Boston, MA
Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit
Overall, students rated the program a 4 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as competitive. The environment is considered supportive for underrepresented minorities, LGBTQ+ students, married students, students with disabilities, non-traditional students. Graduates feel underprepared for board exams. Faculty members are seen as less approachable.
🎓 The Basics ▼
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?
| Response Avg | # Responders |
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| 1,055.50 | 3 |
What do you like most?
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The name
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Almost all specialties are at the school, the school is affiliated with a hospital, old school with alumni
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The clinical education is second to none
What do you like least?
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Administration, Toxic student culture. Mean students. Bullying. Disorganized schedules. Two weeks with 8 exams in the spring. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs doesn't want students getting along. Useful information packs are only for privileged students.
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Humongous class size, highly unethical administration, PDND program is causing "stealth" increases in class size, overcrowding, mean classmates, cutthroat unethical environment. students can be really mean, they will literally fight their professors to get better grades, attacks on other students, unsafe area, riots, protests, wish Tufts had P/F grading, terrible management of the coronavirus crisis and protests
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The elevators are slow
🧾 The Details ▼
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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New but with old technology and old fashioned methods.
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Some old some new (the administrators have new stuff and the specialty programs do but not the undergrad DMD program) UG pre-doctoral students get to use all the old stuff
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New
How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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Still in school. Just the basics adequately trained.
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Poorly prepared for boards and life after; abysmal board passing rate roughly 1/3 of each class fails their board exams every year
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Very well prepared
What are rotations like?
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They care more about attendance above anything.
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There is a hospital affiliation, but rotations are brief; not much experience
How do students from this program do in the Match?
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You'll see a lot of students get disappointed after all the backstabbing and fighting with faculty for good grades and gossiping they cowardly do just to "get ahead" until they hit a wall and give up
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High success rate
Any other information you want to share?
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They really mistreat students here.
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Terrible school wish I had gone somewhere else
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