I am having trouble choosing between two schools
1. University of Maryland Baltimore - one of the top schools in the country #7. In my home state, however i would be doing a distance learning program where i will be watching live streaming videos of lectures.
2. Midwestern Chicago College of Pharmacy- out of state, i like the campus better, tradition classroom settings, i like everything about that school. howeveer it costs more and i will be living out of state.
bottom line:
1. i will end up getting the same pharmacist license.
2. Chicago costs aroun 15k more a year.
3. Maryland i'll pay less, but its E-Learning, which i am not a fan of, but its a highly ranked school.
what are your opnions and experiences with distance learning programs?
This is how the E-Learning program works.
UMD is split into two campus, main campus in Baltimore and the Distant campus(30min away).
The Baltimore campus is where the lectures take place along with the Labs.
The Distant campus is where you go to watch the lectures taking place in Baltimore, on a huge screen, so you are not really at the lecture you are essentially watching a video.
I am definitely accepted into the Distant campus, but i am waiting for a seat in the Baltimore campus.
You cannot trasfer from one campus to another.
so its 4 years long so i'll be paying to watch videos and going down to baltimore for labs.
I know what college is like and i cant imagine watching a screen for 4 years. but its a much better school and saves me money to stay in state.
Costs:
1. maryland - 12k a year x 4 years = 48k total.
2. chicago - 25k + housing = 40k a year x 4 = 160k.
-edit
to clarify, i'll still physically go into a classroom to take tests and "interact" with the classmates, but the lecturers and 99% of the faculty members will not be at the place i will be attending. The main form of communication would be email if i had any questions about lecture materials.
would you pay an extra 110k for live lectures?
1. University of Maryland Baltimore - one of the top schools in the country #7. In my home state, however i would be doing a distance learning program where i will be watching live streaming videos of lectures.
2. Midwestern Chicago College of Pharmacy- out of state, i like the campus better, tradition classroom settings, i like everything about that school. howeveer it costs more and i will be living out of state.
bottom line:
1. i will end up getting the same pharmacist license.
2. Chicago costs aroun 15k more a year.
3. Maryland i'll pay less, but its E-Learning, which i am not a fan of, but its a highly ranked school.
what are your opnions and experiences with distance learning programs?
This is how the E-Learning program works.
UMD is split into two campus, main campus in Baltimore and the Distant campus(30min away).
The Baltimore campus is where the lectures take place along with the Labs.
The Distant campus is where you go to watch the lectures taking place in Baltimore, on a huge screen, so you are not really at the lecture you are essentially watching a video.
I am definitely accepted into the Distant campus, but i am waiting for a seat in the Baltimore campus.
You cannot trasfer from one campus to another.
so its 4 years long so i'll be paying to watch videos and going down to baltimore for labs.
I know what college is like and i cant imagine watching a screen for 4 years. but its a much better school and saves me money to stay in state.
Costs:
1. maryland - 12k a year x 4 years = 48k total.
2. chicago - 25k + housing = 40k a year x 4 = 160k.
-edit
to clarify, i'll still physically go into a classroom to take tests and "interact" with the classmates, but the lecturers and 99% of the faculty members will not be at the place i will be attending. The main form of communication would be email if i had any questions about lecture materials.
would you pay an extra 110k for live lectures?