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So I need to transfer schools in order to pursue my chosen major and it also gives the benefit of a faster graduation. I would be pursuing a BS in Neuroscience. The 2 schools I am choosing between is IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana and IU in Bloomington, Indiana. Every way I slice & dice it, the two schools end up being equivalent to me in terms of pros/cons, resources, tuition, etc. I am supposed to be a senior but due to transfers/major changes I would be a junior at both locations. Both locations have the exact amount of classes and credit hours left for me to graduate.
I was originally choosing IUPUI since it's a bit closer to home but when I looked up IU School of Dentistry I saw the stats that said 25 people in the class were from IUB and 11 were from IUPUI. I know that those stats don't mean anything unless I know how many of people applied from each and other info. but I thought I would post on SDN since there is always insight given here that I never thought of before.
I'll list my pros/cons of each school
IUB
Pros:
-very large psychology department
-Hoosierdentist program (works with dentists for pre-dentistry students to volunteer)
-Health professions office which includes a LOR service
-appears to have more resources regarding advisors, programs, clubs
Cons:
-very far from home
-parents are uncomfortable with distance
-some classes may be too large for comfort
-large possibility of being a small fish in a big pond and not using resources but getting drowned out
IUPUI Pros:
-closer to home
-parents comfortable with distance
-can repeat a calculus course I previously failed @ Purdue since it is the exact same course
-housing is very convenient
Cons:
-not as much of a community feel since it is a commuter campus (I'm currently attending a commuter campus and enjoy it but it may be harder to transition to when living there)
-repeat of classes I have already taken
-inefficient pre-dentistry club
-not as many resources as a large school
The pros/cons don't mean as much to me as some of them outweigh the others for me but I thought I would list it to give as much information as possible. My main concern with the differences of the schools are I do not enjoy or do well in extremely large classes and IU has that but the main classes I need for prereqs for Dentistry is just as large at IUPUI. It might be easier to shadow in a city like Indianapolis where there would be a lot of dentists however the Hoosier dentistry program at IUB seems to make everything easy and manageable.
I honestly am having the hardest time making this decision. I am told to take other factors into consideration such as how I would feel at the campus etc. but I am mainly concerned about my academics. The last time I went away to school it did not end well and one of my parents got very ill. I am just terrified of ending in a bad situation again and being pushed even further behind in school.
Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated and I am terribly sorry for the length of this post.
Thank you in advance!
I was originally choosing IUPUI since it's a bit closer to home but when I looked up IU School of Dentistry I saw the stats that said 25 people in the class were from IUB and 11 were from IUPUI. I know that those stats don't mean anything unless I know how many of people applied from each and other info. but I thought I would post on SDN since there is always insight given here that I never thought of before.
I'll list my pros/cons of each school
IUB
Pros:
-very large psychology department
-Hoosierdentist program (works with dentists for pre-dentistry students to volunteer)
-Health professions office which includes a LOR service
-appears to have more resources regarding advisors, programs, clubs
Cons:
-very far from home
-parents are uncomfortable with distance
-some classes may be too large for comfort
-large possibility of being a small fish in a big pond and not using resources but getting drowned out
IUPUI Pros:
-closer to home
-parents comfortable with distance
-can repeat a calculus course I previously failed @ Purdue since it is the exact same course
-housing is very convenient
Cons:
-not as much of a community feel since it is a commuter campus (I'm currently attending a commuter campus and enjoy it but it may be harder to transition to when living there)
-repeat of classes I have already taken
-inefficient pre-dentistry club
-not as many resources as a large school
The pros/cons don't mean as much to me as some of them outweigh the others for me but I thought I would list it to give as much information as possible. My main concern with the differences of the schools are I do not enjoy or do well in extremely large classes and IU has that but the main classes I need for prereqs for Dentistry is just as large at IUPUI. It might be easier to shadow in a city like Indianapolis where there would be a lot of dentists however the Hoosier dentistry program at IUB seems to make everything easy and manageable.
I honestly am having the hardest time making this decision. I am told to take other factors into consideration such as how I would feel at the campus etc. but I am mainly concerned about my academics. The last time I went away to school it did not end well and one of my parents got very ill. I am just terrified of ending in a bad situation again and being pushed even further behind in school.
Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated and I am terribly sorry for the length of this post.
Thank you in advance!