Penn vs Marquette

[freakedfreshman]

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Hey guys,

So someone please help me out with this decision. I know that the schools differ greatly in cost, but does anyone have insight as to why one school may be a better choice. Im not positive if i want to specialize. If i decide to specialize I dont want to regret not choosing Penn

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[periopocket]

You can specialize from either one! Marquette is the cheaper option....are you instate?

 

[FrostyFlakes]

Go to whichever is cheaper. Specialization has everything to do with you, not the school.

 

[UCSFx2017]

Eh, people said the same thing about college when I was in high school. People said this about med school when I was choosing which college to go to. Now that I am a resident, all everyone says is that where I do will my fellowship will be the most important piece to getting a job. I'm sure when I land my fellowship, people will say that all that really matters is where I ultimately work. People have a way of overestimating the importance of "the next step," when in reality, getting what you wants depends more on you than where you schooled/trained. The harder you work, and more likeable you are, the more likely it is you will get where you want to be, regardless of the prestige of the places you trained at all the way.

This is coming from a resident.

 

[freakedfreshman]

Thank you for all the help guys. If anyone else has anything more to add it would be appreciated.

 

[LiteBear2011]

My state (not California) school's average matriculate GPA in 2006 was 3.4 with 19 DAT (AA). Today, it's average overall and sci. GPA is 3.6 with 20 DAT. Penn has retained an unchanged average GPA of a high 3.6 and 20-21 DAT (AA).

I think that has something to do with how much easier it is to improve a 3.4 to a 3.6 than it is improving from a 3.6.

Penn continues to increase tuition each year even though it's impervious to state budget cuts.

I think that's unfair. I think we fail to realize how much the state actually subsidizes the full cost of education. I went to Berkeley when tuition was < $8000 per year (unbelievable, so here's the link). I think we can make a compelling argument that educating one student costs more than $8000, but because CA at the time had a robust economy, I enjoyed Berkeley on discount. I doubt it's so much Penn wanting to make a buck off of students so much as it is needing to increase tuition to maintain the quality of education its students/community expect.

 

[UCSFx2017]

I think that has something to do with how much easier it is to improve a 3.4 to a 3.6 than it is improving from a 3.6.



I think that's unfair. I think we fail to realize how much the state actually subsidizes the full cost of education. I went to Berkeley when tuition was < $8000 per year (unbelievable, so here's the link). I think we can make a compelling argument that educating one student costs more than $8000, but because CA at the time had a robust economy, I enjoyed Berkeley on discount. I doubt it's so much Penn wanting to make a buck off of students so much as it is needing to increase tuition to maintain the quality of education its students/community expect.

My whole point was regarding the perspectives of the student choosing their state school over UPenn. More and more competitive students are choosing to attend their state school over more prestigious private schools as evidenced by the trend of increasing GPA and DAT among historically easy-to-get-into state schools. I meant nothing else by this. 😍

I don't understand what you're trying to get at with your example of cheap tuition at Berkley undergrad. I don't know if you're aware of this but both UC dental schools are suffering from state budget cuts and are being forced to increase tuition rates, understandably. Private schools on the other hand do not rely on yearly state budget appropriations yet each year tuition is raised without enough justification, at least for me ($40,000 became $62,000 in less than 8 years at Penn).

This could be at least one possible justification. http://buydentalequipment.com/digital-imaging-equipment-digital-cad-cam-c-207_215

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/tuition/2000.html