KimPossible123
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I am a Canadian student, and have been fortunate to have been accepted to Waterloo and UC Berkeley for optometry. I am having a really hard time making this decision and would love some insight!
Initially, my first choice was Waterloo because the tuition is so much less (60K vs 250K CAD), not to mention the cost of living leading to my having to apply for a loan of about 400K CAD to cover the worst case scenario costs of school (combined with how low the Canadian dollar is).
But after visiting both campuses for the interviews, I really fell in love with UCB, the people were so friendly and actually made the day fun compared to Waterloo which was just full of nerves and extremely fast. I also feel the clinical exposure is better, not to mention the huge adventure the whole experience would be. Have any other Canadian students have to make the choice between Waterloo vs an american optom school? Do you think the pros of an American and worth the significant con of the debt?
Thanks for any insight!
Initially, my first choice was Waterloo because the tuition is so much less (60K vs 250K CAD), not to mention the cost of living leading to my having to apply for a loan of about 400K CAD to cover the worst case scenario costs of school (combined with how low the Canadian dollar is).
But after visiting both campuses for the interviews, I really fell in love with UCB, the people were so friendly and actually made the day fun compared to Waterloo which was just full of nerves and extremely fast. I also feel the clinical exposure is better, not to mention the huge adventure the whole experience would be. Have any other Canadian students have to make the choice between Waterloo vs an american optom school? Do you think the pros of an American and worth the significant con of the debt?
Thanks for any insight!
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