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GoSpursGo said:
The silence from Baylor on fin. aid is still deafening 🙁
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Haha, tell me about it.

Tell Baylor that my family situation would improve significantly if they would let me know what the deal is 😛.

Also NOW my mom is freaking out that Baylor is going to up the tuition on us for the next 4 years.

So yeah, I need to talk to the finaid office at some point.
 
pianola said:
Haha, tell me about it.

Tell Baylor that my family situation would improve significantly if they would let me know what the deal is 😛.

Also NOW my mom is freaking out that Baylor is going to up the tuition on us for the next 4 years.

So yeah, I need to talk to the finaid office at some point.
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👍

You'll be able to get Tex res. status after one year. Alot of my friends from Rice who were OOS'ers did that
 
riceman04 said:
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You'll be able to get Tex res. status after one year. Alot of my friends from Rice who were OOS'ers did that
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...not if I don't buy property. Which again I need to look into.

We'll see.

Patience is a virtue (that I don't have) 😛
 
Hey Spurs and/or Pianola:

Have you guys heard anything about how the possible merger btwn Rice and Baylor will affect the state funding Baylor receives?

Rice has long been trying to move out of the shadows of the South and broadcast to the entire world its national prestige and "New Ivy League" status. It does does not receive state funding (it just has an astronomically large endowment :laugh:...so large it was free to attend up until the 70's). However, Baylor receives state funding. That is why 70% of the class must be reserved for Texas residents.

Just curious!

My sister has been trying to sway me to come back to H-town...she keeps her practice in the Texas Medical Center (and on Staff at Texas Women's and Herman).
 
pianola said:
...not if I don't buy property. Which again I need to look into.

We'll see.

Patience is a virtue (that I don't have) 😛
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No worries...it is soooooooooo cheap down there. Have you already started looking for housing down there?

I have not, but only b/c I am not sure where I am going and I am pretty familiar with housing around that entire area.

Alot of the med students live at Archstone (Medical Center)...it is an apt though...

Even if you do not become a Tex resident (DONNNNNNNNNNNN'T DOOOOOOOOO ITTTTTTTTTT....DONNNNNNNNNNNN'T LET THEM SUCK YOUUUUUUU INNNNNNNNNNNNN.....:laugh: j/k) tuition is still much better than so many other schools around the country
 
pianola said:
Haha, tell me about it.

Tell Baylor that my family situation would improve significantly if they would let me know what the deal is 😛.

Also NOW my mom is freaking out that Baylor is going to up the tuition on us for the next 4 years.

So yeah, I need to talk to the finaid office at some point.
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Not to be paranoid, but that freaked me out too because of the whole merger thing.
 
scarletgirl777 said:
Not to be paranoid, but that freaked me out too because of the whole merger thing.
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Yeah. The letter they sent was supposed to be reassuring but somehow it only OPENED the can of worms for me 😛.

Honestly, if Baylor is expecting to keep the caliber of students that they generally accept (by which I mean the other people in this thread, not me, they admitted me by accident) they will probably have to make some sort of guarantee for the tuition for the next 4 years.

Given that it's posted on-line already...
 
riceman04 said:
Hey Spurs and/or Pianola:

Have you guys heard anything about how the possible merger btwn Rice and Baylor will affect the state funding Baylor receives?

Rice has long been trying to move out of the shadows of the South and broadcast to the entire world its national prestige and "New Ivy League" status. It does does not receive state funding (it just has an astronomically large endowment :laugh:...so large it was free to attend up until the 70's). However, Baylor receives state funding. That is why 70% of the class must be reserved for Texas residents.

Just curious!

My sister has been trying to sway me to come back to H-town...she keeps her practice in the Texas Medical Center (and on Staff at Texas Women's and Herman).
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Yeah I'm not sure, that's what we're all kind of wondering. The email they sent out made it sound like tuition won't be changing anytime soon... so I'm taking them at their word that the price won't go up that much (after all, even if they didn't get to dip into state funding anymore, they could always make some use of that huge endowment 🙂
 
riceman04 said:
No worries...it is soooooooooo cheap down there. Have you already started looking for housing down there?

I have not, but only b/c I am not sure where I am going and I am pretty familiar with housing around that entire area.

Alot of the med students live at Archstone (Medical Center)...it is an apt though...

Even if you do not become a Tex resident (DONNNNNNNNNNNN'T DOOOOOOOOO ITTTTTTTTTT....DONNNNNNNNNNNN'T LET THEM SUCK YOUUUUUUU INNNNNNNNNNNNN.....:laugh: j/k) tuition is still much better than so many other schools around the country
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So cheap????? That's not what I keep hearing.

I can get housing where I live now for like $300 a month.

...

I don't think Houston can touch that.
 
pianola said:
So cheap????? That's not what I keep hearing.

I can get housing where I live now for like $300 a month.

...

I don't think Houston can touch that.
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Yeah, Houston housing hasn't been as great as I'd hoped 🙁 Seems like all the prices near Baylor and Rice village are more expensive, in the $900-1100 range, which, while not bad compared to say the northeast or Cali, isn't amazing either.

jgberken said:
top?
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Haha! You fail 😀
 
GoSpursGo said:
Yeah, Houston housing hasn't been as great as I'd hoped 🙁 Seems like all the prices near Baylor and Rice village are more expensive, in the $900-1100 range, which, while not bad compared to say the northeast or Cali, isn't amazing either.



Haha! You fail 😀
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Wow...I had no idea Houston housing was so expensive!?
 
jgberken said:
Wow...I had no idea Houston housing was so expensive!?
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I think it's mostly in that area of town. If you're willing to live a couple more miles from the med center, you can get for quite a bit less. Also, there are better deals to be had, but you've got to search more thoroughly, and you've got to be careful that you don't wind up in a shady part of town. Like my friend who's an MS1 at Baylor managed to find a little garage studio for about $400-500 and it's great, but it was pretty much by pure serendipity that she found it.
 
I'm also going to honestly admit that so far I've only looked at Lanesborough and Greenbriar because I hear those are the two big places for med students. Lanesborough is cheaper, but I hear nothing but bad things regarding burglary and poor management; Greenbriar is the one that's in the $1000 range 🙁 Archstone is even more, if I recall...
 
GoSpursGo said:
I think it's mostly in that area of town. If you're willing to live a couple more miles from the med center, you can get for quite a bit less. Also, there are better deals to be had, but you've got to search more thoroughly, and you've got to be careful that you don't wind up in a shady part of town. Like my friend who's an MS1 at Baylor managed to find a little garage studio for about $400-500 and it's great, but it was pretty much by pure serendipity that she found it.
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500 for a studio is great!

I'm just surprised because in San Diego, a studio would cost me around 750, and that's a 10 min walk from the school. Houston should not be more expensive than SD...
 
pianola said:
So cheap????? That's not what I keep hearing.

I can get housing where I live now for like $300 a month.

...

I don't think Houston can touch that.
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😱😱

where in Florida do you live? dawg that is cheap...but Houston is a "big city" (filled with WATER MOCASSIN's in the Bayous :meanie:)
 
jgberken said:
Wow...I had no idea Houston housing was so expensive!?
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it's not...that for the nicer apartment complexes along Kirby and around the med center.

Check out the Lakes when you go visit...it is on South Main just past 610!!!!! It is really really nice and only 3 miles or so from Baylor.
 
Happy Easter party people!
 
riceman04 said:
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where in Florida do you live? dawg that is cheap...but Houston is a "big city" (filled with WATER MOCASSIN's in the Bayous :meanie:)
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I live in an urban area in north Florida and no that is not an oxymoron. Gainesville, FL.

riceman04 said:
I'm going to CRASH IT!!!!! :laugh:
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No, you're going to be coming because you will be going to Baylor!!! So sorry Stanford, but riceman's going back to HOUSTON! 😀
 
riceman04 said:
it's not...that for the nicer apartment complexes along Kirby and around the med center.

Check out the Lakes when you go visit...it is on South Main just past 610!!!!! It is really really nice and only 3 miles or so from Baylor.
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Hmmm perhaps I'll be able to find some better deals 🙂 Thanks riceman, for once you're making yourself useful 😀
 
housing for 300 makes me sick. i'll be paying about 1100 (while you can find stuff for the 600-700 range this is what I wanted)

in other news, I started a new book called "handle with care". its about this little girl that has OI, and after five years, her parents have decided to file a wrongful birth suit.

only the ob/gyn is mom's best friend. or was.

Reason number 999 to NOT see your friends/family members as patients.
 
GoSpursGo said:
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p, you REALLY want to have to sit through a bunch of Lakers-Spurs arguments between me and rice? 😀
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Beware...I've already converted a few of the Baylor professors (at least those that follow basketball):meanie:
 
pianola said:
Haha...awwwww 😛

Keep the sports talk at home, guys.
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Please don't tell me YOU ARE A GATOR!!!!!!😡+pissed+:meanie:

B/C I AM A DIE HARD
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I grew up going to everything USC sports related. I went to my first football game when I was only 4 months old! Everyone in my family attended USC for some degree...and I am the only one who has decided not to attend for ANYTHING!!! But I STILL BLEED CARDINAL AND GOLD!!!! And when the SEC avoids playing SC during regular season...I get 😡

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Pianola please please please tell me you are NOT a GATOR!!! Pleaaasssssssse Nola pleeeeeeeassssssssssssssse!!!
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olemissbabydoc said:
housing for 300 makes me sick. i'll be paying about 1100 (while you can find stuff for the 600-700 range this is what I wanted)

in other news, I started a new book called "handle with care". its about this little girl that has OI, and after five years, her parents have decided to file a wrongful birth suit.

only the ob/gyn is mom's best friend. or was.

Reason number 999 to NOT see your friends/family members as patients.
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That's horrible. On the other hand, if you refuse to see friends/family members, that makes you look like a d*uche.
 
Don't pay 1100/month for an apartment. Ridiculous.

I'm looking at a 3 bedroom/2 bath house and it would be about 850/month.
 
DrSno said:
Don't pay 1100/month for an apartment. Ridiculous.

I'm looking at a 3 bedroom/2 bath house and it would be about 850/month.
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That's great if you can find good roommates... I for one don't want to go in with blind roommates. Got bit in the butt bad by this in the past.
 
GoSpursGo said:
That's great if you can find good roommates... I for one don't want to go in with blind roommates. Got bit in the butt bad by this in the past.
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I'm not going to have roommates. I tried a couple roommates in college, and I'm not doing that again.
 
GoSpursGo said:
That's great if you can find good roommates... I for one don't want to go in with blind roommates. Got bit in the butt bad by this in the past.
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I've had good roommate experiences, but I don't want to risk it...so I'm planning on living alone next year. Maybe if I find someone nice, I'll consider it for 2nd year, etc. But for now, nope.
 
DrSno said:
I'm not going to have roommates. I tried a couple roommates in college, and I'm not doing that again.
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Well, but you're also living in Galveston :/

jgberken said:
I've had good roommate experiences, but I don't want to risk it...so I'm planning on living alone next year. Maybe if I find someone nice, I'll consider it for 2nd year, etc. But for now, nope.
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Yeah I'm the same; I'm hoping I find someone compatible for years 2-4, but for now, I'm gonna try to just get accustomed to med school without getting accustomed to a new roommate.
 
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