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I had an interview to get into my program!!! I start in the fall! The interview was intense! My suggestion would be to... SUIT UP!!!! Dress prefessionally!!!... Show up early!!!! They gave us a few questions to read through which we would discuss in the interview. Getting there eary allows you time to really prepare a good response for those questions! ... Stay calm!!! Do some deep breathing! Yes, it is stressful but you need to be able to show the interviewers that you can handle things hen the pressure gets high!!! ... PRAY!!!!!!! He is where our tength comes from!!!
I’ve recently been accepted in the Dental Hygiene Program at my technical college ! I have been an assistant for 9 years and decided to take up prerequisites 2 years ago . So happy for my decision to further my dental career . Thanks for the inspiration!
I appreciate you taking the time out to make these videos. I graduated top of my class from dental hygiene school last fall and your videos kept me motivated. You also motivated me to start my RU-vid channel. Keep them videos coming hunny ❤️❤️
I’m a nurse and my daughter is in Dental Hygiene program You did a wonderful job explaining this. I knew what she had to take so I directed her Anyway Good job!!
Hi! I’m a fellow Dental Hygienist as well and during this quarantine I was motivated to start a Dental Hygiene channel. Watching your videos inspire me so much! ☺️
Had to graduate highschool early to move out of a bad home situation, and because of that I didn’t take any of the highschool courses I needed. I never thought I would be able to accomplish my dream of becoming a dental hygienist. I have now been doing my pre reqs since 2016 while working 2 jobs and 4 jobs in the summer!! It’s crazy to look back on how hard I have worked. I start my final year of pre reqs this September!! I am so excited to start the rest of my life. There is often a year waitlist for the school I am going to apply to, so during that waiting period there are two microbiology courses that are a part of the program that I’m able to take beforehand which I will do to take advantage of the time and make the course load easier on myself
This is the ONLY video I have been able to find that really really tells us all what we were wanting to know. Other videos completely skip telling us that college will require a placement test. None of the other videos even tell us that we can choose between an AS or BA. So so informative. Thank you!!!
This video was/is very informative. I'm in respiratory therapist school. Going on my 3rd semester. You have motivated me to want to keep going and to work hard for what you want. Keep up the great work. Love to see my Haitian sisters RISE 🙏
You're so pretty😍. I love how you're education orientated. Helping people out there to follow their career goals. Also, dental hygiene sounds so much like nursing school.
I wish I you were my classmate in hygiene school! You seemed so organized and confident throughout the entire process. I am a total mess currently lol. I cannot wait for that next video ! ❤️
Girl I am about to start my first year of community college next fall to start my prereqs and I learned more from this video than I have yet about the process of becoming a DH so thank you so much, I appreciate you and the knowledge you are sharing to aspiring DH!!!
hey girl congrats!! Can you give me some tips on how its going with pre reqs, and when you go to community college for pre reqs is that called a dent hygiene program or is that similar to a hygiene school ?
@@dooddood2978 Hi! So where I live, the only schools that offer a dental hygiene program are two year schools and community colleges. There is no need to go to a 4 year private school and/or a university. For me, my only option was a community college. Not sure how it is in your state, but dental hygiene programs are really only offered at community colleges since it is only a two year program! I do not think it is necessary to do the program through anything other than a community college. Save your money. You only get an associates degree from a dental hygiene program so I see no point in going to a 4 year school for that (if you can even find one that offers it). But I’m pretty sure for the most part, dental hygiene programs are mainly offered at community colleges since they are just a 2 year degree.
Omg you made me cry! Im in such a hard spot in my life... I always wanted to be a dental hygienist but never went for it, now at 31 years old with two young kids i felt like it was too late for me. With this pandemic my bartender job is done and at this point I don’t want to keep doing it. I’ve been praying and praying to have something else open up in my life. God been so clear on my going back to school. I just happen to look up dental hygienist on RU-vid and saw this video! Thank you for inspiring me girl.
You shpuld def go for it I'm 35 gonna with 2 kids and feel i can still do it and knowing it a possible 4 yr course I'm still motivated to do it so i believe you can do it regardless of what's going on believe in yourself if no one else around wants to believe jus know there's atleast one person who does never to late
Wow your so encouraging my main goal is to be a dental hygienist but for now I want to become a dental assistant to make money and get an employer to pay my tuition to go back to college for dental hygeine. You just made me realize every step is a progress!
I finished my prereqs math chem and a&p all with As, I passed the HESI with an 89 and found out I got accepted on Monday I’m starting this fall! 😭 Update- one month into the program and it’s really taking a toll on my mental health. It is NOT EASY. I knew it was going to be rough but i didn’t expect this so if you’re thinking of applying, put yourself in the mindset that you basically won’t have a social life 🥴
Lisbeth Urgiles sorry I didn’t realize you responded! Honestly it was easier than it seems it’s just a lot of stuff at once but take your time you have a lot of it and don’t skip questions you can’t go back to them 😫
Mikerial Pickett girl chem isn’t my strongest subject so I had a ton of tutoring sessions and an amazing, understanding, patient professor! I took a lot of notes and studied them whenever I could 😫
@@patrycjasurma9817 did they test you over anatomy and physiology? I made good grades in those classes but I honestly can't remember anything because it really has nothing to do with dental care
I’ve been thinking about going back to school for the hygienist program, all I got to say is I’m very glad I clicked your video. I feel a lot more confident and more at ease, thank you for the advice in this video!
I have had so much doubt about going into dental hygiene because I felt like I wasn't smart enough. I'm in high school currently taking pre requisites thank you for inspiring me!
@@certifiedlover2748 Im sure they are different with every school but these are the ones I have. Human anatomy and physiology microbiology General, organic and biochemistry public speaking, English composition, General psychology, and Introduction to Sociology. I hope this helps!
I love your videos! I got accepted into a hygiene program in Atlanta that starts in August. With everything going on, I'm very stressed right now working as an essential employee and doing my last prereq (public speaking). I got my acceptance letter one week before the corona situation got real intense, so since then I've been focused on other things. Your videos help refocus me and remind me to think about the good, new and exciting things to come in hygiene school and after. I've also seen some people discouraging the career of a hygienist and telling me to do nursing instead. But I can't see myself as a nurse, and I liked hygiene when I did my shadowing. Your videos are so helpful because they are insightful and encouraging. You make me feel like I made the right choice. So with that I say a big thank you!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm so happy I found you! ❤ Dental hygiene has been a dream career for me since freshman year in HS. I've been so frustrated because I didn't know what classes to take or what to do! 😖 This definitely helped me understand more!
I just had my interview for the program tuesday! I hope I get in🤞🏾I will find out at the end of May. Your videos honestly helped me make it through pre-reqs keep up the great work Tajah😊💜
Me looking up on you as one of my motivators began. Thank you for this. I'm a single mom and needs a lot of studying in all honesty. I am not confident at all but I want to be and in God's will, I'll trust the process. Thank you for this amazing video.
You make me so excited to apply for the program! Was planning on doing my shadowing so I could apply this year but the corona virus happened and now I got to wait till next spring but this won’t stop me from learning as much as I need to while trying to get the most points to get into my program! Thank you for making these videos!! ❤️❤️
I’m on the alternate list for the dental hygiene program I applied to, thank you for the hope and positive vibes Tajah! Good thoughts and prayers are very much appreciated ❤️🦷
I actually was hesitant to apply for college, but our high school made us and so I applied for general education, and I’m still stuck on that. However, I’m kind of glad because I was going to a part of my college experience where I was switching up my major a few times, and now I’m considering dental hygienist :)
I’m in my last year of undergrad, I’m applying to dental hygiene school for next fall I’m so nervous but this is inspiring, can’t wait to be where you are 😩
Girl you are GORGEOUS and your hair is amazing 😩❤️❤️ thank you for the information! I was supposed to start nursing school in August but am now considering becoming a dental hygienist so this was great!!(:
i graduate this december and i’m so glad i found your youtube because i’m going to a CC for an associates in dental hygiene and i have been watching all of your videos for the last hour💞😂
Hey I have a question how long did it take for you to finish your prerequisites and what classes and how many did you take also would you say it’s really hard to get into the program what was your GPA ???
I’ve always been wanting to be a dentist since I was little and I’m currently studying dentistry at my Magnet high school and this makes me more excited! Btw I’ve been watching your videos for more than a year now and this video helped me out a lot thank you !🥺💘
Tajah Ferjuste just a little update, ya girl got accepted into a dental assisting program in an early college for my high school! Thanks for the motivation tajah! 😭🥳
This helped so much! I recently decided this is what I want to pursue. You were so informative and this gave me so much more guidance than Google searching endlessly. Thank you! :) and youre so beautiful!
I have been watching your videos every since I graduated highschool in 2019, i was deciding on going to a community college but I never did. Here I am watching again and I am so motivated to go to college and major in dental hygiene. Thank you so much for another detailed video💕💕
Thanks for this video🙏🏾 so grateful I don’t have to take the TEAS test for program admission at my school. They only use the schools entrance test and Prerequisites.
The program I want is so competitive! My advisor told me don't even bother applying without a 4.0 in the 5 prereqs AND work experience. Out of ~200 applicants, 40 make it to the proctored essay, then 20 make it in. 100% pass rate for all licensing exams, though. Already have some shadowing hours lined up and a BA in psych which gets me only one point. I'm taking back-to-back winter/spring/fall/summer one class a semester so I can make sure I get my As and apply in 2024 but i'm already 31 and if I get in i'll be 37 by the time I get out! Better late than never I guess 😅
Girl I just want to start by saying you are beautiful. Next I've been watching you for about a week as I'm trying to figure out if being a dental hygienist is for me and you have helped a ton! Hopefully in 2 years I can come back and comment about everything college wise. Stay you hun🧡
I loved this video 😍 so motivating! I am a dental assistant and just signed up for college to take my prerequisites for the dental hygiene program and this has me so excited! I’ve been nervous but I’m motivated ❤️🙏🏼 love your channel!
I'm currently a dental assistant and i love my job but i really want to become a hygienist i just applied for school today i am so excited! Your videos have really helped me thank you for what you do!
Getting into dental hygiene school is incredibly competitive. Trust me I know. I had all the pre reqs with an A B average a 3.6 gpa and a decent teas score and had been a dental assistant for 5 years with letters of recommendation from high ranking officers (I worked for the army) and didn’t get in to three of my local comm colleges. It’s literally that difficult. My best advice have a back up plan because they only take the literal best of the best. And good luck if you are a transfer student because schools tend to favor their own alumni versus an outsider. Two years later and I’m still working as a dental assistant with a shred of hope i can one day advance my career.
@@sofiag4377 it took me a year to do all my pre reqs but I crammed it all in and rushed it so all in all I took 10 classes in one year. And I make 16$ and hour as a dental assistant.
Omg I love you so much God bless you Your my motivation to be RDH every day I just graduated from high school I’m so exited thank you your like a big sister 🖤
Thank you so much for this video, I am currently a junior in high school and I was nominated for a scholarship and I was asked my major and favourite subject and I couldn't decide what I wanted and I almost rejected the scholarship because I was confused and I told myself I wont sleep until I found a career that suit me and then I started searching and found this video and I fell inlove with it. Thank you so much for sharing every detail.❤
You are so beautiful and encouraging girl!!! I also am an aspiring RU-vidr and a makeup artist and the dental hygienist job caught my eye! I had doubts about it taking away from my other dream but seeing you kill the game while working as a DH gave me hope!
The dental program at my college is a limited one....they only take 24 persons every year and i am scoring straight A in my prereqs. but this semester might be my first B and I am stressiingg!!
You make me so excited for the day I get to apply to my program! The program I am applying to is very competitive and it is based off of the point system. My grades are great but I noticed most people who get accepted were previously dental assistants so I hope I will still get accepted without that experience🥺 I would go shadow but they don’t count that and I wouldn’t receive any points but I might go do it anyways just for experience! my anxiety is through the roof!🤯
I just got accepted into dental hygiene school this week! I’m going to be so busy come September hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with my channel (I started last August since I had a whole year off of school and I’m currently working on becoming a personal trainer as well before I start bc I definitely won’t have time to study for that) Also, did you work in a dentist office prior to becoming a hygienist or prior to starting hygiene school??
@@SaraSofia you're not alone! I'll be 25 in June and just got accepted into a hygiene program that starts in August. I've worked as a server and restaurant manager since I was 19 so I have no prior dental experience. It is intimidating, but we'll get through this!
I’m just now finishing up spring semester of my junior year (finals start tomorrow!). Things are really different in our program because of covid, but I’m hopeful. DH school is no joke but it’s important to remember what your goal is and that this is a hurtle to achieving that goal!
I have been watching your videos for a few years since I started community college and I finally got accepted into the dental hygiene program! I’m so excited to start this journey, your videos really kept me motivated and I’m so excited to start!!! Out of curiosity, how old were you when you started? I’m 21, is that considered “younger”?
Please comment below for any helpful tips for anatomy and physiology. I find these classes really hard no matter how much time I put in I feel like it's never enough my school is known to have a really low passing rate when it comes to biology
This motivated me so much I needed it I was about to just settle for dental assisting Thankyou ❤️ so much help all I need is my chemistry and microbiology and I’ll be done
Was on my local technical/community college website looking at all the programs and I saw Dental Assistant and Dental Hygienist. I know what the assistant is but never heard of the hygienist so I Googled what it was and I’m somewhat amazed. I never realized that most of the time when you go to the dentist office to get your teeth cleaned and stuff 90% of the time you’re seeing the dental hygienist who cleans your teeth and not the actual dentist. And then dental hygienist make very good decent money and all you need is an associates degree. Don’t see why more people don’t do it.
@@sofiag4377 prerequisites on average take 2 years before I start my prerequisites in the fall I signed up for my dental assistant program 10 months ago and I’m almost finished I just decided to do da school first so I can have steady income
I originally graduated with my degree in business, but now I’m going back to school for dental hygiene :) in pre-reqs right now & I’ll hear back in March if I get in! I’m only applying to one program snd they take 21 people 🤞🏻
Thanks for making this video ! I'm a former RDH and get asked these questions by aspiring hygienists all the time so I'll be sending this video their way! Your glam beat looks good girllllll. Happy Quarantine.
I am currently in a bachelors program in Oregon. We didn’t have to take the TEAS test, but we did have a interview. For the interview we had a group activity and then an individual interview. Ours was a lot of ethics types questions for the interview. I got my acceptance email one week after the interview. This is my third trimester and it is online right now, but hopefully we will be back in the summer to start seeing patients! Ready for the next 2 years be tough but so worth it!
What’s next for someone who doesn’t get in ? I’m a junior in high school and I’m interested in becoming a dental hygienist but I don’t know nothing about college ... all I know is there is a community college with a dental hygienist program that I want to go to
So technically you had two C's? 🤔 I may have a chance. I retook some prerequisites to get a higher grade and higher GPA. Definitely helped! Anything there's just reading based and not as tough, I took online. Over the top classes, I took in lecture, and classes I was confident in and had some knowledge before entering, I took hybrid ( one day lecture, the rest online) I even have an F that I replaced with a C and a D replaced with a B. It's just a matter of putting in the time and work
@@Marigo1ds biggest advice is try not to have Cs for your sciences, based on the program here. Cs hurt you. And try to be finished with your prerequisites when applying. Because I was in the process of two classes and had a few Cs which pushed me back. However, I met with the coordinator and she said my application would have been near perfect if it wasn't for those.
Ahhh! Love this. You are amazing! I absolutely love you!! Needed to hear some motivation. I’m wanting to go to dental hygiene so I can afford to get out of an abusive marriage. I’ve been an assistant since 2003. I love dental.
Girl don’t feel that way!! I’m currently taking my pre-req and I’m 20 about to be 21 in April and I feel like I’m running out of time 😔❤️ we got this!!!!!!!
never seen one of your videos before but fully thought you were going to say "stop and take a minute to realize how beautiful i am" and i was like yes already did that of course
Hey, I need some help! I’m a high school senior and I want to go into dental hygiene. I love dental hygiene and watching these types of videos has made me want to do it more. Where I live there isn’t a community college that provides dental hygiene but there’s a university that offers the dental hygiene program.(which I got into!) I’m not rich lol and my mom thinks going to a community college would be best so I can get my prerequisites and make sure that this is something I want to do, and then I’m really young so she worries. If you were my big sister what would you recommend me doing ? I really need help !❤️ much love
find a community college that has the program, figure out what their prereqs are. If there is a closer community college go to that to take ur prereqs then apply to to other community college that has the program.
Hey Tajah thank you so much for this video and I want you to know that I really love you lol first because I m Haitian natif natale just like you lol and I m a futur dental hygienist too I always enjoyed watching you keep doing what you do tajoujouh☺️❤️ bring smile on people' faces love u hun❤️❤️❤️❤️
Still doing my pre reqs I feel like I’m taking forever 🥺. I had a baby so that delayed me a semester back, but I’m back with a bang by Gods Grace lol. 🙃
Thanks for the info Tajah you make me feel more relief knowing that I am a dental assistant things might be a little easier for me but I know it's going to be a lot of grinding I am really praying to God that I get to start in September finances is killing me right now but I know my God is going to make it happened 🙏🙏 thanks for sharing 🤗💗🤗
