Sunday, January 17, 2010

USC Info Session - Part 1 - Overview


Click to Enlarge, The map can be downloaded here.

The info session was a two hour info session.  The school has eight more scheduled this year according to their website.  After parking in the $8.00 all day parking lot that they advertised, just keep on walking up Zonal, cross the street, pass by the large student parking structure, and you're there!



I didn't notice when they set up the lobby, because I was donating blood and hanging out in the cafeteria, but once through the main doors to the building, they had a table set up to sign in and pick up a info packet.


Info Packet (from left to right): Blank Sheet for Note Taking,
Course Equivalency Sheet, Prerequisites, Description of Dual
Degrees, Financial Aid Quick Start, Agenda, School of Pharmacy
Brochure, Folder, Summer 2009 Issue of USC Pharmacy Magazine

The Agenda:

2:00 pm - Welcome
2:05 pm - Introduction to the School of Pharmacy
2:25 pm - The Application Process
3:00 pm - Financial Aid
3:15 pm - Question and Answer Session
3:25 pm - Tour
4:00 pm - Ajourn

When we were first led to the presentation room, there were maybe 40 of us, but by the time everyone arrived, there were nearly 100 potential applicants, including a group of 40+ people who all drove down from Sacramento together.  Everything went according to schedule for the most part.  And when we were given the tour, they had enough student pharmacists to give us tours that we broke down into just groups of five!

Out tour went on long, not because there was a lot to show, but because we took some time to do some extra grilling of our tourguide.  After that was all over, there were drinks and snacks waiting for us.  Even better, the admissions and finacial aid directors were both still there happy to answer any questions that anyone had.

I didn't actually stay much longer afterwards.  I felt that I already got all the info that I wanted.  Part 2 will go more in depth into what went on.

No comments:

Post a Comment