UCLA or Colorado

[tooth_fairy22]

Deciding between two programs and would like any opinions. I’m an out of state student for both UCLA and Colorado.

UCLA has been one of my top choice schools throughout the application process. However, there’s a fairly significant price difference. If I attend UCLA it will be $77,000 more than Colorado for the 4 years. Also I haven’t factored that cost of living is higher in LA.

For me personally, I like LA better and the prestige of attending a school like UCLA is somewhat big to me. Academics, diversity, and opportunities at UCLA are greater in my opinion. However, I’m not saying Colorado is not an excellent program as well. I definitely liked Colorado and felt very comfortable there, however I think I can picture myself more at UCLA. The price is the only thing I’m hesistsnt about. Is the name/experience/location of UCLA worth the extra $77,000?

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[deleted678432]

Do you want to specialize? Also, for UCLA did you factor in the in-state tuition after your D1 year?

 

[tooth_fairy22]

I would like to keep my options for specializing open. I did factor in-state tuition at UCLA after one year. I was also given a scholarship at Colorado so that's why is comes out to $77,000. Would you say I have a significantly better chance of specializing at a school like UCLA over Colorado?

 

[tooth_fairy22]

Do you want to specialize? Also, for UCLA did you factor in the in-state tuition after your D1 year?

sorry, meant to click reply

 

[itscoldoutside2018]

Do you want to specialize? Also, for UCLA did you factor in the in-state tuition after your D1 year?

why should they factor in the in-state tuition for years2-4 if they are out-of-state?

 

[artist2022]

why should they factor in the in-state tuition for years2-4 if they are out-of-state?

Some states allow you to "easily" gain residency after 1 year (like CA), so after paying OOS tuition for the 1st year, you can get IS tuition your last 3 years if you become a Cali resident (I'm pretty sure this is how it works, but not 100% positive). In other states, like Maryland, it's harder to become a resident and thus you can't really factor in IS tuition for the last 3 years because you don't know if you'll get it or not.

 

[deleted678432]

I would like to keep my options for specializing open. I did factor in-state tuition at UCLA after one year. I was also given a scholarship at Colorado so that's why is comes out to $77,000. Would you say I have a significantly better chance of specializing at a school like UCLA over Colorado?

Not at all less likely to specialize at one school versus another. CU does produce great GP, though. Their ACTS program is arguably best in the country for giving dental students exposure to managing their own schedule similar to what they'd see in practice. They're also quite good at producing specialists, but UCLA does tend to produce more