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Carolyn Cochran Wants to Get in Your Mouth

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Jaime Ritter Student Contributor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UAB chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Name: Carolyn Cochran
Year: First year at UAB dental school
Age: 23

HC: Why is being a girl in dental school so awesome?

CC: Well, there’s only 18 of us, and only 4 girls went to undergrad here. Surprisingly that’s a lot… usually there are only 4 girls from UAB in our dental school class.

 

HC: What’s your average day like in dental school?

CC: I get up at 7, and go to school from 8 am to 5 pm. 

 

HC: How did you prepare for dental school while you were still an undergrad?

 CC: I was a Biology major and during the summer I took a Kaplan course and studied for the DAT exam.

 

 HC: What’s your least favorite part of dental school?

 CC: My least favorite are the fundamental tests every Monday at 7:45 a.m.

 

HC: What’s the coolest thing you’ve learned or done so far?

We drill on fake teeth, so that is really fun. I enjoy that.

 

HC: What’s the thing you’re most excited about when you’re an official “doctor”?

CC: The white coat of course! Right now I only have a short one, but the full-length one looks so official! 

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Jaime Ritter

Jaime is a junior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. There she is the captain of her varsity golf team and a journalism and English double-major. She is an active member in the Student Athletic Advisory Committee where she helps organize volunteer opportunities and social functions for student-athletes at UAB. Jaime enjoys cooking, entertaining friends, reading/writing blogs, fashion, and of course, golf. She aspires to eventually write for a major magazine or write chick-lit books.