Humboldt

I have to narrow down my final decision from:

At this moment, I plan to do pre-med, majoring economic (business is possible option) or biology. I can change my plan to other field, like law, business, etc.

NYU (BA/ 7-year DDS (Doctor of Dental Science) Program) (waiting for financial aid award)
WashU very good award
Northwestern (waiting for financial aid award) I wish I applied to Med program at NU.
Ivy League (waiting for financial aid award)

As far as I know, NYU matriculates about 10 students to its 7 year joint D.D.S. Program
-Pros-
1. DDS Joint (I am thinking of three options: 1. Dartmouth 2. Non-Ivy but same caliber schools like Wash.U., Northwestern (depending on financial aid and the "fit". 3. NYU (Almost same reason as yours: D.D.S. Program and NYC) 3. Wash.U. Alone because it is not well known, but many smart people know it is a great school.
2. Living in NYC sounds like more than living in a big city, it means unlimited opportunity for whatever you want.
3. I heard NYU dorm is very good (Yeah, but if the dorm sucks then there is nothing good at NYU, excluding special programs like DDS)
-Con-
1. It's NYU. Not Columbia, Northwestern, or Penn but it is not a school to laugh at.
2. Very expensive (Probably more expensive then any other schools on my list)
3. No Campus Life (My friends at NYU told me he goes to club instead of joining frat parties and other student organizations, which is great but it is different from the ordinary college students)
4. The recruiters from elite companies like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan will prefer to have schools like Dartmouth, Wharton, etc. (I know D.D.S. is different)
5. I heard a rumor that professors don't care about students as they are supposed to do (No office hours, work for their part time job, it is people from NYC, people might be really busy and sometimes selfish)
6. I heard there are undergraduate joint DDS at some other schools like Penn, and Lehigh. In my opinion, Penn>NYU>Lehigh
I think that unless you want to teach at Harvard Dental School, brand name of one's school does not matter that much in the dental world, at least for your resume. I think it is more about your career experience.

Thank you for your advice in advance. :-)

BTW, it is not a big deal, but there are few people who think CC is their playground because it is online, claiming others with high stat as troll, I have been on CC for long time so I am the boss, etc. Of course, Many CCers are respectful and intelligent.

UCLAri

Humboldt,

While doing everything you listed, will you also be able to find time to cure cancer and solve our energy issues?

Why don't you focus more on which school is the best fit for you. If you're really as ambitious as you seem, it's not like any one school is going to make or break you.

Here's my take: New York can be a rewarding or very tough place to live in. Do you enjoy big cities? Have you visited? If not, you need to come here. There is no city in the US quite like NYC, and you may find that you don't like it.

Otherwise, go to the school that offers you the best balance of cost and fit. DO NOT OVERLOOK LIKING THE SCHOOL.

Humboldt

Yeah, I personally like NYC. The thing is it is really expensive place to live in. but my question is not about the environment. I have a friend who decided to turn down an ivy league school to go to NYU (BA/DDS Program), just b/c his/her dental school matriculation is almost guaranteed. But if you want an 'academically challenging' environment, NYU might be a bit frustrating- well, their academic curriculum or lectures would be great, but some students in Bio major(not necessarily in dental program) didn't appear to be working on their best..and you know, even though we're in dental program, we take same classes as other science major students...

And for NYU, even though the admission officer says dental school matriculation is not really guaranteed, a student in the program told me that it's more correct to say admission is almost guaranteed- they only need to maintain min. grade of above B- or B, and DAT of avg. score(or may be a bit less). She told me that NYU doesn't really want to kick student out of program b/c it worries about their(or their program's)reputation and stuffs.

nabiya

If your sure you want to study DDS than go to nyu, but if you have any doubt than nu and wash u is much better school