University of Tennessee vs. Loyola Marymount University

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<p>I know - they are two very different schools. One’s a small school in a huge city, and the other’s a huge school in a small city. </p>

<p>-I am Pre-Med
-I am originally from Los Angeles and miss it a lot, but Tennessee is much cheaper (30k/yr vs. 50k/yr)</p>

<p>which would you choose?</p>

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<p>Tennessee. Go Vols. Save the money for med school.</p>

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<p>… then go to one of the two and save yourself some bigtime $$$.</p>

<p>They will both be there in a couple years. Neither I would think would be hard towards those who reapply later. The only question would be: Does LMU frown on cc xfers; do they want you to spend more time at the university rather than two at cc? I’m sure they take a decent amount of cc xfers. </p>

<p>I hate to sound repetitive, but the larger the debt at the end of your first 4-year stint -> the greater detriment towards your ulitmate goal of your second 4-year.</p>

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<p>Why not move back to L.A. and go to CC, which could offer you guaranteed transfer into UCLA? Why choose such an expensive private school out of all the Southern California options?</p>

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<p>who would be spending the addtional $80k … you in the form of loans, or your parents? If your parents are happy to spend the entire amount, then go to Tennessee and ask them to give you cash for the difference. this will give you $80k for med school, or better yet, if they are also willing to pay for med school, it gives you $80k + interest/gains for a downpayment on your first home post med school.</p>

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<p>Hanna:</p>

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<p>It’d probably be pretty tough to get into a guaranteed xfer (transfer alliance) program to UCLA for premed. He/she could get in somewhere at UC though for sure.</p>

<p>Dunn:</p>

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<p>I like it … keep those parents at arms length, lol. I like the downpayment part also, seriously (for a condo/house). I like kids who have an educational fund, but are conservative in dipping into it and have a good chunk left over. That’s provident thinking on their part. I hope for the OP’s sake this is the case, that the parents have pretty deep pockets (not loans off of house’s supposed equity). Those who live in areas where housing costs are signifnicantly less probably do have more $ to do this.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone for the input. and my parents have nothing to do with it - i am paying for college and medical school myself and i do not need to take out loans</p>

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<p>Oh my, this is YOUR money we’re talking about? This is not even a close call.</p>

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<p>Have you been accepted to LMU?</p>

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<p>yes i have been accepted to both</p>