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OOS for both schools, moving to the West coast to be closer to family in the future
Please don't make your judgment solely based on cost.
Look at the big picture, the complete package
I've only spent a few days in each city, so my city judgment/review may not be completely accurate. They are all first impressions
Thank you!
UCSF
Tuition : 156000
Higher cost of living than Seattle, WA
#1 ranking
Right next to UCSF hospital
Two blocks from Gold Gate Bridge Park, you can see the bridge from one of the pharmacy classrooms
Small university, solely devoted to health professions
Class of approximately 120 students (1200 applicants for 120 seats)
Three Pathway Curriculum
Interview – MMI, impersonal yet effective way of reviewing applicants
City
A bit dirty, smelly
Beautiful weather, sunny and a bit foggy
Quite hilly, it takes forever to go anywhere
It’s Cali! Everyone loves Cali (especially my family)
Cable Cars
Fisherman’s Wharf
UW
Tuition : 131000
Lower cost of living than SF
#10 ranking
School within UW hospital
Beautiful campus, Harry Potter library
Large university
Class of approximately 90 (400 applicants for 100 seats)
Interview – open file interview, they read everything and seem to care about each applicant
City
Clean and green compared to SF
Gray weather, rainy and foggy
Not as hilly as SF
Close to Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Canada because nobody likes the # 1 suicide city (Not my family)
Ferry boats
Pike Place Market
Please don't make your judgment solely based on cost.
Look at the big picture, the complete package
I've only spent a few days in each city, so my city judgment/review may not be completely accurate. They are all first impressions
Thank you!
UCSF
Tuition : 156000
Higher cost of living than Seattle, WA
#1 ranking
Right next to UCSF hospital
Two blocks from Gold Gate Bridge Park, you can see the bridge from one of the pharmacy classrooms
Small university, solely devoted to health professions
Class of approximately 120 students (1200 applicants for 120 seats)
Three Pathway Curriculum
Naplex pass rate: 99% (2013)
CPJE pass rate: 90.6% (2013)
11 pharmacy schools in CA (less internship and job opportunities)CPJE pass rate: 90.6% (2013)
Interview – MMI, impersonal yet effective way of reviewing applicants
City
- Chinatown, Little Italy, Japantown
- Golden Gate
- Alcatraz
- Lombard St, beautiful view of SF
- Seems more high tech, fashionable than Seattle (Silicon Valley)
Better Transportation (expensive, $8 from SFO to downtown)- Golden Gate
- Alcatraz
- Lombard St, beautiful view of SF
- Seems more high tech, fashionable than Seattle (Silicon Valley)
A bit dirty, smelly
Beautiful weather, sunny and a bit foggy
Quite hilly, it takes forever to go anywhere
It’s Cali! Everyone loves Cali (especially my family)
Cable Cars
Fisherman’s Wharf
UW
Tuition : 131000
Lower cost of living than SF
#10 ranking
School within UW hospital
Beautiful campus, Harry Potter library
Large university
Class of approximately 90 (400 applicants for 100 seats)
Seems like a standard Pharm D. curriculum
Naplex rate : 97.4% (2014)
MPJE pass rate: 98.6% (2014)
2 pharmacy schools in WA (More internship and job opportunities)Naplex rate : 97.4% (2014)
MPJE pass rate: 98.6% (2014)
Interview – open file interview, they read everything and seem to care about each applicant
City
- International district was decent but not as big as SF
- Space Needle
- Seattle Waterfront
- Kerry Park, best view of Seattle
- Seems like people are more outdoorsy/active (Mt. Rainier)
Slow/unreliable Transportation compared to SF ($2.75 from SEA to downtown)- Space Needle
- Seattle Waterfront
- Kerry Park, best view of Seattle
- Seems like people are more outdoorsy/active (Mt. Rainier)
Clean and green compared to SF
Gray weather, rainy and foggy
Not as hilly as SF
Close to Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Canada because nobody likes the # 1 suicide city (Not my family)
Ferry boats
Pike Place Market
