Semester 1 | Dental Hygiene School
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Just a couple thoughts on my first semester of dental hygiene school! Sorry I never make update videos, but you know you'll hear from me in about 16 weeks when my second semester ends lmao
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I post weekly updates throughout the semester!
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To be honest honey, I absolutely love how real you are on this video. Keeping it totally 100 about not being exactly sure how to study and which way is best on note taking. I'm kind of like that right now, but I believe that I have figured it out.
JeffriesAnitra do you have any good study tips to offer up? Idk if it was the long break between semesters or what, but I just can’t find my groove!
@@dentalchimi9628 I understand!!! I was hoping to get some study tips from your video, but I'll tell you what I do. I'm not in the program yet, but I heard hygiene school is a BEAST!!!!!!! So here's what I do to help me retain the information. Each class I take notes to the best of my ability, but I also started audio recording in lecture class. When I get home, rewrite my notes with color pens and highlighters, this helps to draw my eyes to the important details instead of the fluff. Make flash cards of the important details as well, the more you are reading and writing things over and over, it helps you to remember the material. Plus, with flash cards you can take them with you everywhere, so you can study in your car, at the restaurant, wherever.
My problem is retaining the information, some people can go over the material a few times and remember it, NOT ME!!!! I actually got this advice from a girl who just graduated from the program, she had good grades and she is a wife and mother of 2 small children. She wrote flash cards for everything and took them everywhere with her, reading the material in the textbook or the powerpoint, writing her notes on what she read and what the instructor told her to focus on.
JeffriesAnitra repetition is huge for me! I’ve also noticed new info sticks with me better if I teach it to someone else. Like I’ll read the material and then explain what I just read to someone else in my class or study group. The only problem is there’s so much to learn so I can’t repeat everything or I’d be “teaching” for days 😂
@@dentalchimi9628 Yes, I had classmate who said the exact same thing. You might have to apply that method to your hardest class. I know that almost everything in Hygiene school is hard, but I heard the horror stories about pharmacology.
In my second semester now! The needing to study for the first time was the same for me. I flew through my prerequisites, but bam! the first semester hit me hard.
Great video Thank you for all the tips!!!!👊
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What made your decide dental hygiene?
I just graduated community college with my AA in health science and still don’t have my mind set on what I want to do now... loved your video! Keep them coming! And love your chair! 😍
Jennifer fregoso thanks! And sorry I’m just now seeing this haha. I’m absolutely awful with keeping up on content or checking comments 😅 but I decided on dental hygiene in kind of a round-about way. I originally had planned on getting certified as a dental assistant about 10 years ago, but the program that was offered in my area stopped before I could apply, so I decided to wait to go back to school until after I married my then boyfriend now husband and then life happened and time got away from me. Next thing you know 5+ years had passed and I decided to reevaluate what I wanted to do as a career. I really liked the flexibility DH offered and it pays way better than assisting so I decided to go that route. Not too exciting of a story, but it’s definitely been a journey! It’s a good thing you got your AA in science that will definitely help you out with prerequisites! And it will make you stand out when/if you apply for DH school. At my school, you got extra points on in the application process if you already had a degree.
Hello! New sub. Been learning so much about hygiene and the program. Can you do some more videos about school supplies that were needed and used. Also maybe about the pros and cons of associates vs bachelors. Also, how old is too old to start the program? Did you start out of high school? Thanks so much
If you don’t mind me asking what was your gpa going into the program? I’m just starting out my prerequisites!
Life with Axe I wouldn’t mind telling you, but I’m actually not too sure 😂 I just know that I got mostly B’s. Maybe a C or 2 and a couple A’s. I probably should have cared more about my gpa than I did, but I never came close to the “bare minimum” required to apply so I never paid much attention to it 😂 As long as you’re giving your all and passing most of your classes with at least B’s, you should be totally fine :)
Do you think radiology was difficult because you didn’t have dental experience? I’m prepping myself for dental hygiene school because I start in July but I just never thought radiology would be difficult.
Did you graduate Dental School?
Do you have girls that are moms in your class?
Brianna Silva yes! We have 2, and I know it’s tough for them juggling everything, but they are rockstars and make it work!
Girl did you graduate???