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[bor0101]

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Please tell me if california medical schools make it impossible for a ny resident to get in? Especially ucla and ucsd are the ones im interested in, because i like good climate. What gpa/mcat do you need for those? And how is it living there for a medical student?-is there any place on the coast where its affordable to buy or rent something?
Any other schools where there are BEACHES?
thanks

 

[bor0101]

Hi, i also wanted to ask questions about the east coast. What kind of schools and beaches does it have? I know there is university of florida. But also what about usc and university of georgia? Do they accept outofstaters and what kind of beaches do they have?

Also, if someone were to travel there on a car (i.e. i thought i might in the end of april this year just for fun), what laws do they have? i.e. in ny state i have never been stopped for speeding on the highway, even when going 100mph, but in the nyc, the cops are very malignant. Also i dont know their regulations on sleeping inside your car? I know in some places it's considered against the law, so what about in southern carolina, if i just leave the car on the side of the road, and camp nearby, i hope the cops will not have a problem(in upstate ny there is no problem).

Also, a silly question, but i heard that south of washington dc, you have fire ants, snakes, and alligators. Does it mean it's not safe to camp in the forests?

 

[TRUE]

Originally posted by bor0101
Hi, i also wanted to ask questions about the east coast. What kind of schools and beaches does it have? I know there is university of florida.

The beach is hella far from University of Florida actually.

 

[yeeester]

for all the people who havent ever been to the south:

alligators: only if you camp in the everglades or the southern louisiana bayou, otherwise you'll probably be ok.

fire ants: not that big of a deal. nothing a little gasoline and matches wont fix.

snakes: they are all over the united states. pretty much, if you dont mess with them, they wont eat you.

as for sleeping in cars, i cant tell you. im sure theres a guide about traveling cheap around the states that could give that information. but hotels/motels are significantly cheaper, as is most everything else, in the south than anywhere else in the country. i wouldnt speed too badly except for in texas (where no one seems to care), the myth of the backwards cop is not totally untrue. if you are in the boonies, dont mess with the law enforcement establishment.

hope this helps.

by the way, there are awesome beaches on the gulf side of florida in the panhandle (up near alabama) that are only about an hour and a half or two hours from new orleans, so you might want to look at tulane.

 

[bor0101]

thanks for the info. also i guess i didnt specify when i wanted schools to be near a beach-i meant within walking/biking distance! 2 hours-even nyc has that. How far is it from USC, and from U Georgia, Emory, Duke? And also even U Virginia-virginia beach is pretty cool-and it would be pretty cool to swim there from april-november. And i thought u florida was in miami?

Hey, you make it seem really harmless... Yes i know about the motels, but most days i prefer to do hiking/camping/swimming. And thats why i hope not to be eaten by anything while i sleep! For example, even on long island, when i dont feel like renting a motel but go swimming in the summer for a weekend, i just leave my car somewhere and go camping about 1/2mile from the boardwalk, in the forrests on someone's private property. Nobody ever saw me there. And the next morning i just go swimming and after i'm done, go to my car. What problems may i encounter in the south? Thanks.

 

[Rendar5]

Jersey has a ton of beachers that are only an hour away by car.

As for malignant cops in NYC, they're ticketing more freely lately because Bloomberg is using that to help deal with the large budget gap the city had to deal with recently.

 

[Jalby]

freaky. An entire thread about USC and I don't think they are talking about my USC. As for the OP's question, you can't get into UCSD unless you are a MD/PHD (although recently I was told one out of stater got in there as an MD) UCLA, you need about a 3.8 and a 33 or above out of stater to be considered (Ball park figures) UCLA is 6 miles, or 10 minutes from the beach. My school (University of Southern California), you need about a 3.5 from an IVY, 3.6 otherwise, and a 32+ to be considered, but we do accept a lot of out of staters. We are about 30 minutes from the beach where most students live, but if you wanted, you can still be 10 minutes from school and also be 15 minutes from the beach if you live Mid Wilshire.

 

[bor0101]

Jalby, thanks. So UCLA and USC are the only california schools that are for consideration. So, for UCLA if i need a 3.8, does it make it more competititve than NYU, for example? Is it almost as bad as ivyleague? USC-sounds reasonable.
I visited LA, and my sister lived in west holywood. But i found a lot of the stuff there was superficial. Like the bicycle paths sucked compared to Canada! And the beaches-i went there in january and the water was warm enough, but i was the only swimmer there! There were surfers-but i was hoping to see people swimming there. So it made me fear that people are eitehr afraid of water pollution or of the sharks. And i dont know a single person in that city. And my sister's friends-i think they're ******ed even more so than newyorkers. But i was just amazed that you could have 70degree weather in january!

 

[CalBeE]

Originally posted by Jalby
freaky. An entire thread about USC and I don't think they are talking about my USC. As for the OP's question, you can't get into UCSD unless you are a MD/PHD (although recently I was told one out of stater got in there as an MD) UCLA, you need about a 3.8 and a 33 or above out of stater to be considered (Ball park figures) UCLA is 6 miles, or 10 minutes from the beach. My school (University of Southern California), you need about a 3.5 from an IVY, 3.6 otherwise, and a 32+ to be considered, but we do accept a lot of out of staters. We are about 30 minutes from the beach where most students live, but if you wanted, you can still be 10 minutes from school and also be 15 minutes from the beach if you live Mid Wilshire.

UCLA is 6 miles from the beach? Maybe I don't go out too much, but I think the nearest beach is in Santa Monica or Venice, which is more like 20-30 minutes away by car. However, many people live South or West of the campus, which can be closer to the beaches.

And this is just my personal opinion: L.A. can get pretty hot during summer (Not like Arizona hot, but hot)...I personally will prefer a slightly colder place like the Bay Area.

 

[bor0101]

Calbee, i was only in LA in january. But i heard that in san francisko the water is too cold, and there arent any real beaches... And they also have sharks. In LA, i used a bicycle to go to venice beach from west hollywood, took about 30minutes. But there are some areas where the bike paths are nonexistant and the traffic is real bad, which is not very pleasant.

The thing that i most remember about california, is that unlike in nyc there are those climbing ropes and gymnastics rings, which are really nice. And the beach is just real long, but i still felt worried there might be sharks.

 

[idq1i]

Originally posted by bor0101
Calbee, i was only in LA in january. But i heard that in san francisko the water is too cold, and there arent any real beaches... And they also have sharks. In LA, i used a bicycle to go to venice beach from west hollywood, took about 30minutes. But there are some areas where the bike paths are nonexistant and the traffic is real bad, which is not very pleasant.

The thing that i most remember about california, is that unlike in nyc there are those climbing ropes and gymnastics rings, which are really nice. And the beach is just real long, but i still felt worried there might be sharks.

Why do you care about american schools? You have already expressed your disdain for everything American.🙄

(hint: Everyone forum)

 

[CalBeE]

Originally posted by bor0101
Calbee, i was only in LA in january. But i heard that in san francisko the water is too cold, and there arent any real beaches... And they also have sharks. In LA, i used a bicycle to go to venice beach from west hollywood, took about 30minutes. But there are some areas where the bike paths are nonexistant and the traffic is real bad, which is not very pleasant.

The thing that i most remember about california, is that unlike in nyc there are those climbing ropes and gymnastics rings, which are really nice. And the beach is just real long, but i still felt worried there might be sharks.

I'm pretty sure the locals can tell you where is safe and where is not. I don't think sharks kill off too many people in a year.

And L.A. is in my opinion, a big town, not a city (Come on, everything's so spread out, public transportation is weak, and where are all the tall buildings? I only saw a dozen at most in downtown)

 

[lowbudget]

UTMB in Galveston's got a beach... but there are prettier beaches in the world. But hey, it's a beach!

 

[AlternateSome1]

Originally posted by bor0101
thanks for the info. also i guess i didnt specify when i wanted schools to be near a beach-i meant within walking/biking distance! 2 hours-even nyc has that. How far is it from USC, and from U Georgia, Emory, Duke? And also even U Virginia-virginia beach is pretty cool-and it would be pretty cool to swim there from april-november. And i thought u florida was in miami?

😀 UVA is about 3 hours from VA Beach, about 1.5-2 hours from the coast. EVMS is in Norfolk though, which is right next to the water (and home to a large Naval base).

 

[Burris]

University of Georgia does not have a medical school. Medical College of GA is in Augusta and is about two hours away from any beach. Emory is at least three. The Medical Unviversity of South Carolina is on the coast in Charleston.

 

[mison]

The U of Miami is bound to be pretty close to the beach. U of Fla is in Gainesville, which is ~1.5 hrs to the nearest beach (I think, its been a while). Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine is in Fort Lauderdale and must be pretty close to the beach. If your really wanting amazing beaches how about the Carib schools? Also Fla State U is in Tallahassee which is about 1 hr to the nearest beach, but if your not a resident there is no need to apply.

 

[Brickhouse]

Originally posted by CalBeE
UCLA is 6 miles from the beach? Maybe I don't go out too much, but I think the nearest beach is in Santa Monica or Venice, which is more like 20-30 minutes away by car.

20-30 minutes by car in L.A. = 6 miles. Read it and weep.

 

[lola]

i think university of miami accepts out of staters. i have a feeling the other florida schools don't, but i don't have an msar in front of me.
in california, you can pretty much only apply to ucla, usc, ucsf, and stanford if you're outta state. ucsf is near the beach, but it is cold most of the time (well... not COLD, but rarely over 65-70 degrees), and the water is always cold. stanford is a ways from a beach (30 min?), and the closest beach is cold, though the weather in palo alto is a little warmer than san francisco. usc and ucla are somewhat near the beach, but it is not like you'd have time to be at the beach all the time b/c it requires a bit of a drive. uci and ucsd are really the only two schools close to a warm beach in california, and they are pretty much off-limits to out of staters.

 

[drlexygoat]

Haha wiboy.....

I was just going to say the same thing.

Everyone, read the link above and what the OP had to say about our wonderful country he now wants to go to school in. Oy vey.

Just leave him alone and he'll go away.

 

[jlee9531]

Originally posted by Brickhouse
20-30 minutes by car in L.A. = 6 miles. Read it and weep.

so true...oh so true...and thats when traffic is decent too.

 

[bor0101]

Thanks! So the schools that accept outofstate people and are near a beach are EVMS, U Miami, U southern Carolina, Usoutherncalifornia, and UCLA. Also i dont really like the gulf coast, so i wont even bother. And for stanford/ucsf, you say the water is cold? But is there a normal beach where people actually swim, like venice beach in LA? Because if its like 50degrees year round, then its not even worth it to apply to those 2 schools that are so competitive.

 

[bor0101]

wiboy, the troll is you, go back to your "everyone" forum and whine about the french that abuse you there. Personally, if i were in their place, i'd physically abuse you. Med school reject.

 

[bor0101]

Actually of those schools listed, only USC doesnt discriminate against newyorkers so much, and still located near venice beach. And i would apply to ucla also, though they give something like -3 for your state of residence.

 

[wiboy]

Originally posted by bor0101
wiboy, the troll is you, go back to your "everyone" forum and whine about the french that abuse you there. Personally, if i were in their place, i'd physically abuse you. Med school reject.

I hope someone with your warped sense of logic doesn't get accepted to med school! I should be getting my first letter this week, where did that come from?

For all the complaining you do about Americans and our country I'm pretty surprised that you want to go to school here. Why don't you just go in Russia?

 

[glj79]

bor0101 - As someone who grew up in Virginia Beach and now lives near Miami, I can tell you that the beaches in Miami are MUCH nicer than the beaches near EVMS. (Blue water vs. brown and murky) And you can use them pretty much all-year round.

 

[bor0101]

thanks glj. Actually i looked that evms doesnt like newyorkers. And in florida, only the uflorida in gainseville likes newyorkers.

wiboy, because you already said you're doing "research" full time.