<p>I'm an international student attending a private highschool in PA.
I applied to six schools with 6-years pharm D program and
they offered scholarships listed as below:</p>
<p>ACP - $12000/yr
Butler - $7000/yr
Northeastern U -$10000/yr
St. John's - 4 yrs full tuition + $5800/yr to be used for room & board
URI - 4 yrs full tuition
USP - $9000/yr</p>
<p>Since I'm not a US resident or a citizen, ths scholarships these schools offered are all I'm getting.
I've narrowed it down to URI and St. John's and in terms of the cost, I think
they'll be pretty much same or URI will probably cost a little bit more.</p>
<p>I like NYC and it seems like it's gonna cost even less than URI(their offer is about 5 grand more than that of URI)so I thought St. John's would be better but then I looked at the US News rankings and found that URI ranks higher in US News ranking and also the higher NAPLEX (pharm license test) passrate.
I'm confused because I'm not sure which school's pharmacy program is better.
St. John's is a more expensive school but I'm not sure if the school actually provides better education, intership opportunities, etc.
Maybe it's expensive just becuase it is located in NYC?</p>
<p>Which one should I choose? Any info or suggestions?</p>
<p>congratulations on getting into all of these schools.
I was also accepted into URI and St. Johns pharmacy, the two that you seem to be arguing with.
Just in my opinion I would think that URI would be a better opportunity. For one, they are building a brand new pharmacy building, state of the art with patient simulations, and medicinal garden and a 3D visualization room, it is really cool. That building is set to be finished by the time that our class would enter the professional years. If URI only gave you full tuition for 4 years though, you might want to consider St. Johns because you might not get any aid for the final two years.
As for st. Johns pharmacy, I haven't visited their school so I don't have that much information.
ACP is going through a difficult time now, raising GPA requirements and putting in 2nd year interviews and possibly a test, according the the admissions councelor.
Northeastern is my favorite school of all, unfortunately it costs too much to even think about going.
So overall, i think you should visit each school see what they are about and hopefully make a great decision.</p>
<p>While I am not an expert in this area, here is something to consider. CVS is headquartered in RI and the CEO of CVS is a URI pharm alum and a big contributor to the university.</p>