I live off the island, in apartments in Vallejo. I think around 1/3 of the class lives off the island in some form. Some do commute from Walnut Creek, Hercules, and Dublin. I feel like with commuting it probably is a lot more challenging and also expensive (toll bridge). It is not impossible though, since I do know many people who are doing well while commuting.
Got my fingers crossed for that II, was complete 11/14 👀
yes!!!
Lizzy score?
no group yet, if you look above, i said yall can make one or wait til the school makes one in like march/april
I grew up in Walnut Creek, it is safe and nice and expensive. It's the bay area, I feel that you should treat it like New York where you live in a shoe box and spend all your time doing cool things outside your home.
can I DM you? I saw that we're in a few common threads lol
Is there a particular reason why you want to live in Walnut Creek specifically? Bay Area traffic gets pretty bad, and a 40-minute commute means more than an hour a day just driving. Many of the MS1/2s I talked to at Touro recommended living close to campus, at least for the first semester, so that you can adjust to the med school workload and lifestyle. I used to commute ~40 min a day for undergrad, and it wasn't very pleasant.
I stayed there for about a week while attending a medical conference in the Bay Area, and I really liked the place. It's a place that's really similar to my home city, and I think that the separation between school and home would be good for me mentally. I commuted to my undergrad from home, so I'm used to that separation. However, I feel like it's more likely that I'll end up staying in American Canyon because it's closer to school. Doing well in school is my priority so if the drive really is excessive, I guess I'll have to count WC out.
Not the original commenter, but I messaged you about living in Walnut Creek or elsewhere off the island!
so each week the schedule will be different, its not like undergrad where the classes were the same each week. Some days you will have lectures in the morning and then anatomy lab in the evening or some days it will be doctoring and OMM back to back etc.
How many days a week are you required to be on campus?
first semester is a lot. you have anatomy labs which are required and 2-3 times a week. and you also have doctoring and OMM labs which are once or twice a week.
Hi! Can I ask how many interview slots were left in the cycle?
When I scheduled, there were three dates available for the last week of February! I didn’t look at the amount of slots and I didn’t look to see what the March calendar or beyond looked like 😣
I'm a current 1st year and during the last cycle, I'm assuming there was a decent amount of WL movement since we were having people get accepted up until orientation. The incoming class size will also be increased for this next year so don't lose hope! Good luck!
It might be that you're excluded from dual-degree entry, but I think you can still apply to the MPH program SEPARATELY? I may be incorrect, but that sounds logical to me?
depends, some people get off the waitlist pretty soon.
would you live there while attending touro?
it depends on your lifestyle - walnut creek has some nice places to enjoy in downtown, but it's a fraction of the size of berkeley - so it's a small town (big suburb with a nice downtown really). Unless you have a family, I don't think there's much to living in walnut creek - you're better off saving on that commute time, ymmv.
Lizzy score?
I recall that they are increasing from 150 to 189, so there are more seats available! However, a bunch of us that interviewed got WL 🙁
