Accepted to UW, heard anything?

[DrET]

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Has anybody whose been accepted to Madison received any additional info such as class schedule, syllabus, financial aid info etc. Thanks

 

[xadmin]

Has anybody whose been accepted to Madison received any additional info such as class schedule, syllabus, financial aid info etc. Thanks

DrET when did you hear back?

 

[DrET]

In October.

 

[Agent Splat]

Accepted in December, not yet heard anything.
--mdb

 

[missiongirl]

Has anybody whose been accepted to Madison received any additional info such as class schedule, syllabus, financial aid info etc. Thanks

Nothing yet.

 

[GOBUCKY!]

I called them after I received only a post card saying that I am on the roster for next year's class. I was told that they will sned us information in April

 

[Ambs]

Haven't received anything besides the very nicely written acceptance letter.

 

[liverotcod]

I got a letter from the residency office suggesting that I apply for in-state tuition status, based on some loopholes in the rules. I responded to that back in early January, but have not heard anything back yet.

 

[xadmin]

Guys, I just got accepted to UW-Madison yesterday. I seriously don't know if I should be happy or sad. As an out of stater from CA, I am paying tuition of 31k a year and this is up the wazooo. However, I understand that the facility is awesome there. I was so impressed by there facility that I even slept inside. Beside this fact, is this a good school? When I talk to people, about 90% of the people don't even know about the school. I don't blame them since before applying to medical school, I didn't know about UW-Madison neither.

What do you guys think about the school?

 

[liverotcod]

xadmin,
UWisc is an upper-middle-tier school, well regarded in the midwest but (as your experience indicates) probably not as well known if you intend to seek a residency in CA. Its USNews rank is 25, tied with UVa and UAlabama, one below Case and one above Mount Sinai. It also ties for 3rd for primary care.

In terms of tuition, it's pretty middle-of-the-road for out of state. Unfortunately, I don't know if its possible to establish residency after a year.

 

[xadmin]

xadmin,
UWisc is an upper-middle-tier school, well regarded in the midwest but (as your experience indicates) probably not as well known if you intend to seek a residency in CA. Its USNews rank is 25, tied with UVa and UAlabama, one below Case and one above Mount Sinai. It also ties for 3rd for primary care.

In terms of tuition, it's pretty middle-of-the-road for out of state. Unfortunately, I don't know if its possible to establish residency after a year.

You can't establish residency after a year if you go here for school. The state stature and the school really made this explicit. I don't understand how they will attract strong candidate from other states and also increase the diversity in their school if they do this. That stature should go.

 

[liverotcod]

You can't establish residency after a year if you go here for school. The state stature and the school really made this explicit. I don't understand how they will attract strong candidate from other states and also increase the diversity in their school if they do this. That stature should go.

That sucks. 👎

 

[xadmin]

That sucks. 👎

Liverot, so are you a WI resident?

 

[liverotcod]

Liverot, so are you a WI resident?

Apparently so, although I haven't lived there since I was 22 (14 years ago).

I qualify because:
a) I went to high school in WI, and
b) My parents have been tax paying residents for the last two years.

At least I think I qualify for this exception. I haven't heard back, yet.

 

[missiongirl]

Apparently so, although I haven't lived there since I was 22 (14 years ago).

I qualify because:
a) I went to high school in WI, and
b) My parents have been tax paying residents for the last two years.

At least I think I qualify for this exception. I haven't heard back, yet.

Most private/out-of-state schools are ~32K (or more), and Oregon Health and Sciences University has the same policy (you can't change your residency status to in-state after a year, so the policy is not unheard of)

Check out the statutes for WI residency:

http://registrar.wisc.edu/students/residence/

36.27(2)(a) Students qualifying under any of the following categories, while
they continue to be residents of this state, are entitled to exemption from
nonresident tuition but not from incidental or other fees:

(c) Any student who is a graduate of a Wisconsin high school and whose
parents are bona fide residents of this state for 12 months next
preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student
registers at a university or center or whose last surviving parent was a
bona fide resident of this state for the 12 months preceding death is
entitled to the exemption under par. (a).


This is from the UW web site if you perform a search. I could hardly believe it, either. So don't let your parents move from the state!

Congrats.

 

[liverotcod]

This is from the UW web site if you perform a search. I could hardly believe it, either. So don't let your parents move from the state!

Congrats.

Actually, when I found out about this, I locked them in their home. Seemed a little cruel, but well worth the 40K in tuition. I suppose I should feed them pretty soon; it's been a couple months.

I suspect that they gave me in-state status for admissions, too, even though I didn't claim it. I'm certainly not complaining.