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I had dinner with my friend who is in dental school (just finished 1st year). Guess how much tuition and overall costs are per year. (spoiler inside)

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Jul 11 '09, 21:07

Tuition is $80k per year!!!! Plus living and all that it is about $100k per year!!!!

For 4 years = $400k + interest = like $500k. Freaking ridiculous.

How do they expect someone to pay that back? She is doing the military thing where they pay for her and she serves 4 years.

But dang. Especially with reimbursements going down and all. Ridiculous!

Oh.. we had dinner at the building where Mark Geragos has his law firm. He owns the building. There is a little restaurant at the bottom that used to be a fire station.

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also, tuiition costs are usually positively correlated with how much you earn when you graduate. if they're paying that much for a school - dug Jul 11, 21:11 42
- Doubt it. Patients don't really care that much where you went to school. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:13 41
  - the places that hire you care. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:14 9
    - Highly unlikely. Western Dental won't care, because patients don't know. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:18 8
      - I'm sorry, but that is just not true. The docs from the best schools will get the best offers. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:19 7
        
        I doubt the difference in offers will be substantial. Patient's simply don't know where their doctors were educated. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:22 6
        
        you are either in denial or were brainwashed by state school admission officers. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:22 5
        
        You are saying that patients know where they doctor was educated? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:23 4
        
        I'm saying that's not what determines the job offer you get. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:24 3
        
        I doubt the offers will be substantially different. Plus, this would only apply to dental school Since for med school, your residency location - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:26 2
        
        if you think a Harvard doc will get the same offers as you, you're mistaken. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:30 1
        
        Oh, I sure he will. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:31
  - well then they are stupid for paying a premium to learn the same thing they could have learned at a smaller cheaper place -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:14 30
    - You don't have much of a choice when talking about acceptance to med, dental, or pharm school. 1) You are luckily to get into. 2) All schools have - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:15 29
      - when they are hard to get into, that means many people will be willing to write the check. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:17 27
        
        Oh, I understand how it works. I am just saying it is freaking ridiculous. But I definitely understand the business behind it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:19 1
        
        if you don't like it, don't be a dentist. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:21
        
        if it's like med school or law school, the USC name opens doors within the profession that other, cheaper schools do not -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:18 24
        
        For law school yes. Other fields not so much. And mostly in LA anyway, USC isn't ranked that high. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:19 23
        
        economically, that doesn't make any sense. if USC graduates were not able to command higher salaries after graduation, why would they pay so much - dug Jul 11, 21:21 21
        
        Because, USC might have been the only school they were accepted to. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:23 20
        
        LOL. Hilarious. (nm) - musubi Jul 11, 22:36
        
        they could have applied to only state schools. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:23 18
        
        You obviously don't understand how competitive it is. End of discussion. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:26 17
        
        oh for god's sake, I taught premeds for five years. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:27 16
        
        And I am a pre-med at the nations biggest pre-med school. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:28 6
        
        yeah so? - loosilu Jul 11, 21:29 5
        
        Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything. Just saying it is ridiculous. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:31 4
        
        if it's too ridiculous, don't do it. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:32 3
        
        hehe.. pre-meds are whiny. "if you're willing to do it, suck it up" applies to everything in life. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:33 2
        
        for everything worth having in life there are sacrafices to be made - - 'lia Jul 11, 21:37
        
        exactly. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:34
        
        He's having a bit of a moment here. - Subversive Jul 11, 21:28 8
        
        Define crappy? I wouldn't call my undergrad of future med school crappy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:29 7
        
        Dude, you're getting awfully defensive. Thought maybe you go to a school without much 'prestige' and thus the denial. - Subversive Jul 11, 21:36 6
        
        he's going to a state school. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:36 5
        
        Ranked 3rd in the nation for publicly funded. Considered to be one of the new ivys. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:02 3
        
        I don't say this often, but loosi is right. (nm) - musubi Jul 11, 22:38
        
        This thread blows me away. nm - Jim Jul 11, 22:20 1
        
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        Makes sense. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 21:38
        
        well, I don't know dental school specifically. Vet school is similar to med school, except much harder to get in. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:20
      - then go to a public school if the patients don't care where you went! -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:16
spoiler. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:08 17
- Well, it IS their problem if you can't. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 21:13 1
  - it's not the school's problem at all, just the bank's. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:34
- Word. But still freaking ridiculous. How about Obama do something about that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:10 14
  - isn't it a private institution whose students pay willingly? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:10 13
    - Yes.. so. If we don't pay Obama won't have doctors for his health care plan. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:12 12
      - I don't think you understand how it works. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:15
      - they'll find doctors - 'lia Jul 11, 21:13 10
        
        there are more than enough students who are willing to pay. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:15 9
        
        exactly - 'lia Jul 11, 21:17 8
        
        and honestly, they make great salaries. If you don't buy the Lexus in the first five years you can pay the loans. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:18 7
        
        which is why no one in my family cuts them any slack when they bitch - 'lia Jul 11, 21:20 6
        
        My brother got a Northern Exposure deal, where he worked in rural KY in exchange for loan forgiveness. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:21 5
        
        tell me about it - 'lia Jul 11, 21:30
        
        Where is his buddy located? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 21:23 3
        
        don't know, sorry. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:24 2
        
        duh, just googled him. Near Tucson. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:25 1
        
        Ah, don't know that area real well. I'm more familiar with the reservations in the northern part of the state. - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 21:30
well i guess i don't have to guess now -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:08 4
- I bet you would have guessed wrong. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:11 3
  - you would have had to say what tier school. there is a huge spread between the top and bottom - dug Jul 11, 21:13 2
    - USC. Most schools are priced similarly, unless you are talking about public schools (UCs) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:14 1
      - I'm with pixie on this. they went their by choice. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:16

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