USC vs. Western

[BLUELILY5]

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I'm excited that I got accepted into Western & USC, but I'm torn about which school to choose.

After getting my PHARMD I hope to work in public health or hosp pharmacy.

They both have their pros & cons....should I save a little money & just attend Western?

 

[xnm11]

i'd imagine that usc has better connections and networking for the type of fields that you're interested in working in after you get your degree (although i can't say for sure)....

 

[hotties]

I'm excited that I got accepted into Western & USC, but I'm torn about which school to choose.

After getting my PHARMD I hope to work in public health or hosp pharmacy.

They both have their pros & cons....should I save a little money & just attend Western?

What do you mean you can save money by attending western? From what I know, their (USC and Western) tuitions are almost same ~32k??? Anyway, if I were you, I would go with USC. I just like the school better 😛 Too bad!!! I couldn't get into USC. Sigh~~ Anyway, good luck on your decision

 

[Shakeitfast]

Western just raised their tuition. ~34K now. At least, thats what it said in the letter I got on Friday.

 

[LiliaKT]

definitely usc, they have a lot better rep post graduation than western, and yea, they have better connections, ranked higher, more established? thou their class size seems too big, but most ppl like the school.

 

[kelli]

Sorry to say this but USC tuition is about $42k a year, not 32k. And that doesn't include housing, books, etc. But they do have much better networking connections. I heard a statistic that stated something like 80% of pharmacists in southern california went to USC.

 

[ICA]

Sorry to say this but USC tuition is about $42k a year, not 32k. And that doesn't include housing, books, etc.

Uhmm, where did you get this information?

http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/pharmd/fa/aid_awarded.html

Tuition is showing as $32,316 (not including books, housing, etc.)... unless they drastically incresed it from last year. 😕

 

[ICA]

FYI, Western lists their tuition as $34,030/yr. I don't think that includes books/housing either.

http://www.westernu.edu/admissions/pharmd_tuition.xml

....so, I would pick USC. But, yes, I am a bit biasesd. 😉

 

[Baxter81]

Sorry to say this but USC tuition is about $42k a year, not 32k. .

Yea you are wrong about the tuition part. I think you were looking at the cost of Books and Supplies, Room and Board, Personal/Miscellaneous, and
Transportation

 

[fidelio]

Well, according to the above two links, it looks like USC is still more expensive. And I would expect it to be since it's a private school after all.

But if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose USC.

 

[hotties]

FYI, Western lists their tuition as $34,030/yr. I don't think that includes books/housing either.

http://www.westernu.edu/admissions/pharmd_tuition.xml

....so, I would pick USC. But, yes, I am a bit biasesd. 😉

Oh man! 34k for western? That's extreme. 😱

 

[TrojanAnteater]

If tuition is 42K, I think the school will be sending me a $10,000 bill soon 😀

 

[gimpsd]

If tuition is 42K, I think the school will be sending me a $10,000 bill soon 😀

It's probably in the mail right now.

 

[USCPharmD09]

Yea you are wrong about the tuition part. I think you were looking at the cost of Books and Supplies, Room and Board, Personal/Miscellaneous, and
Transportation

yeah if you live at home, the total amount is less than 40k. tuition alone is 32k. if you live on campus or in apt, i think its about 50k? i'm not sure about the last one, but from my experience, (i live in an apt) you can survive with just 40k. especially if you work...

 

[tanyas]

ok, if we are just discussing basic tuition, western and usc are about the same. Of course go to USC!!!! (but i am biased 🙂