<p>Hello all, this I have two favorite sites for school, this site and studentdoctors. You guys are great.</p>
<p>Anyways, I am 22, I attend a CCC and i am done with my GE, I am workin on my undergrad lower science courses at CCC. My goal is to get to Dental School - preferably UOP which is in SAN FRANCISCO, so with it being a pre-professional program in SF, you know the cost of expenses is going to be dramatically high, which brings me to my question,</p>
<p>should I just transfer to a CSU (ideally - SF State or CSU Eastbay) and save money that way then go to take out loans @ UOP or should I just do it fullspeed and go to a UC (ideally Davis)?</p>
<p>Davis is good because it's a research school, but hours of research alone won't do me much of a help to get into Dental School, but of course it is a plus.</p>
<p>Please let me know. Maybe some of those CSU alumni's can influence me.</p>
<p>I think anywhere is fine as long as you do WELL. I wouldn’t just be aiming at one school either especially at a California school. Also UOP is the only 3 year dental program so that makes it extra competitive. </p>
<p>Dental school is expensive (350k+) so undergrad tuition is something to thing about.<br>
You want to go to the cheapest school possible. I would recommend that. Forget the prestige. I would choose the route that would lead to zero debt after undergrad. I think as long as you go to a reputable school (which all the CSU are) than you will be fine. Just don’t go to uni of phoenix or something.</p>
<p>thats some very dope advice, i suspected the same about the cheapest undergrad.</p>
<p>i am 22 with a very broke and poor mother, im black/jewish/japanese. do you think UC’s will want to make a success story out of me and give me alot of financial aid? ha.</p>
<p>but im probably going to stick with just CSU eastbay - well Bay Area CSU’s in general.</p>
<p>appreciate the response, it was just what i needed.</p>
<p>Financial Aid will depend on your family income. If you qualify, then you could probably go to the UC’s for cheap. You will probably get your tuition covered and a majority of the housing/living expenses covered. My brother only pays 5k on top of his financial aid for UCLA. If you do qualify, then I would consider going to a UC.</p>
<p>its only me and my mother, she is on unemployment, well it just recently ran out, so our family income is…0 technically.</p>
<p>Remember to due your FAFSA. Its due March 2nd.</p>
<p>umm, sadly it won’t apply for me. im tagging for acceptance of fall 2012, i missed the fall 2011 go around, i wasnt rolling with your guys yet, i came exactly on this board and started browsing December 1st, one day too late. I had never been on this site November 30th and prior.</p>
<p>my great effing luck.</p>
<p>^ You still should do your FAFSA while at a CCC! With your situation you are passing up free money from the gov. Apply ASAP</p>
<p>ALSO sadly, i have exceeded the attempted/completed 90 units max my school has where you can’t get financial aid.</p>
<p>im in a very complicated situation.</p>
<p>sorry mypinkfriday for sort fo takig over your thread but I’m also considering a post-secondary education after udergrad.</p>
<p>Anyways,I was wondering if I should attend UC Santa Cruz to complete my pre-med/pre-pharmacy(I am leaning more into pharmacy school) so that I could get admitted at graduate/med schools schools like UCSF,UCSD,UCLA,or Texas A&M?</p>
<p>^no problem, if its all in the similar question.</p>
<p>i was going to do pharmacy myself, but heard that the profession is dwindling. Do you go on SDN?</p>
<p>@ mypinkfriday: well I’m not really sure if I want to do pharmacy school since I have seen that the job market is going to drug stores that are connected with Wal-Mart and Walgreens,so I’m sort of lost of what profession I should seek.Med school is still in my mind but I don’t know what to specialize.</p>
<p>sorry,I don’t know what SDN means…what is it?</p>
<p>studentdoctor network.</p>
<p>[Student</a> Doctor Network|An educational community for students and doctors spanning all the health professions.](<a href=“http://www.studentdoctor.net%5DStudent”>http://www.studentdoctor.net) its a dope site. the forums will give you madd inspiration.</p>