USC vs USN vs OSU vs ISU

[RxLord]

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Which institution would you attend above and why? I am looking for outside opinions outside the research I have conducted on each school. If there are people attending any of these schools that I have listed, additional information on your program would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all your help guys. You all have helped me tremendously.

 

[Okie7123]

Which OSU?

 

[RxLord]

Oregon State University located in Corvallis.

 

[UES Girl]

Which institution would you attend above and why? I am looking for outside opinions outside the research I have conducted on each school. If there are people attending any of these schools that I have listed, additional information on your program would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all your help guys. You all have helped me tremendously.

I am not the current student in any of those schools, but I applied to the two out of the four mentioned above and have gotten into one so far. Factors I cared about were:

1' Do the schools offer joint degree programs as in Pharm.D/Ph.D
1. Tuition
2. State vs. Private
3. Location

I am slightly confused, have you been accepted to all 4 and trying to decide which to attend or are you trying to decide to which schools to apply ?

 

[RxLord]

I've been accepted to USC and USN. I interviewed with OSU and have one with ISU in two weeks. I analyzed the factors above (and many more e.g. research oppertunities, opportunity costs of 3 vs 4 year, long-term employment oppertunities, weather and social environment, etc.), but I wanted to get outside perspectives, both a broad and specific, from others. For example, I say USC and people are like "Go to USC because its USC and its good because its USC and they are Trojans ...," but the long-term cost there is a substantial portion of debt with the same starting salary as someone who paid a 1/4 of the tuition price (as a student and two pharmacists from UCSF aptly pointed out). I am just trying to get as many opinions as possible really to sort of consider things that I may have missed; that is all.

 

[UES Girl]

I've been accepted to USC and USN. I interviewed with OSU and have one with ISU in two weeks. I analyzed the factors above (and many more e.g. research oppertunities, opportunity costs of 3 vs 4 year, long-term employment oppertunities, weather and social environment, etc.), but I wanted to get outside perspectives, both a broad and specific, from others. For example, I say USC and people are like "Go to USC because its USC and its good because its USC and they are Trojans ...," but the long-term cost there is a substantial portion of debt with the same starting salary as someone who paid a 1/4 of the tuition price (as a student and two pharmacists from UCSF aptly pointed out). I am just trying to get as many opinions as possible really to sort of consider things that I may have missed; that is all.

Those all are good factors, but you also definitely need to weigh in location as well. Have you explored Corvallis for example ? There is a big difference between living in Corvallis vs. living in LA and depending on your preferences location can play a big role.

 

[matt48]

Why not UCSF or UCSD 😛