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RNAgirl
•••quote:•••Originally posted by baylor21:
•RNAgirl,
I liked both alot. Two things bother me slightly about Yale. 1) Job opportunities for my wife in New Haven (she's an IT/computer person) and 2) the living stipend is smaller than at other places. On the Yale website it states that some students may have trouble living within the stipend for the first couple of years.
I'm assuming Yale MSTP mails out acceptances at the same time the regular MD candidates are notified. I saw on the website that all letters are supposed to be sent by the end of March. Do you know anything more specific about the date than that?
•••••The stipend at Yale for the first two years is a little low, but there was also something on the website that said MSTP students can apply for financial aid to supplement their stipend. In terms of jobs, your wife might be able to get an IT position at the university itself.
I think Yale does actually send out MSTP offers a few weeks before they send out MD offers. Susan Sansone told us we may hear from them by the beginning of March.
Anyway, congratulations on your Wash U acceptance! I guess I would have known about it if I had read back through some of the earlier posts on this thread. Speaking of Wash U, I'm heading out there next Monday for an MD interview.
This brings me to another question I have been wanting to ask my fellow applicants here. Have any of you interviewed at schools where you were only offered an MD interview? This is my situation with two of my top choices, Wash U, and my alma mater, Duke. Do any of you have thoughts on whether it would be a good idea to turn down a decent MSTP for a school that has only accepted you for the MD program, with the plan to immediately reapply for the MSTP during the first year?
•RNAgirl,
I liked both alot. Two things bother me slightly about Yale. 1) Job opportunities for my wife in New Haven (she's an IT/computer person) and 2) the living stipend is smaller than at other places. On the Yale website it states that some students may have trouble living within the stipend for the first couple of years.
I'm assuming Yale MSTP mails out acceptances at the same time the regular MD candidates are notified. I saw on the website that all letters are supposed to be sent by the end of March. Do you know anything more specific about the date than that?
•••••The stipend at Yale for the first two years is a little low, but there was also something on the website that said MSTP students can apply for financial aid to supplement their stipend. In terms of jobs, your wife might be able to get an IT position at the university itself.
I think Yale does actually send out MSTP offers a few weeks before they send out MD offers. Susan Sansone told us we may hear from them by the beginning of March.
Anyway, congratulations on your Wash U acceptance! I guess I would have known about it if I had read back through some of the earlier posts on this thread. Speaking of Wash U, I'm heading out there next Monday for an MD interview.
This brings me to another question I have been wanting to ask my fellow applicants here. Have any of you interviewed at schools where you were only offered an MD interview? This is my situation with two of my top choices, Wash U, and my alma mater, Duke. Do any of you have thoughts on whether it would be a good idea to turn down a decent MSTP for a school that has only accepted you for the MD program, with the plan to immediately reapply for the MSTP during the first year?