These past couple of years have flown by so quickly that it’s almost scary that I’m calling myself a senior again. I can finally wear those fancy buttons that tell the world to kiss me because I AM a senior. How great is that? I’m thinking about the buttons and not the actual diploma.
Today, I went through a long list of PA schools, and it was fairly easy for me to eliminate schools. First thing I did was scratch out schools with deadlines that had already passed. EASY. Second, scratch out schools that weren’t Master Degree programs. EASY. Third, scratch out schools that needed a particular class that I hadn’t already taken. EASY. The tough part was finding a state that I’ll actually want to live in for 2 years. THERE ARE SO MANY. (Agh I have a headache, I think I need to wear my reading glasses right now…too bad I don’t have them on me)
It’s kind of sad, but I’ve been judging schools based on their website. If I see a website with basic HTML, 9 times out of 10 I’ll end up closing the tab. (OK I do check out a few things on the school beforehand, but lets just say visiting the website is becoming my information session for that school.) I even went as far as learning more about the web developer for one site. Would you consider that procrastinating? I’m not sure. hehe Anyways here’s a listing of schools I’ll definitely be applying to:
-Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Boston): incredibly expensive at $88,350, 30 months
-” ” (Manchester & Worchester): 24 months, $66,000
-Pace University (Lenox Hill NYC): $65,056, 36 months, I’m strangely attracted to this school for all of its programs and location
-Stony Brook University (NYC): 27 months, $33,200
-Drexel University (Philly): 27 months, $56,000, I would definitely go here if accepted. One negative would be no stimulators, but I could deal.
-Chatham University (Pittsburg): 24 months, $62,240
-Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania: 24 months, $28,278, would have to retake GREs
-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Philly): 26 months, $50,534 (obviously, you can tell I might be in Philly)
-James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA): 28 months, hear lots of good things about their program
-University of Washington: 24 months, $38,632, re-evaulating my decision to apply here
-2 schools in Oregon
-Samuel Merritt College (Oakland, CA
-UC Davis (Sacremento, CA)
-Rosalind Frankling Medical School (Illinois) – Absolutely loved the layout of this school and the double-helix sidewalks. Also their cadaver lab was quite extensive, as well as the various computer programs used for their Histology classes. ALSO, they have electrical stimulators. (technology at its best)
-Touro University (Vallejo, CA): dual MS Public Health program
I’m quite dissapointed with the schools on the west coast since they require so much more heath care experience than the ones on the east coast. I’m not sure why there’s a disparity, but it’s also seen in the average age of the students.
Anyways, more on schools later, I have an urge to write about something else…so expect another entry in a little while about the books that I’ve been reading.
