FandemMandem Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Hey everyone, If I fail any courses in my first year of dental school, what are my chances of specializing in Canada (i.e. in ortho, endo)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FandemMandem Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 how about overseas options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negura Bunget Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 It probably depends on the specialty. Some are more competitive than others. I'd assume Ortho, OMFS are pretty competitive. I don't know anything about Endo. Perio I'd assume is not very competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktheshambler Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Negura Bunget said: It probably depends on the specialty. Some are more competitive than others. I'd assume Ortho, OMFS are pretty competitive. I don't know anything about Endo. Perio I'd assume is not very competitive. Perio is hella competitive. Dalhousie gets like 100+ applicants every year for 3 spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negura Bunget Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 41 minutes ago, ricktheshambler said: Perio is hella competitive. Dalhousie gets like 100+ applicants every year for 3 spots. Its not that competitive in the US at least. People tend to match to it pretty easily (one person from my graduating class matched with a GPA in the low 3s). It also isn't a highly sought out specialty these days. Only 2 people applied to it from my graduating class some years ago (compared to the 15+ that applied to ortho, 10+ for OMFS, etc). Also, 100 applications for 3 spots isn't really considered competitive. You need to consider the total number of spots in the country available for that specialty. As a comparison, most OMFS programs are receiving 300+ applications for ~2-3 spots. Anecdotally, this past interview cycle at the program I'm training at we had 317 applications for 3 spots. So its all relative. I'm not saying you can stroll into perio programs, but its far from the most competitive and can end being the most expensive. I have no intention of turning this into a OMFS vs Perio pissing contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoltz Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Negura Bunget said: It probably depends on the specialty. Some are more competitive than others. I'd assume Ortho, OMFS are pretty competitive. I don't know anything about Endo. Perio I'd assume is not very competitive. But don't some programs look at last few years? Technically if you kill the last few years you could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negura Bunget Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 5 hours ago, LightningBoltz said: But don't some programs look at last few years? Technically if you kill the last few years you could. I can only speak for OMFS, but I don’t know of any programs or heard of any programs cherry picking the last two years. Also, for most schools your GPA is pretty much determined after the first ~2 years, at least the bulk of it. For OMFS applications to the US, a GPA >3.85 and a CBSE >70 are pretty much a nessesity for Canadians applying to OMFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Negura Bunget said: I can only speak for OMFS, but I don’t know of any programs or heard of any programs cherry picking the last two years. Also, for most schools your GPA is pretty much determined after the first ~2 years, at least the bulk of it. For OMFS applications to the US, a GPA >3.85 and a CBSE >70 are pretty much a nessesity for Canadians applying to OMFS. I think some would even say a CBSE > 75-80 is necessary these days with the competition for Canadians...but i think for other specialities, the ADAT can help balance out GPAs to an extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negura Bunget Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, Compton said: I think some would even say a CBSE > 75-80 is necessary these days with the competition for Canadians...but i think for other specialities, the ADAT can help balance out GPAs to an extent. I would agree with that. 75 is probably a better goal. It’s getting harder and harder to match at a Canadian to OMFS and the CBSE are trending upwards. Anecdotally, of the Canadians that I know that matched over the past 5 years, average CBSE was ~78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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