<p>Ok..
So, I am admitted to USC's RHP(Resident Honors Program)..
For those of you who don't know what this is, it is a honors program for the high school juniors to start off the college life a year earlier..
As part of the program, I will be doing TO(Thematic Option) and receiving Deans' Scholar scholarship.. (which is 1/4 of tuition)
I have been thinking about whether I should go or not for over a month and I still don't have a clear answer..
I want to go to a medical school or a pharmacy school after majoring in biology and since USC is not that great for biology(I think...) I don't know whether it is better to go or not..
And it is an early entrance program.. so obviously I haven't had a chance to apply to other colleges yet... I'm giving up my chances of getting into better schools..
I'm thinking of maybe applying for TAP(guaranteed admission to USC's pharmacy school) but I don't know the chance of being admitted.
I applyed to BMD(guaranteed admission to USC's medical school) and FSH(USC's freshman Science Honors program) but I didn't get in for both of them... So I'm really worried that I won't get in..
And since I'm a Texas resident, and will be a valedictorian (if a keep up my grades like this) I will get a guaranteed admission to UT Austin, which has a great pharmacy school...
So it's either UT Austin or USC for me... And I kinda want to apply to some ivy leagues and Stanford if I don't go to USC this fall and wait for another year instead...
So should I go to USC as RHP student or should I wait another year for more opportunities.. ?
By the way, USC hasn't been one of my top college options.. I really wanted to go to Stanford if I could..
So please help me making the decision!!! HELP!!!!</p>
<p>I was also accepted to the RHP program this year, but I declined to go after much consideration. I also had many of the same questions you had, and here’s what I decided: if they are willing to give a quarter or half tuition this year, then USC may give more next year, if money is an issue; I wanted to apply to other schools as well, such as Stanford, UCs, and Ivys; basically I didn’t want to give up other choices by making a one-time decision. I would say that if you are absolutely sure that USC is the school you want to go to, then you should, but if you have any doubts then you might regret it after a while by wondering what could have been.</p>