Thanks for the responses!
Yup, UMB is my state school but I definitely cannot deny that I felt far more comfortable interviewing for UB. The faculty who interviewed me for UMB seemed very uninterested and posed every question as if the interview had been a stress test. For UB, I had 1 alum and 2 faculty interview me and they were genuinely very warm. I feel like their attitude during the interview could reflect how helpful they might be in the future in case I seek any support from them. Truthfully, other students also don't seem very supportive in UMB. Omg amicable7, sharing notes with other students sounds pretty awesome!
I also absolutely love the fact that UB's new pharm building is going to be pretty awesome and that their hands-on program might benefit me more.
Yup, like amicable7 said, we did get free wings and pizzas after the interview
. Indeed, their alum seem very involved with the school.
Since I work at a pharmacy in MD, the pharmacists constantly keep urging me to attend UMB; however, I get the feeling that they might not be completely aware of the UB program. My classmates also consider UMB a more difficult school to get admissions in and they were far more excited about me getting accepted into UMB. But of course, I am very concerned with the fact that ranking for UMB dropped to 17 from 9, and excited that UB jumped up to 17 from 21.
Today, I sat down and crunched few numbers and realized that I would be saving loadssss if I attend UMB. Also, I have been involved with the hospitals that are in this area previously, which might slightly increase my chances of getting employment in the future (or not =/). And I absolutely do not like cold weather
So far, I've decided to go for UMB (simply due to the costs) but I feel like I'll miss out on a lot if I say no to UB
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Hey usechopstix! Congrats!!
.. and thanks much again!