I have the acceptance letters for both schools and recieve the Aid Awards. On one had University of California Riverside is near my house and I have been accepted to the Honors program. University of California has given me more finaical Aid and most of my friends that have been accepted are going there. In addition, the majoirity I hear from my school that University of California Irvine is a better pick then Riverside. So the time to decide is coming near and I need some help in choosing where to go for 4 years of my life. I looking for a University that will help me get me a career as a medical doctor.
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Go to University of California Irvine - it is a better school, your friends are there and they are giving you more financial aid!\n\nIt seems like your only reason for picking Riverside is because it is closer to your home and the honours program. This is not good enough reasons and you will regret it.\n\nWhen I was looking at Universities, I applied and got accepted into London School of Economics, but turned it down and chose one nearer my home town, The University of Bath. Both are good, but I wish I had had the experience of London and the potential of the school to take me onto new things! I am now only 1 1/2 months from graduation and still don't feel like I have lived the way I wanted to.\n\nGood luck!
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Going to JC then transferring is FAR easier because they get first priority. Transferring to UCLA from another UC is tough. Your credentials need to be pretty high - i'm saying like 3.8+  or a well written essay.
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University of the pacific is one of the best. It is in Stockton, California. It is competitive to get in but with grades like that you should be fine. http://www.uop.edu/ is the website. You should check it out. Other than that UCLA is good for almost everything but extremely hard to get into. the CSUs are good also but some are better than others. You should look for a list ranking the best schools for dentistry or at least science. Besides that it is good to look for a school that is well rounded in case you find dentistry is not the thing for you. Also environment. If you want a college by the beach or not. University of the pacific is not by the beach i'll tell you right now. But it offers great training and has a clinic on campus to get hands on experience . Students and people in the community can go for teeth cleanings etc. for a nominal fee while students get the opportunity to learn from experience. i know I enjoyed the school and my friends in the dentistry program, while challenging felt that they were learning skills that would prepare them.
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There is no "pre-med major" at either school but both have many opportunities for people interested in becoming doctors, especially since both have medical schools and hospitals that undergraduates can volunteer in.  There are also "career services" staff that can advise students about med school requirements and such.
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UCI\n\nuniversity of california irvine\n\n\nI heard it's a pretty good college for doctors and people interested in medicine
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I have heard many good things from friends in Cali. Here is a link to help you out:\nhttp://www.humboldt.edu/~educ/
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Dear friend,\nI'm an undergraduate student in University Of California Davis. I'm an Indian and i did my high school from a school in Haryana. Let me tell you that we do NOT get any federal aid from the FAFSA which US govt. offers to its permanent residents only. Try looking for some online scholarships. I got a 14000 USD scholarship and that's how i'm here and 60000 USD would not be the full price. I advise you to research a lot before reaching a decision. My estimted cost was 64000 USD and its oming out to be 78000 USD now including the travel expense and the summer money. \n\nRegarding colleges with accreditation... I suggest you search at www.collegeboard.com. \n\nBest of luck.\n\nNick (Nikhil Thakur)
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My bosses daughter attends the University of Toledo and is in pharm admin right now.  She did not get into the pharm D program.  She was a few points short.  U of T is a public or state school.  She is going to try to get in again.    \n\nThere are pros and cons to both.  I think the most important thing to consider regarding money is which school will give you the best scholarship/financial aid package.  If you get a public and a private school and their packages are similar and what you end up paying is similar, then go with the school that you'd really like to attend.  \n\nPrivate school will always be more money, but you have to decide if it is worth it to you to pay that money.  Especially when you can get just as good of an education at a public school.\n\nOne other thing too... I do know that attending a school within your home state has advantages regarding tax credits and such.  Check into that as well.  Plus, attending school in your home state gives you advantages for certain scholarships and financial aid as well.  \n\nDo some research, ask some questions of the financial aid personnel in your school and in a public school you'd like to attend.  It's well worth it.\n\nGood luck!
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U of M is one of the best universities in the world, I traveled pretty far to get to Ann Arbor and it has been the best time of my life. It does depend on what you are looking for in a university, if you want great academics, a very cool social life and the best sports this is the place to go.. if you let things like weather determine where you go.. then good luck, I hear SEC schools are a good place to waste 4 years
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Hi, current college student here.\n\nI agree with matt's responses - they are mostly correct. However, he is missing a few important points. For one, the amount of financial aid that you qualify for is very important. This really also depends on the school's calculation policies, but you can get a general estimate from a site like "http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml." Remember that this is strictly an estimate though.\n\nWhy is this important? Because you have to see how much financial aid a school gives (assuming that you qualify for a decent amount). Schools like Harvard are expensive, but they will cover 100% of your financial need. Other schools might be cheaper but unable to subsidize your education. I know that at Harvard (my school), there's rather generous financial aid - families with income under 60k don't have to pay anything, and under 80k barely pays - and it scales upward to some degree.\n\nAlso, there are a lot of great state universities - and you should look for these in the U.S. News and World Report "http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php" (Just go out and get a magazine version). But these schools will only be a good value if they are in your home state.\n\nAlso, I wouldn't consider anything out of the top 10 a "bad school." For example, UC Berkeley is ranked 25 (#1 in public schools), but I would never say that it's a bad school (despite Harvard being #1 overall =P )\n\nGood luck!
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I don't think there is much of a difference between them. I do know however, that San Jose State University is a VERY good engineering school. It's right in the center of Silicon Valley too , so it's easy to get a job after.
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How about ASU?  You should be able to get into there.  You also might be able to get into USC - but it's very expensive.
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Okay, thanks for sharing. UC applications are unimpressed by academics nowadays. They get too many kids with 5 AP classes passed with all 5's and 4.5 GPA. They want people who worked with homeless people or wasted their time with some other non-profit. Good luck getting into Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis, or SB. They overimpacted those this year and will take a lot less students.
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Actually, I think all of those schools may be about the same. NYU(my alma mater) is considered to be the best for film, but since you are only interested in California schools, USC is considered to be just as good as NYU . Good luck and go for your dreams!
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I'd go UCI for Bio. The UC's have a stronger reputation and I wouldn't consider SCU undergrad business a great program. If you can hack it at UCI Bio (keep in mind that at UCI, 20% go in as Bio, about half get out as bio) - then it'll prepare you well for MCATS or pharm school. \n\nBio alone can't do much. SCU Business - you'll probably be able to get some accounting job at a big 4 after graduation.
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Sure no problem. I lived in Irvine last year. OK - best school is university high school - but its REALLY competative and by that I mean top 15 public high schools in California and top 50 in the nation. Irvine is pretty expensive but its basically a picturesque place to live. It was rated the safest place in the United States with population over 100,000. Irvine is also very Asian American so you'll bump into a lot of Chinese and Korean Americans and so the schools will be very competative and very safe. The best place to go shopping in Irvine - I say South Coast Plaza which is really close (actually in Costa Mesa) - great shopping has just about everything. As for kids, there are parks literred all over the place and there are coffee shops just around every corner. Irvine, CA is home to the University of California Irvine - so there's a lot of places to go there. There are a number of beaches really close by such as Newport Beach and Laguna Beach as well as Huntington beach. I say Laguna is the best. 15 minute drive. Irvine is one of the best places in the world to raise children in my opinion.
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This is a rather odd list. What made you pick these schools? They are quite different from each other. \n\nDrury and Rockhurst I never heard of, St Lawrence and SLU are respectable, but not outstanding, and Penn is one of the top schools in the world (you're sure you understand this is a private university - one of the Ivy League schools, not a state university!) \n\nYou need to go to the website for each one of these schools and see what they have to say. Then you need to go to the guidance office at your school and read through the books that tell about what the different schools are like. \n\nI think that you need to do a lot more research before you choose the schools on your list -- this is going to be 4 of the most important years of your life, you are going to spend a PILE of money, and right now you aren't too well up on what you're doing. A few hours research will be well worth it!