I can't tell you anything about UOP except that the campus is really nice and I grew up "bike riding" along the delta/through UOP.

Stockton, however... born and raised. There are some really ghetto parts in Stockton, but then again, there are some really nice parts... just like any other semi-big city. There isn't much to do, true... but the location of the city is pretty central. You can travel a couple hours east and be in the Sierra Nevada's... ya got Tahoe to the northeast... Yosemite to the Southeast... all well within range of a nice weekend trip.

To the west you have the Bay Area/San Francisco...

So, even though there isn't much to do in the city itself, it's not hard to get to the places where there are stuff to do.

 

Hey guys i got a question: How does transfering from a JC to a UC work? I'm giong to be a senior in HS, so should i apply to a UC first? Also, is the JC in SF any good?

 

My mom used to work at the Univserity of Washington but she actually moved to Stockton for just this 1 year to be a professor at this university... Interesting!

 

Don't take UOP off your list! My girlfriend went there and my best friend just graduated from there. The campus is beautiful - it looks like a Ivy League school. It's private and popular. It was used to film Animal House and scenes from Indiana Jones...

But because it's private, it's expensive. NO worries though, as it offers many grants and scholorships and the education is top notch.

Stockton itself is large, but it's very cheap to live there, compared to the Bay. People who stick their nose up at it really shouldn't be the ones to sway our decision. Basically they're saying, "Oh don't do this because *I* don't like the area. It's hot in the summer, and chilly in the winter, much like most California valley regions are.

Depending on the major you are interested in, you may do very well there. If you're interested and there are opportunities for you, by all means consider it. My only recommendation: visit the school. Visit every school you intend to apply to. Or visit them if you are considering applying. You will know when you find the right one.

Good luck, and PM me if you have more specific questions.

 

sorry manjot for replying so late.. i was busy moving into my new apt at uop. you can email me your sn and i'll contact you there.. my email is jennaybobennay@gmail.com

haha i see a lot of people have replied to you.. swaying you in different directions. but why dont you just give it a shot? it doesnt hurt to try cuz the application is FREE (online).. thats why i did it and well.. guess where i ended up?

anyways, i wanted to hilight some things other people have said that i have found true:

The one thing I'd recommend is that if you go to UOP, be very, very sure that you ultimately want to be a pharmacist or dentist. A lot of folks change majors in college, and if you do something else, you can probably do it for cheaper at a UC. After attending a public school for undergrad and a private school for grad, believe me, there is a huge difference in tuition costs. -cyber_x

yeah, you have to realize many ppl change majors b/c the pharmacy and dental programs are too academically challenging and they cannot make the GPA requirement to get into those schools.. even though they might have been soooo smart in high school. but then again, our GPA requirement for those schools is only 2.7... and to many others thats very do-able. the program will SAVE YOU A SEAT in THEIR schools, and however many other seats are LEFT, they look at TRANSFERS. so you get a HUGE advantage that way to be saved a seat since i heard this years incoming class for pharmacy school transfers had a average culm of 3.44. so be sure you wanna do something uop is known for, or else, as someone said, may not look as good as if you went to another school for something that they are known for.


There is a large Hawaiin population there, which is one of the main reasons my dad knew about the school as my family is from Hawaii.
-RiceBurnerTX

we have the LARGEST hawaiian club on college campuses.

and he also said something about good attn from the professors and how the school cares about your education.. which is also true. i think i told you that the first time.



ookay but seriously, i love uop. it might be b/c im in a pharmacy fraternity and the people there are so true to themselves and we all share a lot of similarities so its easy to get along with them.. but i mean, generally, the people here are pretty down to earth. so give it a try. go college visiting.. etc etc.

 

If you're looking to go to graduate school, go wherever you want, just be sure to work your ass off.

UOP will probably have enough extra-curricular activities for a smaller pool of students that you may wind up with a more rounded education. . . which is great if you have a good-for-nothing major (Like Music Education )

 

i'm in engineering here at uop.

i don't know too much about the pharm or dental program.

the undergrad engineering is excellent and very underrated. we have a kick ass co-op program.

as people said, the small classes in the mid-upper division (after the weeder classes) really helps. largest class i had was a general chem class, which was around 50 people. but the professors are VERY accessible, and i found this helpful in my learning since i could just ask them directly.

some of the bio/pharm people i know eventually hole themselves up in upper division classes vuz all they do is study cuz it's competitive. the graduate pharm program here, i hear, is pretty good.

the campus itself is very beautiful. they raised the tuition on us so they could build the new university center (dining hall/hangout) that i rarely go in.

the city itself sucks. i live in south sac, and i think stockton is much worse. i kid you not when i hear random pops and constant sirens.

but overall, i've had no problems with safety. just be smart about walking out at night.

and as people said, stockton is only an hour-2 hours away from sf or sac, so it's somewhere to go to during the weekends.

if you want to pursue great academics in pharmacy, go for uop.

 

jcjt, you go to uop? Me too.

I've lived here in Stockton most of my life, it isn't as people make it. Like any city made up of mostly minorities, there are the good parts and bad parts. If you think Stockton is seriously bad now, it must of been hell during the 90's when there were gangs all over the place.

 

I'm with Yogi and zee. UOP is underrated, and you will get a better class size. But, if you are serious about grad/MD/PharmD, you will likely have to transfer to the UC system. Part of school is also getting to meet your peers in the profession, and frankly the gunners are not hanging at the JC. Get the fundamentals out of the way in JC, then go get them at the bigger schools, and by then you will know what you really want to do.

 

I think it's a little late for advice given this thread is almost four years old.