Please help me decide on a college!

[lisalisa131]

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Ok, I was accepted to all of my schools but am drawn between two in particular--Drake University and Purdue University.

This is a short pro/con list I've compiled:

Pro Drake:
1.Small campus=smaller classes and no big lecture halls.
2. Pretty/friendly Campus.
3. I'll receive $9500 a year from them.
Con Drake:
1.Located in Des moines where 90% of the kids are from the midwest like me. No real diversity.
2. Has a good pharmacy school (#51 but not nearly as good as Purdue's-#5)

Pro Purdue:
1. Pretty/friendly campus
2. Will receive $7000 in scholarship $ a year(less but not a huge difference)
3. Awesome pharmacy school (grad is ranked #5 and many people are lined up with jobs right after graduating).

ConsPurdue:
1. Again small city with not much diversity (indiana)
2. Very big school with TA's and giant lecture halls
3. Less $ from purdue.

Really, it boils down to if I should choose the much better ranked pharmacy school over the smaller school with an okay pharmacy school with more money.
Does the school rank make a huge difference?

What should I do?

 

[rycetrix]

Ok, I was accepted to all of my schools but am drawn between two in particular--Drake University and Purdue University.

This is a short pro/con list I've compiled:

Pro Drake:
1.Small campus=smaller classes and no big lecture halls.
2. Pretty/friendly Campus.
3. I'll receive $9500 a year from them.
Con Drake:
1.Located in Des moines where 90% of the kids are from the midwest like me. No real diversity.
2. Has a good pharmacy school (#51 but not nearly as good as Purdue's-#5)

Pro Purdue:
1. Pretty/friendly campus
2. Will receive $7000 in scholarship $ a year(less but not a huge difference)
3. Awesome pharmacy school (grad is ranked #5 and many people are lined up with jobs right after graduating).

ConsPurdue:
1. Again small city with not much diversity (indiana)
2. Very big school with TA's and giant lecture halls
3. Less $ from purdue.

Really, it boils down to if I should choose the much better ranked pharmacy school over the smaller school with an okay pharmacy school with more money.
Does the school rank make a huge difference?

What should I do?

You should go to Purdue. With this economy right now, anything that will help you stand out to secure a job position gets a 👍. The small $2,500 differential can be made up easily once you graduate and get a pharmacy job.

 

[dangerdog]

Ok, I was accepted to all of my schools but am drawn between two in particular--Drake University and Purdue University.

This is a short pro/con list I've compiled:

Pro Drake:
1.Small campus=smaller classes and no big lecture halls.
2. Pretty/friendly Campus.
3. I'll receive $9500 a year from them.
Con Drake:
1.Located in Des moines where 90% of the kids are from the midwest like me. No real diversity.
2. Has a good pharmacy school (#51 but not nearly as good as Purdue's-#5)

Pro Purdue:
1. Pretty/friendly campus
2. Will receive $7000 in scholarship $ a year(less but not a huge difference)
3. Awesome pharmacy school (grad is ranked #5 and many people are lined up with jobs right after graduating).

ConsPurdue:
1. Again small city with not much diversity (indiana)
2. Very big school with TA's and giant lecture halls
3. Less $ from purdue.

Really, it boils down to if I should choose the much better ranked pharmacy school over the smaller school with an okay pharmacy school with more money.
Does the school rank make a huge difference?

What should I do?

Purdue. No brainer. Drake's tuition&fees is $26K a year. Purdue runs you $15K a year. So even with the smaller scholarship, you comes out WAY ahead going to Purdue.

I'm a P3 at OSU, top 5 just like you. A good school with excellent rotation access and well known faculties will give you a lot of opportunities to get ahead, especially if you are going the clinical route. I can't imagine being anywhere else. 👍

 

[njac]

I know people who went to Drake and enjoyed it.

I don't know much about Purdue.

 

[ffpickle]

If this is for Pharm School, go to Purdue.

If this is for undergrad, go wherever you pay less and can get better grades.

 

[pwnttothemax]

i'd go with whichever will give you the highest % of your total costs