO BULLS!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Exit Interview - Loans

Hilarious and disturbing at the same time!

"You are generally obligated to repay your student loan(s), even if you do not complete your program of study, do not complete the program within the normal timeframe for completing it, are unable to obtain employment after you complete your program, or are otherwise dissatisfied with or do not receive the educational or other services that you purchased from the school. However, there are a few situations in which your loan may be discharged and your repayment obligation canceled or forgiven.

- You die

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Well at least they aren't beating around the bush.