What I said wasn't meant negatively toward UMDNJ. In fact, I am applying there and would be more than happy to pay OOS tuition. My point is that their stats don't reflect the high number of in-state acceptances of other schools like OUCOM or TCOM.
Besides, even though students are paying IS after the first year, they still have to pay $10,000 more the first year. That's a lot of money. But, of course this isn't just a UMDNJ thing... plenty of schools are doing it.
No one is attacking your school EMT2ER-DOC so there is no need to get on the defensive. I'm just trying to answer the question.
I am not defensive. However, I would like to let you know that our admissions people DO look at this website. And they DO read these posts. And the comment you made, while you may not have made it to be negative did come off as if you were being harsh of the school. Now I read plenty of threads here in which pre-meds are being very critical of medical schools and I ask whether or not that is a smart move?
All Adcoms know about SDN and many do read this site.
As for your question, I was in a meeting with the Admissions Director this morning and she told us (student tour guides) about this new policy. Truth of the matter is that this was always the policy, but the 3 medical schools decided to be a little more lax with it. As a result, all of the graduate schools became angry and the University President decided to do away with that practice. As a result, here are the requirement for In-State tuition if you are an Out of State Student:
1) Bring in a copy of your recent lease that shows you were living in NJ for 1 year.
2) Bring in a copy of your NJ Driver's License (yes you do have to change your DL)
3) Bring in a copy of your NJ Car Registration (yes you have to register your car to NJ).
4) If you own your own car, you must have NJ Car Insurance.
Once this is done, you are considered an IS student and get IS tuition for the remainder of your time with is.
The Admissions Director told us that OOS students get the SAME consideration as IS students.
The point of my earlier post was not meant to be upset, it was meant to show you that you should be careful with how you word things on these forums, especially if you are applying to medical schools and the adcoms read these forums.
