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I just got into USC off the waitlist, but I was orginally going to UCSD. which one would you guys pick
USC vs. UCSD
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I'd pick UCSD. It's less expensive and is in a better area.
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alen, u need to come to sd with me baller.
sd vs sc
cheaper 40k a year==> 80k more tuition
better ranking easier
better neighborhood ****ty neighborhood
all ur friends are going here ronen is prob going to ucla
better training flash said go to sd
im going there who else would u rather go to med school with
two hours away from home, enough room to live it up GHETTO South Central
great experience
call me amigo
sd vs sc
cheaper 40k a year==> 80k more tuition
better ranking easier
better neighborhood ****ty neighborhood
all ur friends are going here ronen is prob going to ucla
better training flash said go to sd
im going there who else would u rather go to med school with
two hours away from home, enough room to live it up GHETTO South Central
great experience
call me amigo
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UCSD!!!! What's better than living in La Jolla, and drinking cheap beer in Baja?
Like rjb mentioned, it's much cheaper at UCSD. Why drown yourself in 200K debts?
Like rjb mentioned, it's much cheaper at UCSD. Why drown yourself in 200K debts?
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sdnstud said:
uhhh, don't know about the cheap beer from baja there ... may have been made from some suspect water.
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Two questions...
1) Does price of tuition matter?
2) Is La Jolla a better place for you to live than in the SC area?
If you answered yes to both questions go to SD. If answered yes on 1, then weigh the importance of each question and decide. If answered no on both go to SC.
Overall you'll get the same chances for residency whether you go to SC or SD and that's all that matters anyway...right? (but also you gotta think which schools teaching method can help your board scores, but no one really knows the answer to that anyway).
1) Does price of tuition matter?
2) Is La Jolla a better place for you to live than in the SC area?
If you answered yes to both questions go to SD. If answered yes on 1, then weigh the importance of each question and decide. If answered no on both go to SC.
Overall you'll get the same chances for residency whether you go to SC or SD and that's all that matters anyway...right? (but also you gotta think which schools teaching method can help your board scores, but no one really knows the answer to that anyway).
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alenseven said:
Interesting
-- this was posted 5-18 by alenseven:
Hey guys I need your help picking between UCSD and USC. I got an extension from both in order to make my decision.
-- this was posted today by alenseven:
I got off the waitlist yesterday at 1
Doesn't quite make sense to me
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i dunno, maybe the "extension" was getting waitlisted?
alenseven posted on 6/1, "has any heard back from SC yet. i am dying to go there"
well, if you already got into ucsd and you were dying to go to usc, you should go to sc. it's clear from your posts that you were anxiously waiting for usc to take you off their waitlist and your gut feeling is that you will be happier at usc, so ignore all the people obsessed over rankings and reputation and go to the school where you will thrive and be happy. there are plenty of us waiting to get in off ucsd's waitlist, so do yourself and everyone else a favor by accepting usc's offer and living regret-free for the next four years. the worst thing that you could do is listen to everyone else but yourself and then have to live with the mistake. you don't want to find yourself asking, "what if i had just gone to usc..."
alenseven posted on 6/1, "has any heard back from SC yet. i am dying to go there"
well, if you already got into ucsd and you were dying to go to usc, you should go to sc. it's clear from your posts that you were anxiously waiting for usc to take you off their waitlist and your gut feeling is that you will be happier at usc, so ignore all the people obsessed over rankings and reputation and go to the school where you will thrive and be happy. there are plenty of us waiting to get in off ucsd's waitlist, so do yourself and everyone else a favor by accepting usc's offer and living regret-free for the next four years. the worst thing that you could do is listen to everyone else but yourself and then have to live with the mistake. you don't want to find yourself asking, "what if i had just gone to usc..."
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Don't waste your money and time. UCSD is in a nicer area and its much cheaper. Oh and did I mention, very happy students?
"SD - Its Amazing baby" (in a Dick Vitale Voice)
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Usc, What Better Experience Than La County Hospital!!! Plus, Usc Rankings Are Expected To Rise Alot In The Next Few Years. Why Give Up A Chance To Go To Usc. A School With Celebrities, Middle Of La... Sd Is Very Nice Though (actually, Its In La Jolla As You Already Know). I Loved Usc When I Went To Tour There This Summer. Whats Greats About It Is The Students Are So Smart But Dont Look Like It (nerdy Looking, Etc).
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i'm supposing a lot of you haven't interviewed at keck-usc, but it is definitely NOT in south central ... i dunno what you guys have been smoking. the undergrad campus is in south central, but the med school campus is about 10-15 min away, closer to downtown.
anyways back to the OP's topic -- go to SD because you'll save a buttload of cash. i'm serious. i go to keck, but if i had a choice on reduced tuition i'd take that route. on every other aspect though, i don't really think sd beats sc. we have great clinical training and facilities. you'll encounter cases and patients here at county you'll never meet anywhere else. either way you choose, i think it really comes down to the money.
anyways back to the OP's topic -- go to SD because you'll save a buttload of cash. i'm serious. i go to keck, but if i had a choice on reduced tuition i'd take that route. on every other aspect though, i don't really think sd beats sc. we have great clinical training and facilities. you'll encounter cases and patients here at county you'll never meet anywhere else. either way you choose, i think it really comes down to the money.
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UCSD is a horrible school. That being said, I am not as high on USC as I used to be. You will be happier at USC, you will get a higher board score, but you will end up with a ton of debt, and UCSD has more famous names than USC which can help you get into a good residency. But trust me, you will hate UCSD if you go there, but it is possible that you will be better off if you go there.
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third year is different than the first two years. I learned a lot. The things I praised in the past still are true, but there are other things.....but I won't talk about this anymore.
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