I tried to calculate it..
NYC Living Expenses per month
$800-$1100 for rent (I'm assuming Queens is around 700-900/month with a roommate?)
$600 for food, transportation and other expenses
so that is around $1400-1700 per month
Memphis would be
$500-600 for rent with a roommate, 10 minute drive to the school in a nice neighbor
$ 500 for food, transportation, others
so around $1000.
SCO called me again today and offered me even more scholarship money, enough to cover tuition and living expenses for one year... so basically I would only have to pay for 3 years.
I calculated I would save about $60,000- $70,000 over all for the 4 years.
I did calculate SUNY's in state tuition after the first year and the average per year is around $21,000 but the living expenses would be the same if not more than the tuition each year. Also, I don't know if I really want to live in NYC as a poor graduate student. haha so many amazing restaurants and shops... I know I would want to spend a lot of money...
I really loved SUNY's clinic and all the rotations you get to do, plus a lot of clinical research! But I really loved SCO's friendly atmosphere too and their clinic is awesome.
Right now, I'm 60% for SCO.
Any other thoughts? I really appreciate the feedback!!!
