Hypothetical Situation

[Mazz]

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You get accepted to UCLA and Harvard. You are a California resident. You are prior military and have access to the GI Bill. The GI Bill is enough to cover UCLA's tuition.

Two choices.

Go to UCLA with the GI bill?

Go to Harvard with HPSP and use the GI Bill?

 

[doc3232]

You get accepted to UCLA and Harvard. You are a California resident. You are prior military and have access to the GI Bill. The GI Bill is enough to cover UCLA's tuition.

Two choices.

Go to UCLA with the GI bill?

Go to Harvard with HPSP and use the GI Bill?

Hypothetically, congratulations. 👍👍

 

[Mazz]

Hypothetically, congratulations. 👍👍

haha, I wish, this is actually a hypothetical situation.

 

[DLC9647]

Advice from a Navy Officer (pilot not a dentist);

I would use the GI Bill and go to UCLA. Great school and it's covered by the new GI Bill. At the end of your schooling you have a choice to specialize, go into practice, or even seek a military commission. While the military scholarship is good financially, your choice is not yours upon graduation...you may find yourself filing teeth on aircraft carrier for 8 months at a time...which is fine for some people (it was for me..the at sea part), but I would not want to eliminate great options if you can already have UCLA paid for.

Hope this helps,
D

 

[Dental Monst3r]

How much exactly does a G.I. bill cover? And by UCLA and Harvard you mean dental school (or undergrad)? RIght?

 

[Mazz]

How much exactly does a G.I. bill cover? And by UCLA and Harvard you mean dental school (or undergrad)? RIght?

GI bill would cover about 10,000 a year in tuition and fees plus you'd get about 2100 a month for living expenses and 1000 a year for books. The 2100 figure is based on the LA area.

And yes, im talking about dental school not undergrad.

 

[tooth hurty]

I personally like UCLA's preclinical curriculum better...it's geared towards oral medicine, whereas Harvard's dental students have to do the first two years of classes with med students and take everything the med students take. Forgive me if that's changed recently, but I know it's true for people who are graduating this year from Harvard. I know every dental curriculum has stuff that is "need to know" and "nice to know", but UCLA seems to have a better balance.