Live off Campus at U of Utah vs Take another year off, get California instate tuition...

Well, if you want to study science/medicine then I would just suck it up for a semester or a year, and live off campus at the U of U. Though there are better medical schools out there, the U isn't half bad. Also, don't worry about the fact that you're 20 because there are plenty of kids up there that are in your same situation.

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Just want to throw out there that UCSB is one of the best biology programs in the nation. Also, California can't even be compared to Utah.

Do you happen to be one of the climbers that climbs the Matterhorn? That would be such an awesome job

Last year I commuted to college to save money since Im trying to stay debt free. Saving all that money was awesome, but thats about where it stopped. I had a good amount of friends, but not nearly the amount that my friends living on campus had. Dorm life is ok, but the social aspect of it is amazing. You meet so many people and theres always something going on. Looking back on it Id say the decision for me was 50/50on whether Id do it again. No student debt is awesome, but not really getting in the groove of college social life was a huge toll I took to save that money. Youll really break out of your shell living in the dorms, or in a university affiliated apartment for that matter. If I were you, Id go for it, the longer you wait to go to college the less likely you will be to start. Im not sure how U of U's dorms are set up, but here at the University of Cincinnati we have Sophomore and up dorms. They dont have RA's and are wet (you can drink in them if youre of age), much more like an apartment on campus. This coming fall semester I will be turning 20 and living in one, and I dont see that as weird at all.

The thing is at Utah all of there on campus housing is full. So I can't live in the dorms.

is it the happiest place on earth behind the scenes?

i would say go to CC in cali for 2 years get decent grades then transfer to USC or stay at CC for 2 years and transfer to Santa Barbra. UCSB only accepts transfer students entering as a junior as do the rest of the UC's

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I think long beach or Tahoe would be really cool, obviously not alot of skiing in LongBeach but you could learn to surf and hit up on cute Cali girls.

It is a different world.

California would definitely be an awesome option, but since I went to the U I'll throw in my $.02 on the dorm/friends situation:

Yes, it's a commuter school and that can be intimidating. People do kinda tend to just show up for class and then leave right away again; not too many people hang out on campus for no reason like they do at other schools. But there's also a huge percentage of skiers at the U which should help you make friends more easily (having things in common and all that). In my experience it wasn't very hard to meet new people and make more friends post dorm-life, and to be honest, of the friends I made in the dorms my freshman year I only still talk to maybe one or two of them. My friend group now is totally different and I met them mostly through skiing, not the dorms. Everyone in the dorms is so desperate for friends that they kinda glob onto anyone, which makes it easy initially, but most of those friendships don't last very long. If you go to the U just talk to people, go to the parties, meet more people, get a group of friends...you'll most likely be fine after a while.

Plus living in the dorms isn't that cool anyway, especially on a dry campus.

If you're looking to be a physician, don't take any more years off. And what college you come from doesn't really matter, grades/test scores/extracurriculars are far more important.

UCSB has a better biology faculty no doubt, but the U is not a bad place to get your B.S. and set yourself up for an MD.

Like that's ever stopped anyone hahaha


But kristen is right, you meet a ton of new people outside of the dorms, i definitely still have some good friends i met in the dorms for sure but a ton of other friends who i met afterwords.

As somebody who left California for school... because California schools were overpriced as fuck, for the quality of education, massive class sizes, lack of helpful administration, and near-impossibility of getting your classes in some cases...

Also, if you're looking at the UC system, AND skiing? go to Davis.

Unless you're going to film school?

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I live just next to Long Beach in Orange County. Long Beach City College has 2 campuses. One is more in central Long Beach (not a nice area) and the other is on Carson kind of by the airport. Although they aren't far from each other, just know that you might have to drive to the "other" campus for classes. I'm going to assume your relative lives by the campus on Carson. It's a good feeder school with plentiful transfer options and a nice student vibe (my mother was a professor there). It is really close to CSULB and you could always hang out with that "scene" and go to their parties, etc.

I disagree that UC is a waste of money. I completed my undergrad at a UC school as did my brother. I never had trouble getting classes and neither did my brother. That is far, FAR more common among the CSU schools who faced worse budget cuts while also facing growing enrollment. I do agree that UC Davis is the better "skiing" school. Especially if you want to do something in the sciences UC is the way to go, as there are more research opportunities (medical schools look for this in applicants) and typically a broader offering of science type classes. Chico State is great if you want to party every night then get an entry level job, which it doesn't seem like you want to do. As for cost, the difference between UC and CSU isn't that stark and considering you'll be living cheaply for the first 2 year while you wait to transfer you'll have saved a bunch already.

Medical School is a huge commitment. To gain admittance you need: good grades (especially in the core: GenChem, OChem, Bio, Physics, BioChem, Calc), a good MCAT score, volunteer experience (ideally in a patient care role or medical role), work experience, and research experience. Managing these while still being "normal" can be really difficult, but not impossible. One of the guys in my fraternity who actually got into Davis Med and turned it down for UCR med was one of the biggest party people I knew, but he spent all rest of his spare time studying or working in a lab or volunteering at a hospital so that he had the chance to still party often.

Message me if you have any other questions, I'm well versed in a lot of the topics you have questions about.

at UCSB you can surf, and fuck lots of hot girls and do high quality drugs. it's a cocktail of awesome waiting to happen.

You can do that at a lot of schools, you don't have to shell out UCSB tuition for it.

And get chlamydia and HPV.

Perhaps it's the rich boy in me, but UC schools are not expensive. Obviously way more than they used to be but still far less expensive than comparable private universities.

^once again, for med school nobody gives a rats ass where you get your undergrad as long as its a somewhat credible university. The only time that schools prestige really weighs in at all is where you did your residency.

I have to agree with you here. I have a friend that went to Yale for undergrad and all of the possible employers couldn't have cared less that he went there. All they wanted was a highly regarded Graduate school

Looks like I'm going to Utah..

Don't go to California. So many fucking weirdos there.

Utah has rad skiing but has a lot of fucking weirdos. California also has rad skiing but is full of fucking weirdos. I'd choose California though because in Utah there's mormons and EHeath.

This is the biggest thing that makes me go "ssaaaaaahhhh(inhale deeply), I don't want to go to utah.."

Yeah because SB is only an 8-9 hour drive from tahoe... If you want to do weekends in tahoe UCSB isn't the school

I know I wrote weekend but yeah. Long weekends and during breaks and holidays, if I lived in Santa Barbra on a normal weekend I'd probably just go the beach and stuff.

Right on man! Just an idea I go to cal poly in Slo it's an awesome school and gets ranked higher than most uc schools aside from ucla and cal. It's also cheaper than most uc's and has one of the most awesome fuckkng ski clubs in the state. (I'd say it's the absolute best but I'm biased but for real we the best) just a thought Slo is fuckig way doper than sb in my opinion and I grew up in sb. Look into it if your interested