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Indecisive
I have decided now that I would like to further my dental career into assisting. Great! I looked into YSU and OSU and decided to go with OSU because their program is more involved, 4 yr vs 2 yr. Well I get all into the application process only to find out that their program doesnt begin until 2012. Now I can either wait, and take that program, or be impatient and go to either YSU or Columbus State.
I DONT want to wait. If I wait another 1.5 years to start and go through the 4 yr program, and then want to continue in the grad program I will be in school until Im 30 and I dont want to wait until Im 30 to start a family. I barely want to wait now haha.
If you were looking for a "new" dental hygienist would you rather go to someone with a 2yr degree or 4yr and would THE Ohio State have any bearing on your choice?
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Re: Indecisive
Going to OSU is the best choice I ever made but I would do a 2 year school so I could make some moolah quicker as a married gal.
I have never picked a hygenist based on their education or where they obtained their degree. I would do the 2 year program and get your degree quicker to get a job quicker.
Have you researched the job market to see what that field is looking for re: degrees, etc? Good luck. And, you can certainly have a baby if you're attending graduate school. It's not ideal but if it happened, know that you could certainly handle it.
I don't mean to say anything offensive here, but I didn't view dental hygeine as a career that required a four year degree. Especially if the certification is the same regardless of your schooling. If you pass the certification you'd be good to go in my book. (Now, I don't work for a dentist office though so you may check around to see what the local offices require).
Oh, and for the record, I would prefer if you don't go to OSU, but that's only football related. ha!
i would ask a dentist.
can you talk to OSU and see if any of the credits from the other school will transfer? then just work on the 2 year and transfer to the four year. then you'll be done at 28 instead of 30.
i would think there would be a lot of GE classes that you could take anywhere.
If being a dental assistant is anything like being a nurse or a resp therapist go for the 2 yr program. I went to a 2 yr program and there isnt a single thing a 4 yr program person can do that I can't. Its also been my experience that 2 yr programs focus more on hands on clinical training then a 4 yr. $ yr programs tend to focus on management and theory.
I know as far as nursing goes in my area that are huge wait list to get into the 2 yr programs b/c people leave the 4 yr schools to get into the 2 yr programs b/c they are so much better and it doesnt make a bit of difference.
OOPS sorry I just read back through my OP and I typed assisting. Yes, I am now an assistant. I want to continue on to hygiene.
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