Would I be able to survive dental school as a married woman?

I am planning on getting married a year out of college, and so would remain married for 3-4 years of dental school. What would that be like? Please give experience and reasons.

Would I be able to survive dental school as a married woman?
I am male and I got married just prior to starting dental school. Frankly, it probably SAVED me. It gave me much more structure to my day. My wife was my greatest support. She had prior experience as a dental assistant, so she actually had more clinical knowledge than I did.





However, your situation is different. I had a few female classmates (back in the stone ages) and only one of them was married. I think that, so long as you approach dental school as the first day of your professional career, marriage would not matter to you one way or the other. I'd say that you probably wouldn't want to get pregnant while in school (although one upperclasswoman did), because that will just end up costing you a year.





If you are ready for dental school and if you are ready for marriage, I see no reason why you are not ready for both of them simultaneously.





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From a previous, paritally relevant answer:





It's not as difficult as the life of a surgical resident or anything, but dental school was the hardest school I attended. The class day was scheduled from 8 to 5 with an hour for lunch. I needed to spend a few hours at home every night just to be sure that I was current. That's the secret to getting through. (As if you have not heard this, even in high school...) Be sure that you know TODAY'S work before you move on. Review every lecture and look up things that you don't understand. If you get lost in the second week, you will be hopelessly lost in the third and spinning your wheels uselessly after that.
Reply:I'm curious if a man would ask this same question...





I know a female dentist who went to dental school rather late in life. She already had a teaching degree and decided to join her husband in his practice. Not only was she married, she had a young son. She was 40 when she graduated.





Dental school is not easy and many students drop out before they finish. It is possible to get a degree while married, but your spouse would have to understand that your studies might take priority for the time being.
Reply:Being married shouldn't stop you from school. If anything you have a supportive person at home when you come home tired and frustrated, and possibly even someone who can help you with your homework. Now kids- that's a different story. If you have children it will stretch you thin and make school more difficult. But I work at a store that sells scrubs and medical equipment, and I see Moms and wives going to school all the time, and they say it is hard, but if you're dedicated, it is worth it.
Reply:Yes.





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Reply:Why should it be any different if you were single? I am a coordinator for a residency program and more than half of our residents come into the program married (and they typically got married between their first four years of college and med school) and they seem to have no problem with it whatsoever. One thing that may throw a wrench in the works would be if you were to have a baby. All of my residents are guys so that's not as big of a deal, several are now fathers (some have a few kids, one's wife gave birth to twins last week) but that would be one of the things that could interfere.





Also, my boyfriend and I will probably be married before he finishes law school and perhaps before I start grad school. I just don't see being married as having a major effect on school.
Reply:yes, you WILL survive because now adays alot of old people goes for poly, college and university... and some news also report old people as old as 70s graduate from the university... so why not give it a go... if you think you can't cope... then don't force yourself.
Reply:Work and marriage is easy from experience an school but you need to avoid kids,,,,,,, they are far more demanding than spouses
Reply:If it is something you really, you will work a way to do it.