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Originally Posted by Ren
Academically the requirements are almost identical. The real difference is in the extracurriculars. For dentistry, you basically just have to shadow a dentist during your summers and get a letter of recommendation from one of your profs and that will do you in many cases. For med school, the stuff you have to do outside of the classroom is just staggering and personally I found it demeaning when I did it. Maybe it's just because working in a hospital is a lot less personal than working in a small office, I just couldn't put up with some of the egos in the medical field.
Every dentist I've ever met or worked with has been awesome, but I know a lot of a**hole doctors.
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That's pretty much most of the reason I didn't want to go the medical route anymore. I have never met with so many stuck up people in my life. Some treat patients like they're nothing, no eye contact, mumbles something then walks away.
But there are a lot of nice guys too. In every field you're going to get some of every kind. Sorry Keenan87, don't let this distract you from your Medical hopes and dreams. Helping sick people constantly with a good attitude requires a special kind of person. And... the best hot chicks with brains are usually the nurses. I'm going to find myself one of those someday.