<p>Got into the Rutgers New Brunswick campus and I'm stuck between which school to go to!
Academically, I believe I am capable for either. (2400 SAT, 4.0/4.0 GPA)</p>
<p>I can't say I have a preference as to which field to enter. I've been a computer geek for most of my life, but the salary potential of pharmacy entices me to try a new major. (And I do enjoy those bio / chem classes I took in high school)</p>
<p>Which of these schools has a better / more promising education for me? Thanks!</p>
<p>P.S. If I go to either of these schools, it would be best to dorm in the Busch area right? Which residence hall is best? (Any with private bathrooms perhaps?)</p>
<p>Considering your GPA and SAT, I suppose you’ll be in the honors program. In Engineering Honors, you can live in Barr Hall (one of the BAMM freshman dorms). It is regular doubles residence hall style. With pharmacy, there is no honors program until your junior year (third year out of six), so you’d have to make sure you get your housing application in early enough to get a spot on Busch.</p>
<p>On Busch, the BAMM dorms and McCormick (for SAS Honors) are the best it gets for freshmen.</p>
<p>I feel like your pharmacy vs. engineering question is rhetorical, because there distinct and separate reasons to enter either pharmacy or engineering. (Those are reasons I don’t know…) To be sure, it is hard to switch into engineering simply because of the specialized prerequisite classes it has during freshman year. I’m not sure how difficult it is to get admitted into pharmacy, but I know their freshman classes are all basic math/science classes because pharmacy only accepts credit from one AP test.</p>
<p>Well I’ve heard pharmacy has a better reputation in general and that almost anybody can get into the engineering school. Gah, I’m at a loss. All things considered, which program overall is more promising i guess?</p>
<p>The pharmacy program is more selective, that is true. Getting into and staying in engineering school or pharmacy is the main concern, though, eh?</p>
<p>I’m sorry I don’t have a distinct answer to your question, because I never desired a career in the health field (at least not one that includes studying medicine extensively).</p>