better to be in-state in Oregon or Washington?

[MomTo2Boys]

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Oh you guys~ I can't thank you enough for mentioning the when-classes-are-held thing. I checked and, unless I'm looking in the wrong place, Washington State at Vancouver is only offering one Chem class this semester (ChemII)!!! How hideous is THAT? I had just assumed that their offerings would be like a normal school's but I'm afraid I was wrong there!

Plus, their tuition rates are more than twice what PSU's are. Goodness! What's up with that!?!?!

Then there's Clark College. I know that it's a community college but DANG! They have every class offered at every time... it's great... and the tuition is outstanding! But, then again, it's a community college...

I would give my right arm to please hear which professors are wonderful at PSU, especially which Organic prof is good. I've been out for many years and need to re-take and, like everyone else, am desperate to re-take from someone that is good.

Thank you so very, very much everyone who has contributed to this thread thus far. This is a HUGE decision for us. All of your advice has been so helpful.

I especially feel absolutely horrible for those of you who have been/will be burned by Washington's way of weighting grades. It is only by a huge twist of luck (a huge majority of my mediocre grades fall under "high school" by AMCAS, thereby making my better, later grades be in my "soph" and "junior" years, which makes it all look better to Washington) that the system makes me look better on paper. But my heart aches for those of you who have been burned by this... especially those of you who are non-trads whose post-bacc work shines but is not looked at for the initial screenings.

 

[TheGalvaniFrog]

I believe I have the right to bitch about there only being 68 spots every year for the entire state of Oregon at the ONLY state school. There is nowhere else to go. Period. That leaves Oregon applicants like myself with no other options but to leave the state for schooling. On top of that OHSU's incoming class is 26 y/o every year making people like - coming straight out of undergrad - having to look even harder to find a school. Now, I think Washington residents have the right to bitch also. However, lets be honest, so do Californians. The leading export of that state is probably pre-meds! But to say that we have no right to bitch is a cop out because there is 1 school for over 900 applicants every year. That means even if they accept 100 OR residents... at least 200 "qualified" people are turned down every year by our only state school. What would ultimately be the best is if OHSU would partner with University of Oregon and Oregon State and expand the number of seats. I think this going to happen soon enough.

Those numbers a kinda misleading. OHSU gets only 350 or so in-state applicants last year and they offered acceptances to 85 of them. I don't think OR applicants have it worse than the average applicants from regions outside of the South and Midwest. Look at Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Utah, Minnesota, Colorado -- the instate med school chances are pretty similar to OR. And what about the states without state schools?

 

[MomTo2Boys]

Organic chem is only offered in the mornings, and the professor is honestly the best professor I've ever had.

Hey Dianyla... would that professor's name happen to start with a W?

And that great General Chemistry professor ~ can you help me figure out which one that is please?

 

[Doctor Bagel]

My sister teaches at Clark, and she thinks it's a really nice place. If the cc thing weren't an issue, it might be an ideal place to take classes, especially since they're offered at such good times. I don't know how either UW or OHSU feel about cc classes.

 

[gsmithers68]

PSU is an awesome school for older adults who are looking to continue their education. My aunt and uncle both went there at the age of 28 to get educations degrees. They always talk about how perfect the environment was for them. Just a another plus for PSU if you are a non-traditional student.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

PSU is an awesome school for older adults who are looking to continue their education. My aunt and uncle both went there at the age of 28 to get educations degrees. They always talk about how perfect the environment was for them. Just a another plus for PSU if you are a non-traditional student.

Well, sort of -- depending on your work schedule and what you're doing. See our earlier discussion. 🙂

 

[Dianyla]

Hey Dianyla... would that professor's name happen to start with a W?

Yes, it is Dr. W. He's always well organized, gives clear lectures, keeps us on task with lots of little mini-deadlines, tests fairly, returns grades promptly, and is pretty much consistent through and through. He's very focused on the didactic method, and doesn't treat this class as just some pesky task he has to get through so he can get back to his precious research like a lot of other science profs. I could go on... this subject is hard enough and I'm just glad I'm not dealing with a craptastic prof delivering the material.

And that great General Chemistry professor ~ can you help me figure out which one that is please?

It's Dr. S, who is also pretty organized about stuff, though I thought she was a little bit tougher. Though, maybe this is just because of my personal experience taking the three condensed classes this past summer. 3 quarters in 9 weeks on top of a full-time job... what was I thinking? 😱 Talking with other students who have had her in different years most of them report a similar pattern to what I experienced: a nice n' easy first midterm and then bam! a tricky second midterm that just blows all but the best-prepared students out of the water. Still, if you do all the assigned problems and study hard you should do well.

 

[Hassler]

Are you in now, or did you go elsewhere?

Elsewhere.