Hi I am trying to decide which college to attend. I am in state at UCI, but out of state at UMD, so it would be more expensive by quite a bit. I visited UCI and was not in love. It is not a very college oriented area and the campus life is a bit off. UMD I have not seen in a few years, but it seems like more of a typical college and I like the proximity to DC. I am considering engineering or medicine, but am undecided. Does anyone know anything about these two schools? Is UMD a better overall college experience that would make the money worth it?
My other option would be CC and transfer. My only concern is missing the “college experience” and not looking as competitive for possible med school apps.
Would the extra cost be in debt?
Are you in any major at either, and have you checked how hard it will be to get into your possible majors?
@ucbalumnus yes, it would be in student loans for whatever I cannot pay. I am in bioengineering at UCI and at UMD am in a major called letters and science, but called and it sounds like you can switch into it as long at you meet the pre recs. I am not possessive on what I would like to do yet though, also thinking about med school.