Disclaimer

Today I just felt like I should throw out a disclaimer for those of you who have found your way to my blog. The majority of the readers who contact me are either getting ready for an interview and wanting advice (which I am happy to give) or those who have been accepted and are looking for logistics on matriculation. 

My Disclaimer is that for those of you who are matriculating in 2009, most of the stuff on this blog should help you. I just want you to know though that this school is all about constant evaluation and reformation to bigger and better things. In other words, there might be something that worked for me in 2008 that now is outdated. That being said, I'm sure a lot of the little notes on here will still be helpful to you all.

Good luck in your pursuits in Dentistry

-Dustin

Calendar update

I have been waiting for ATSU to provide a calendar in the student portal for the class of 2012. Up until now they only had it for classes 2011-2008. I have updated the embedded calendar at the bottom of the screen now so that it will import scheduling that applies to my class. There isn't much there right now but as they post more and more in the portal it will all directly feed to the calendar on my blog. So check back for updates!

New Logo

I put a new logo at the top of the page! It took me a while to get the new Web banner logo to the right size because of bloggers limited editing capabilities within the header, but I finally got it right. I did this banner in Adobe illustrator. I think it turned out pretty good don't you?

Features

As I have been constructing this Blog. It looks like more and more it will be tailored for going through dental school in a few months. Here are the following updates I recently made:

• I have added a calendar/agenda of what we will be doing. Right now it shows the class of 2011 because ASDOH doesn't have there class of 2012 schedule finalized yet.
• I also put a weather forcast widget on the blog for Mesa, AZ. I'm kind of scared to watch the temperature on the forecast rise as summer gets closer. It's going to be a hot one!
• I will be adding You Tube dental videos.
  
• Also I am experimenting with a Gcast podcast module. This has the capability to record messages from my phone and feed them to the blog. I noticed that as I play them it runs through all the posts. I don't know if that is a feature that I can change or what, but I think with a little more tinkering it might be a fun little widget to have on the site. I'll let you know when it is finalized