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how's it like?
housing?
classes?
campus?

i hear stockton has a high crime rate. how's it like living there? anything recreational to do around the area? supermarkets? places to eat?


i might be attending UOP in the near future for its pharmacy program so I just wanted to know what it was like. Thanks, in advance!

This post has been edited by f0reveralways: 15 March 2010 - 06:45 PM

[Lebanese_Blonde]

it ranked on the top most depressing cities in the U.S.
that's all i know ^^;

[kuku]

how's it like?
housing?
classes?
campus?

i hear stockton has a high crime rate. how's it like living there? anything recreational to do around the area? supermarkets? places to eat?


i might be attending UOP in the near future for its pharmacy program so I just wanted to know what it was like. Thanks, in advance!

LOL I just come into this forum and I see my college as the first topic. I attend UOP as a current sophomore. and am a pre-pharmacy major. I'm going to pharm school next year.



I enjoy this small campus. I lived in honors dorm freshman year and loved it because all my friends and next year roommates are from my dorm. We were a close knit group of friends. The food is going to be improved greatly because they are going to switch to points system. Ask your UCSD friends, they'll know. The campus is great, all the classes are pretty close unlike a big school.

Don't worry about the crime rate. It's only scary outside of the campus. I've never experienced anything bad.

I have to tell you this. UOP science is very difficult. Don't expect an easy high GPA. The min req. math/science gpa is 2.70. You may think that's easy... heck no. I have know countless people having to take an extra year because they couldn't keep up with the grades. UOP is not a cheap school... costing like 30-40k a year. And pharm school is even more.

But if you are willing to take the challenge, go for it! I did

[pinkflamingoqt]

Hello again

Although I haven't been there for college (im definitely going to go in the fall for pre-pharm) I've stayed in the dorms 3-4 times before because of different summer programs and camps and relatives of mine have gone there and all of them have really enjoyed it. Although it's not like living in So-Cal or SF for college it's really what you make of it. The campus was really pretty and the community is small enough where you know a lot of the people. Also it's not too far away from the bay area if you want to go do something on the weekends. And like the poster above me said, it's not that bad if you stay in the campus district. From my stays there I really enjoyed everything about UOP. The dorm rooms weren't that great actually but once you are in the pharm d program you get to stay in the nicer "condo" type dorms which are pretty darn nice. One thing I'm scared about however is the work load... too many science-math classes but... hey you get done quicker!

[f0reveralways]

so.. stay on campus. outside = scary. -____-


lol.



i like math and science. yay. lol.


how are the dorms like? big? small? bathrooms? are there any stoves or something you can use to cook?

[kuku]

lol the dorm sizes are of a very typical size. I think mines like 12 feet by 12 feet. Some have carpets while some do not. There will never be kitchens for regular dorms. Never in a million years will that happen because the cost is just too much. You need junior standing to apply for the apartments with kitchens. I bunk my bed with my roommate so we have tons of space. Freshman dorms have a shared bathroom. In the quads, there are about 30 rooms per floor = 60 people of the same sex sharing a bathroom. Usually there's 3 showers and 5 stalls... more than enough. I have to say, there are some bathrooms without stall doors, just the door that's makes things fuzzy. If I lived in that dorm, I'd be afraid to shower. You usually have to trust that no one's going to be a pervert and look into your stalls. But my dorm has shower curtains and doors, so it doesn't affect me.

Just go to the dining hall. In your freshman year, you probably don't want to spend too much time buying groceries and cooking especially when you are just starting to adjust. ANd I doubt your parents will let you bring a car up. The majority of the freshmans don't have cars.

AND

Be aware of freshman 15. It has turned very pretty girls to nightmares! lol I'm not kidding. One of my friends started to have a double chin after his 1st semester. Ways to avoid it: eat less food and hit the gym often. Look at the mirror! Baun fitness center is open, but not 24 hours though. I go there to work out often.

[miss_loser]

30-40K per year.. that's like.. double the UC ; but then again.. i guess it's sort of worth it cause you'll have less years of school to attend.. while people who goes to UCs have like.. 8ish years of school... and you can start earning money sooner... than other people..

[f0reveralways]

hrmm. my parents will let me bring a car up. i dont live that far. but anyway, i feel like UOP is getting uglier and uglier in my eyes after reading your comments & online reviews of the college. :/

1) its expensive
2) dangerous city, restricted to life on campus basically :/
3) boring area (you have to drive elsewhere [tahoe, san fran] for recreation)
4) stuck with pharmacy even if my interests change

ahhh. life is stressful

[Take Five]

^yeah, that's the gist of it. i really don't recommend it unless you know you're gonna stay in pre-pharm for sure. once i quit pre-pharm, i saw no reason to be there and got the hell out.

[kuku]

lol what are you talking about? I love my school to no end. I'm in a fraternity and it's one of the best decisions of my life.

I love UOP.

My roommate works for security on campus. It's the safest place to be. I've been out in Stockton a few times. It's not bad. I've never been in a situation where I have felt unsafe. If you live off campus or venture off to downtown Stockton, then it'd be iffy. Even then, my friend lives in a gated community off campus. Safe as heck.


UOP is a very specific school tailored to science, pre-law, or engineering majors. I was stuck on pharmacy since 9th grade, so this was the perfect school for me. It is far from home, so I won't be bothered by my parents, and it has a small school, so classes aren't too far away.

[rocpinkslip]

There are parts where it's ghetto, more like patchy ghetto but once u get further away from the school there are nice places. Every bar, restaurant, even the mall is within equi-distant of each other. Heck u can even walk from school to the mall or to Target no joke. Although I've never done that since I've had a car since freshmen year so I have no idea what's it like to walk...but from other ppl they say it's ok. Yeah the town is VERY boring...I don't live too far away from home so I go home every weekend since freshmen yr. Btw I'm a senior, currently.

Dorms vary by size from doubles, triples, & singles. They also vary by which dorm you're in. I lived in Jessie B for the first 2 yrs and then I moved off campus just 10 mins away to an apt w/ 2 other people. I mean, I haven't run into like bad people even though I live off campus cuz my neighborhood is kinda safe haha. Just don't go anywhere at night by yourself (kind of a duh thing). I've shopped and run errands by myself and so have my roommates and we're all fine. The campus is small...and if you're in the science major you have classes with those people for the next 4 yrs at that school depending on if you're a pre-wealth major (that's what all my profs say..pre-wealth haha) If you have a car especially now it's hard to find parking just b/c they're building the stupid University Center which is unnecessary since it wiped out almost part of a lot so parking is really hard to find, during the afternoon. It's even worse when the public holds events at school & during school hours and they take up all the parking spaces.

Um...tuition goes up 5% each year and has been going up. The sciences here are hard compared to other schools, they weed you out like crazy to weed out the incompetent ppl for upper division classes & for pharm & dent school. Since it's a small school, it's a small community. Ok campus. I don't know, UOP is lacking a lot. Not that fun of a campus & town...hence the reason why I go home a lot or go out to other places to have fun i.e. Sac or SJ. I've been to all the restaurants here in Stockton (the popular ones or ones I know)...they're average nothing spectacular.

Classes are weeder classes especially the pre-req gen bio & g.chem to take upper division classes. The crappy thing about UOP is that you have to take mentor or the now newly upgraded term is "pacific seminar". And if you're just a regular major besides those pre-wealth majors then as a senior you have to take "mentor 3". It's dumb, waste of time....I have no idea what the point of that class is. School is overly expensive, I recommend buying books online or through people. Bookstore rips you off. Some classes are ok and there are those professors that make the class worthwhile & they're funny too. I mean the school tries to help you w/ your classes but mostly it's study on your own, learn from others, and also your own.

There are other schools for pharmacy & pre-dent (if that's what you're going into)...if you don't want to spend the next couple years of your life in boring stockton @ an expensive school that makes everything hard for no reason I suggest you think long & hard about coming here. Overall I made some really good friends here & I have a few classes I like and the campus is small so it's ok too.

[s-kim]

hey everyone. this is actually my first time on soompi... ^^
so is anyone here going to pacific for sure in fall 08? i struggled with deciding between ucsd and pacific, but decided on pacific in the end. im pre-pham 3+3, btw. :)

[pinkflamingoqt]

I'm going to UOP for sure this fall, for the 5 year pre-pharm program

[yoursassyg1rl]

I'll be attending UOP as well for sure too. =]] I'm 2+3 for pre-pharm.

[_simple.dreams]

just wondering for those entering in fall `08.. which schools/city are you from haha

and s-kim, i was debating against uop & ucsd too... but figured... uop would be a bit more beneficial... financially for my family and such. haha
the more i learn about these "pre-wealth" program as rocpinkslip calls it.. the more i begin to worry and doubt my ability to pass the courses and such. >.<

wish everyone luck & see you in a couple of months!

[yoursassyg1rl]

just wondering for those entering in fall `08.. which schools/city are you from haha

and s-kim, i was debating against uop & ucsd too... but figured... uop would be a bit more beneficial... financially for my family and such. haha
the more i learn about these "pre-wealth" program as rocpinkslip calls it.. the more i begin to worry and doubt my ability to pass the courses and such. >.<

wish everyone luck & see you in a couple of months!

I live in Sunnyvale (near San Jose)
How about you? (and what program -- 2+3 / 3+3/ 3+4--- are you in?)

[kuku]

I go to Fremont High School (school in Sunnyvale-- about an hour away from Stockton). How about you? (and what program -- 2+3 / 3+3/ 3+4--- are you in?)

lol that means you can probably go home all the time and get lots of food!

[shoeguy24]

hey everyone
i'm in need of some advice
but first
congrats to u guys up there that got into the pharm program
i didnt get in =\
but i did get into uop itself
and they are putting my in an exploratory program
thing is i got into ucsd as well
and i checked out the campus the past few days and i thought it was average
so my question is
is it better to go to uop even though i didnt get the pre pharm
or should i got to ucsd for undergrad and go from there?
i know uop is more expensive but it seems like class size can be a huge advantage
at ucsd they have office hrs and stuff but i dont really know how much help you can get
but yea
advice would be greatly appreciated

[f0reveralways]

^ ahh you got into UCSD but not UOP? wow. i'll trade you my UOP 3+3 prepharm admission for your UCSD admission. lol.

i say go to UCSD for undergrad. UOP specializes in pre-law, pre-dentistry, & pre-pharmacy. if you're not in any of those programs, i don't see any reason to go to UOP.

PS: there's some research that says class size doesn't really affect student grades.
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publicatio...96/vol1n1_e.pdf
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14064
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/12/06/barwick

[yoursassyg1rl]

lol that means you can probably go home all the time and get lots of food!

haha true true.