<p>We have narrowed the list down to two schools. My D loves Northeastern and the PharmD program. She is currently doing a high school internship at a pharmacy and loves it. We are visiting Vanderbilt next weekend for the ASD. There she would be majoring in neuroscience, something she is also very interested in. I favor NEU because it is a pretty set curriculum and no doubt she will finish in 6 years (with 3 CO-OP opportunities). Not sure what happens with a neuroscience major ... I guess she'll figure it out. But she will have to apply to grad school which may be hard to get into (and she wouldn't have to do this with the PharmD program). I know she's going to fall in love with Vanderbilt which financially turns out to be a little bit better than NEU. It is a really tough choice. And she loves Boston and the fact that the T station goes right through campus. Socially and academically, I think she would do well at both. Living in the dorm for 4 years is a plus .... she always wanted that ... and she is able to do that at both schools. She is interested in the prestige of Vanderbilt, and at a slightly better price tag, it certainly makes sense. She is not a rah rah sports kind of kid so this factor doesn't sway her ... although she did say it's cool that the freshmen run out on the football field at the first home game of the season! Didn't really think this decision was going to be so hard! </p>
<p>A Pharmacist is a pharmacist, does not matter where she went to school. I’d go phamD program. Neuroscience and Vandy are sexy words, but you cannot do anything with a UG degree.</p>
<p>From my perspective if money difference is not a major factor and if she knows she wants to do pharmacy than NEU is the way to go- you can’t beat the coops and the environment anywhere. But if she’s not positive about pharmacy then I’d probably go to Vanderbilt because of the money/prestige plus it gives you way more options after graduation unlike NEU would if you were in the pharmacy program. </p>