<p>I want to become a psychiatrist or anesthesiologist.</p>
<p>Where would be the best college to go for pre-med out of the colleges below? (as an undergraduate- I am currently a high school senior)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: CSUN, Cal Poly POmona, Cal Poly SLO, SFSU, CSULB, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, Drexel U, Rochester U, and Syracuse U, </p>
<p>UNKNOWN/WAITLISTED: UC Irvine, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>Any advice as well?</p>
<p>Are you instate California? What were your SAT scores?</p>
<p>I am in state. My SAT score was 1820 and ACT 27 (I know, not that great).</p>
<p>Not bad either:) May I know Cr+M scores? Sorry for asking you, I wanted to apply to Riverside UC as well. If I were you, I’d go to the one that has a Med school, cheaper tuition, your desirable major, and the best location (Not in some cholo gang war turf area) LOL. Good Luck:)</p>
<p>Critical Reading: 650 Math: 600 Writing: 570</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Financial aid packages? merit money at any of them?</p>
<p>Who has the lowest out-of-pocket cost for you vs. the ones you like the best?</p>
<p>Have you visited any of these schools? They are very different.</p>
<p>What are your preferences? As CA resident Rochester and Syracuse are really cold and grey. Really grey and really cold! Their private school tuition is also really high.</p>
<p>I am a big fan of SLO. Harder to get into than some of the UCs. Great campus, great academics and fab location. CSU tuition.</p>
<p>Not crazy about Drexel. Down the street from UPenn, but I wasn’t too crazy about the neighborhood. Just my personal preference as a parent. Unless they were offering full tuition I would not choose Drexel over SLO.</p>
<p>The only school I might choose over SLO is Davis because of its location, its med school and its just a good overall school if you decide NOT to pursue pre-med.</p>
<p>Again do you have any personal preferences and what would the financial repurcussions be for each school?</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>D1 (now in med school) did her freshman year at SLO–very good school. Lovely area too. However, I’'d check to see if your potential major is impacted–which can make it hard to get classes. Impacted majors can also make it hard to change majors. </p>
<p>Drexel, Rochester and Syracuse are private colleges and likely to be much more expensive than the UCs, CSUs or SLO. Unless you got merit monies or a very good aid package, I’d give them all a pass. (I’m an alumni of one and have a kiddo attending another…) Med school is expensive and you’ll want to save your money to help pay for that.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider: at URoch 40% of the entering freshman class calls themselves pre-meds. Competition to do well in the weeder bio and chem classes is fierce. (Strict curves with the median set at C+. 10-15% A’s.) But excellent research opportunities abound and the med school hospital is right across the street from campus-- so easy to volunteer at. Great school for pre-meds but very competitive.</p>
<p>Drexel is fine. Not in the nicest part of town, but the campus is safe so long as you don’t do anything stupid. (Like wander around off campus at night blind drunk…) Philly has tons to do and plenty of nearby hospitals to volunteer at. Decent public transit available. </p>
<p>Know kids who are at or recently graduated from Davis and Santa Cruz—both liked their school, but pre-med advising isn’t terrific. You need to be pro-active to get what you need in terms of experience and research. At both Davis and Santa Cruz be prepared to move off campus sophomore year.</p>
<p>WoW- Crazy, oldest daughter also did her first year at SLO, animal science major looking to vet school! She transfered when we moved to NC, to NCSU’s animal science program. Along with their NOT impacted major (as it is at SLO) NCSU also has a great vet school and fab in-state tuition prices!!</p>
<p>NCSU also has seven animal labs that provide housing on the facilities themselves, that for those volunteering at them are then free of charge. So no room and board charge, just 10 hours of “work” per week at each respective lab. And the student does NOT have to be an animal science major, just willing to work the 10 hours per week.</p>
<p>Daughter fell in the with the equine unit, which boasts a thoroughbred breeding program that had winners and horses that placed at the Preakness. So yes, she did live in a barn! There are also dairy, wildlife/fowl, small ruminants, beef and a few other research units that offer the hands-on living environment. Many of the residents are biochem, textiles, bioengineering, crop and soil science/environmental majors that conduct their research at the various units.</p>
<p>Some end up at the vet school, some at the med schools and some move on to PhD programs. Daughter loved SLO, but the experience at NCSU was more than she ever expected. Son that graduated p’ton ended up completing another 2 degrees there because of the opportunities offered…for him it was the biochem and microbiology with a new to the university degree in genetics. He was extremely pleased. </p>
<p>Kat</p>