<p>Hello! Feel free to relocate this thread if it does not pertain to this forum.
It can get long, so feel free to skip the numbered stuff! :O</p>
<p>I have been accepted to all the pharmacy schools(6-year accelerated programs) that I have applied to, but I have a hard time choosing which one I should attend...
1. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - 10,000$ Per year, renewable academic scholarship (Total tuition is around 25k), but my cousin, who works for a huge pharmaceutical company said that this school is really bad.
2. Northeastern University - 14,000$ Per year, renewable academic scholarship(With financial aid/grants/loans, I have to pay 5k per year), Honors program
3. University of the Pacific (10,000$ per year academic scholarship, financial aid information not available yet), Honors program
4. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ($60,000 Regents scholarship, for 6 years)
5. St. John's University (10,000$, but I would have to pay 24,000 per year.. this school is out!), Honors program</p>
<p>Other schools :
-UCI
-UCR - Regents Scholarship, Honors program</p>
<p>Waiting for :
- UCLA
- USC</p>
<p>Anyways, I came down to two schools...
I live in So-Cal, so I was thinking that UOP might be a good pick since it's way closer to my house than all the other schools(still 6 hours away :< ).. However, I have visited Stockton, and it's a very miserable city indeed. It was early afternoon and there were people sleeping in the streets... and the city didn't look fun. I have a couple of friends attending UOP, and they said that outside of the school might be dangerous, so they stay inside the dorms.. which means I need a car. I've also heard that Pharm-D degrees from UOP are laughed upon by employers? And also, only 30% of pharm-D hopefuls actually make it to pharmacy school... I don't know how true that is, though. On the bright side, however, I have heard that there are lots of cute guys there! (T_T jkjk.) The campus is really pretty! Apparently it's the 5th prettiest campus in the US, and there's even a river/stream in the campus. The weather is really nice, since it's California. </p>
<p>Then, there's Northeastern University. I've heard that people who graduate from NU get really good jobs, and I've heard enough about Boston! It's a really lively, fun city, with lots of people(and I love the city atmosphere)! I also got the most amount of financial aid from this school, and a week or two after I was accepted, a professor who is in charge of the pharmacy program personally called me to congratulate me(I was so touched T<em>T)!! Also, since there's a subway right near school, I wouldn't need to have a car! The only down side of Northeastern is the super cold weather (60 degree is cold for me.... .</em>_.), and how it's.. literally on the opposite side of the country(around 3000 miles away)... I also don't know their dropout rates for pharmacy school.. I hope it's not high!</p>
<p>Since I'm more concerned about my future, I'm more leaning towards NU.. what do you guys think?</p>