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Advice/Reassurance? Hi everyone, I’ve been a part of this sub for a while but I’ve never posted before. I’m 20 and I’ve stuttered moderately and at times severely ever since 1st grade. Lately my stutter has gotten a lot worse, and because of that a lot of my anxieties and fears regarding stuttering have returned. The main point of this post is I wanted to ask others what they have done to pursue their career despite their stutter. To keep it short, I’m entering my 3rd year of uni and my dream career is to attend dental school. On paper I think that I am a really competitive applicant, but like I’m sure many of y’all know it’s the interview that I am worried will ruin my chances of getting in. Being able to communicate effectively is one of the most important skills for a dentist to have, and I am worried that dental schools will look at me as an inferior applicant because of my stutter. I’ve thought about contacting the dental schools I’m interested in just to inquire about the issue, but I haven’t because part of me thinks that doing so will put a big red flag by my name somehow. This has been on my mind ever since I decided I wanted to be a dentist (about 2 years ago), and I wish that I could just stop stressing so much about it. Has anyone experienced something similar to this? Also do y’all think I should disclose my stutter to any school that does decide to give me an interview?