Med school dorm life

[deleted421268]

Do medical schools have system where one has roommates and room together? How does it work?

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[kraskadva]

Yes. Depends on the school.

 

[aldol16]

Many, if not most, schools don't have dorms (even fewer have dorms for after first year) and most have some sort of subsidized apartments. Others require you to find your own housing. As a medical student, you're quite an adult now and it's time to get your first lease.

 

[Lost in Translation]

The very small minority of med schools have them. BU comes to mind. NYU is another. It's just random assignment if I remember correctly. But yea, most places don't have on campus or even subsidized off campus housing. They do provide apartment listings for well-known med student rentals so you don't need to look too far.

 

[NeuResurgens]

NYU and Columbia have dorms. They're pretty much what you'd expect from dorms, but they typically cost 800-1200 per month. NYU has two students to a dorm, Columbia has one I think. WashU also had dorms but most of the first year class doesn't live in them. The other schools I interviewed with didn't have them.

 

[Karabo]

NYU and Columbia have dorms. They're pretty much what you'd expect from dorms, but they typically cost 800-1200 per month. NYU has two students to a dorm, Columbia has one I think. WashU also had dorms but most of the first year class doesn't live in them. The other schools I interviewed with didn't have them.

NYU has (1-4 bedroom) apartments, not dorms. Columbia has both dorms (single room , but communal bathroom/kitchen) and apartments, although the apartments are harder to get into as an MS1. Most MS1S transfer to the apartments in their first year though. Harvard has dorms (single rooms, but communal bathrooms and kitchens). BU and Hopkins have apartments. I think Yale has dorms too.

For the most part, the only schools where I would recommend student housing are ones with high cost of living/high rents in the area (ie NYC schools), or if you live far away, and don't feel like trying to find an apartment/are nervous about what areas are safe. Even then, talking to current students would help, as they could recommend places to check out.

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[Endoxifen]

Weill Cornell also has dorms. Sort of required for the upper east side.

 

[deleted421268]

My preferibility is to stay close to east coast possible but if only acceptance west coast than would consider that. Mainly in regards to med schools osteopathic/allopathic in PA, NY, Boston, Cleveland, and etc

 

[Pepe18]

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[NotYou20]

People choose to live in dorms after freshman year?? Wtf man

 

[deleted421268]

Who else going to reside in the apartment with one? Also wouldn't the living on dorm payment be covered with tuition? Also how does cafe and mean system work at med schools? That stuff all come with tuition?

 

[NotYou20]

Who else going to reside in the apartment with one? Also wouldn't the living on dorm payment be covered with tuition? Also how does cafe and mean system work at med schools? That stuff all come with tuition?

...which is usually more expensive than getting a place, especially with roommates. Find a roommate on your class's facebook or live alone first year

 

[Pepe18]

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[applesaucey]

Weill Cornell also has dorms. Sort of required for the upper east side.

Same with Mount Sinai. They're only a few blocks apart.

 

[LizzyM]

Same with Mount Sinai. They're only a few blocks apart.

A few blocks? Cornell is at 69th and York (that's east of 1st Ave), Mount Sinai is on Fifth and north of 96th Street. Its a long distance. Both are considered UES (Upper East Side) although Mount Sinai borders Spanish Harlem. Rents on the UES, if you can find them, are very expensive and also have move in fees (called key money). For $1300/mo you are likely to get a room in an apartment you'll share with 1-3 roommates. Frankly, I think that it is much better to have an equivalent space in a building occupied solely (or almost solely) by medical students as they are more likely to be respectful of the need for quiet time to study.

 

[applesaucey]

A few blocks? Cornell is at 69th and York (that's east of 1st Ave), Mount Sinai is on Fifth and north of 96th Street. Its a long distance. Both are considered UES (Upper East Side) although Mount Sinai borders Spanish Harlem. Rents on the UES, if you can find them, are very expensive and also have move in fees (called key money). For $1300/mo you are likely to get a room in an apartment you'll share with 1-3 roommates. Frankly, I think that it is much better to have an equivalent space in a building occupied solely (or almost solely) by medical students as they are more likely to be respectful of the need for quiet time to study.

My bad. I passed Cornell while I was trying to find a place to eat while at Mount Sinai and I guess I wandered further than I thought

 

[deleted421268]

Who else resides in apartment with one? Other med students?

 

[doctorbob23]

Do medical schools have system where one has roommates and room together? How does it work?

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[aldol16]

A few blocks? Cornell is at 69th and York (that's east of 1st Ave), Mount Sinai is on Fifth and north of 96th Street. Its a long distance. Both are considered UES (Upper East Side) although Mount Sinai borders Spanish Harlem. Rents on the UES, if you can find them, are very expensive and also have move in fees (called key money). For $1300/mo you are likely to get a room in an apartment you'll share with 1-3 roommates. Frankly, I think that it is much better to have an equivalent space in a building occupied solely (or almost solely) by medical students as they are more likely to be respectful of the need for quiet time to study.

Sinai has subsidized housing so it's much less than that and you get the benefit of living with other health professions students.

 

[dbeast]

Many med schools have dorms that more expensive than rent in the area. I pay half of what they people in the dorm pay and I live one block over. So make sure to check.

I would also say to get an apt anyways. I slighty wish I had the built in friendships that come with the dorm, but you quickly meet a ton of people and the perks of being in an apt outweigh the benefits of the dorm. Esp if you plan on being sexually active cause you don't want the whole school to know your business and there is time where you need to move on from hooking up in a twin xl bed.

 

[dbeast]

UCLA had 2 bedroom apartments (with their own bathrooms, very important) a few blocks from campus. They weren't super cheap, but they were way nicer and better maintained than the typical undergrad apartments in the area and were for grad students only. Most students lived there for both preclinical years before moving on to adult life. 8/10 would live there again.

 

[IlDestriero]

My school had graduate only housing available as well as some private grad only housing in the area. I rented my own apartment for a year and then moved in to a 2 br 2 ba condo with a classmate. Not the cheapest option, but nice, easy and convenient.


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[LizzyM]

Sinai has subsidized housing so it's much less than that and you get the benefit of living with other health professions students.

Exactly! Much better to live in subsidized housing at NYU, Cornell and Mt. Sinai than the alternative.

 

[ciestar]

Jefferson has dorms and apartments. Penn State has apartments with varying numbers of bedrooms. It's largely dependent on the school.

 

[Pepe18]

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