Re: Pre-Dental or Bachelor of Science?

On 29 Jun 2005 11:56:41 -0700, Nelly_9834@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>>>I agree that the sooner you get done, the less tuition you pay and less tiem
>>>you spend not earning income.
>
>Last year, my cousin (who is 19 years old at the moment, did not too
>well in his first year at the University of British Columbia(probably
>because he took 7 courses in the first semester), and he failed his
>first year. And then he discovered a university around the Carribean
>area, and he got accepted into dental school over there. He didn't even
>need to do his undergraduate or go for an interview! He will be a
>dentist when he is 23 or 24 years old (that is if he does well over
>there). So, he will probably get extra years of wages than people here
>in the States and Canada who have just finished dental school.

But will any US States or Canadian Provinces accept his degree and
license?


>>>Not when we went through DS. They pretended to give us about four 2 hour
>>>lectures on the topic, but the presenters were really just "Dental
>>>Consultatants" trying to convince us to hire them at $40K-$80K a year.
>
>Oh, bummer. Did you take any business/entrepreneurial courses when you
>were in University, Dr Steve?

...
Stephen
Troy, Michigan, USA

I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting.
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