 Are you applying to the NYU dental school? Do you know how to kind of do your research to find their best resources, vibe, school, culture? If you're a good fit, stick around. I'm going to share some intel. Thank you for joining me on my channel for the best personal statement and secondaries coaching. Definitely hit subscribe and the bell so you don't miss a video. I've coached a few pre-dents applying to NYU and getting in successfully and we'll see the cycle but usually they have the why do you want to attend NYU dental and so for that secondary and the diversity obstacles ones definitely check out my template and guide in the description below. Hi, I'm Dr. Josie with Write Your Acceptance. I'm a university writing faculty and I coach students on their personal statements and secondaries so let's get started. Step one is to familiarize yourself with the mission. So if you're writing a why us for NYU but really honestly everyone should do this for every school because you would really learn a ton about their vibe and kind of if you are a good fit but if they are a good fit for you. So step one is to familiarize yourself with the mission and the doctor of dental surgery really kind of focuses on a lot of clinical hours, decision-making, best practices. So here is some language from their mission statement. The curriculum is to educate healthcare professionals who value health promotion and possess the knowledge and skills to diagnose manage and prevent diseases and normalities and other conditions affecting oral healthcare and so promotes decision-making that is evidence-based and reflects on current knowledge. The integration of biomedical behavioral and clinical sciences and we're going to see that a lot in the kind of balance between research and community engagement meaning and so we'll see kind of like how they bridge those two service and research which is important to NYU. There's also an option to do a DDS MBA or DDS public health certificate so that's interesting too if you want to kind of expand a little bit your intellectual breath. Step two, are they the right fit for you? NYU is a very dense urban campus and I put it in quotes right because although there is a feel when you go to kind of NYU and you're kind of immersed in the different buildings it's not the typical campus where you kind of like walk and you're walled off right. So it's definitely kind of a living breathing part of the city. It is very dense it's very fast and it's big it's the largest dental school dental program in the nation I believe with about 300 students per class and so in kind of year three there is an option there's an opportunity for international students to join the program international students who want to practice in the U.S. Having said that NYU you know having talked to former students do a great job NYU does a great job of kind of like breaking you guys up into smaller cohorts and so then there's a sense of like a more collective intimate learning setting for small groups and then you have this kind of backing of an incredible alumni network and just a super large class but do you get lost in the shuffle right so if you are more of an introvert if you want more personalized training this may not be the program for you so you kind of want to weigh those options as to how you learn best your personality and then kind of whether or not this program is tailoring to your strengths. So I wanted to read this this is kind of the cohort system so each cohort has a student success network it's basically an academic advisor a faculty mentor a peer facilitator and a group practice director so you have this kind of peer tutor peer mentor a mentorship and you have a faculty guiding kind of your small cohort and then you kind of can open up and you have this much larger class as well so you have the balance of both. One big positive of such a large class is the diversity in the class itself and the diversity in the demographic that you will care for as an NYU student right so it really will prepare you for any corner of the country that you will practice in so in that sense it's a strong draw for many students. Step three is the incredible robust course offering and just academic experience that you have at NYU they really dial up the clinical experiences so students are kind of sometimes it could be a steep learning curve but they are really really practicing hands-on real-world situations and in depth so that's excellent and I'll show you kind of a little bit of the course offering here. For research there is an incredible kind of array of vast resources and experiences that you can kind of delve into and participate so there's a Bluestone Center it's basically it has eight laboratories with a digital radiography there is phase one to phase four medical and dental clinical trials and then there's kind of working to connect the research to service the family translational research group and that study is a mechanism through which individual couple and family dysfunction cause significant public health degradation so this kind of connection between research and community engagement there is service that is incredibly valuable to consider there are two to four years student kind of government and there's a over 40 student clubs for dental specialties and a dental education program for the community that you can participate in spiling faces going places it's like a dental mobile dental van and then there's a global reach community link that I'll link below as well so you have incredible education vast resources for research and opportunities for community engagement. Step four is to consider cost. NYU is pricey I attended NYU for my master's but not in dentistry and ouch yeah it hurts as a private institution I will kind of show you on the screen a little bit of that info that tuition also I will kind of from bonus and for some serious inspiration of a student alumni and just kind of so impressive who your network and your peers and colleagues would be I will also link their kind of alumni profiles and you can see where everyone is coming from what their passions within dentistry are how they are kind of realizing their dreams and it's just great inspiration whether you apply or attend NYU or another dental program if you are applying to NYU or other programs that ask you why their program make sure you do the research make sure you start looking at their mission statement the education research community engagement opportunities what are the programs name the programs that you can kind of participate in really show them that you did your homework but then also add your personalized kind of dimension so you showed that you've done the kind of intellectual work to show them that you got that you are a good fit talk to alumni LinkedIn is great for that right connect with them ask them questions mention in your why NYU or why you know another school's dental program so really show them that you are kind of truly thinking beyond brand here and you can see yourself living and learning at that institution for your program thank you for watching click like if you like this video please and make sure you check out the secondaries template link in this is in the description below and I'll see you soon thank you