UCLA or UCB or UCD

wcoastmichelle
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:48:08 +0000

So… I have given up U of Michigan, my dream school because of financial aid.

UCLA aid: $9517 per year. the rest will be loan… I’ll be graduating with $ 36,760 debt with parents paying up to $11750 a year

UCB aid: $ 10192 per year. the rest will be loan… I’ll be graduating with $ 38,576 debt (more than UCLA for some reason) with parents paying up to $11750 a year

UCD aid: I just got one time scholarship $ 18385 I’m not sure how much aid I’ll get for the rest of my college career…

I want to study pre-med and I will most likely transfer after first or second year. I NEED TO GET OUT OF CALIFORNIA. and I hated both UCLA and UCB. I haven’t visited UCD but everyone tells me I’ll fit right into UCD for some reason. I’m not sure why.

I don’t want to go to too competetive college since I want to go to medical school… One major reason I didn’t like UCB was because it was SOOO big and so impersonal. Besides people at Berkeley seem so intense. UCLA, because it’s too close to my home. Any advice?