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NSU-COM Discussion thread 2008-2009
Started by mshheaddoc
The current budget is as follows (it changes a bit each year):
Out of state, off campus...
Tuition- $35,545
Fees- 644
Books/Supplies- 8290
Room/Board- 14940
Transportation- 2592
Personal- 2241
Total- $64,225
There is a one page spreadsheet that you can get from general admissions of any school. It shows you resident and non-resident. For each it shows with parents, on-campus, and off-campus. Then the breakdown.
True, books are rarely purchased. You'll buy a few but not many. However, you'll spend an ugly amount on test packets and reviews. It evens out.
It's a pretty good bet that you'll spend every penny you get unless you have rich parents.
Hey guys, I know the source has been posted here before, but I wanted to attach some recent match lists here so I can link to them. 🙂
Quick question that you might know the answer to since you're a student there.
I see on the stafford website that students can get $8,500 and $12,000 via stafford loans, but is rest of the cost able to be covered by federal plus loans alone, or are students going to be forced to take out high interest private loans to cover the rest?
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grad plus loans are federal loans also. you can take up to the cost of attendence with grad plus. anything beyond that is private
I called around 2 pm (EST) and set up the interview for 12/2. Crap, now I need to buy a plane ticket.
I haven't flown on a commercial plane since 2002. Can I still bring toothpaste?
As long as it's 2 oz or under. Basically a little travel size. Toothpaste was something I always bought and threw away at each interview.
Or you can have any size on a checked bag. The 2 oz rule is for carry-ons. And at my airport, the size limit is actually 3.5 oz or less, so it's not bad.
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It is actually 3oz, and u need to put it in a quart sized ziplock bag along with any other liquids, gels, pastes (they each need to be under 3oz). You are allowed one quart bag, and u have to take out the bag and scan it seperately in the x-ray machine. If you are putting this in a checked back you can bring all the liquids you want.
http://www.tsa.gov/311/index.shtm
(I used to work for the TSA 😛)
http://www.tsa.gov/311/index.shtm
(I used to work for the TSA 😛)
Lol well for some reason they told me at my airport that it has to be under 3.5 oz... but I guess they were on crack. 😀 lol I'd stick with redrumi's instructions and play it safe with the 3 oz. rule.
Wow, that's fast. Congrats!
lol what?I didn't know you were a convicted felon?
Grad Plus covered the rest for me. You may want to do a bit of homework on who to use for your lender as you'll have to make a decision in an hurry.
All those TSA workers look like they just got off a chain gang.
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Now I am a friend of ILikeFood😉 Congratulations, dude!
I interviewed yesterday too and I just checked my email. I am in too!
Now I have to seriously decide where to go before my interviews start piling up. I am still here in the Keywest. So, I am just gonna' go out and go for a swim😎😀
I interviewed yesterday too and I just checked my email. I am in too!
Now I have to seriously decide where to go before my interviews start piling up. I am still here in the Keywest. So, I am just gonna' go out and go for a swim😎😀
How are your stats?? It looks like they accepted a LOT of people already so they're probably just being extra careful with the rest of the interviewees. I'm not sure how much the NSUCOM waitlist moves. I know LECOM-B moves a ton, but I have no clue about NSUCOM.
It is much more of a factor than you think. My brother was a high performance mechanic down there and all the wear and tear that one sees up north tends to show up a year or two earlier in south florida. You might not notice it much, but it is prevalent relative to the midwest or north.
Congrats! When you headed back home?
Hmmmm I live on Long Island, and I'm literally on the water. Do you think my car has the same problem??
haha I concur, it was a pretty scary behind the scenes look at our "security"
Subsidized Stafford per year: $8500
Unsubsidized Stafford per year: $32,000
Total Stafford per year: $40,500
Borrowing limits:
Aggregate subsidized Stafford limit: $65,500
Aggregate total Stafford limit: $189,125
I see that people who interviewed on Tuesday found out the very next day, so I'm assuming the committee usually meets on Wednesdays (maybe every other Wednesday?). Do you know if it is ALWAYS a Wednesday that they meet? I'm interviewing on a Tuesday so it would be great to find out the next day or even 8 days later.
I know they have a lifetime cap but I'm not sure how that is distributed. Still, 32k is less than half of what you take out in loans each year and a fraction of what you'll spend over the course of paying off your loans. You'd better get the tears out of your eyes about spending money now or you will be a sobbing wreck during the first two weeks of school 😉
Given the degree of speculation going on about loans, I would suggest that someone calls financial aid and posts correct info or you'll spend a month debating something that turns out not to be true. That's how med students are. Honestly, I don't give a damn about it. Why you might ask?...because it won't change anything. I can obsess all day long (as many do) but I'll still take the exact same amount out from the exact same lender at the exact same interest rate and pay it off in the exact same amount of time. So..who cares? lol
Med school inspires a flippant attitude about money that I never had prior to coming here. You will get nickle and dimed until you are bleeding money. $40 here, $150 there. Things like that happen in life. But during the first couple weeks of school it wasn't uncommon to have things like that 3+ times per day. Much of it is not practically optional.
But hey... we are where we want to be!
Hey, just noticed that the creepyoldladypicture posted the goods at 12:13 AM on a perfectly good socializing night.
A-good work, that'll end the speculation (who cares if it's true, she said it with authority)
B-get off SDN and go party 😉
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mcat 28
3.4. gpa.
published, and good volunteering
interview i thought went great. i talked to them for a while. all except one thing, they asked me who the father of osteo was, and i blanked. even though i talked about the philosophy more. i hope that wasnt the deciding factor.
Many schools seem to over enroll to matriculate a full class. Every year it differs as to the movement of the waiting list based on the set population that applies every year. I hope that helps!
Oh the glorious A.T. Still... I know that Dr. Tu asks that specific question every year.
On my list of "the best things about NSU" Dr. Tu is on it. Thanks to him I finally GET anatomy 🙂
As for whoever was wondering about "seeing a lot of acceptances from NSU", you have to realize that you're on the NSU thread, where (mostly) people who have been invited for an interview are reading/posting. NSU has a pretty decent acceptance rate for those that they invite to interview from what I understand.
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Have a happy thanksgiving everyone! Some of my fellow M1's and I are getting together at the house, so I'm going to go finish cooking!
Ilikefood and deepa100 i too got accepted yesterday after interviewing on tuesday. What a relief!! I am definitely sending in my deposit although I still want to explore some other options. My experience at NSU was amazing!😉
Oh wow really?? I'm really hoping to get in here... I interview Dec. 9th... very excited!!
kkahkes, your stats seem very compatible with last year's entering class... I wonder if it was the lack of remembering AT Still's name. That's really annoying. But at least it wasn't a rejection.
They have the requirements online, but in short..no not really. They say it has to have like 4 gigs of ram or something ridiculous but it really wouldn't matter that much.
Where else would you get tshirts besides going to the bookstore or maybe some class sponsored shirt? I don't think NSU Med shirts are a high demand item at malls. 😉
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That's annoying. Not as bad as NYCOM though... I interviewed 11/12, and was in the second week of interviewees, and I still have heard nothing. I told them I had an interview 12/02 that I'd prefer not to go on if I heard from NYCOM first, and still no luck. Not fun.
Wow Nova is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!😱
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