Nova 2008

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wait a min.... Nova kids get spacial laptops AND PDA's ??? i better get in then🙂
 
Comet208 said:
wait a min.... Nova kids get spacial laptops AND PDA's ??? i better get in then🙂
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We sure do, and i hope they are the ones i mentioned before, because they are pretty cool. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!
 
I didn't know we got PDA's either! That's awesome. I was thinking of purchasing one too (the aforementioned one).

Jessica
 
^^^^

It has been brought to my attention that what i heard about the PDAs is not true. I hate to the the source of a roomer, but it was unintentional. Sorry about that guys!
 
Hello Eveyone,

I was gone for a while but now I'm back. Hows eveyone doing? Ready for school guys?

Boyan
 
it hurts me to see this thread on the 2nd page...just bringing it back up. Have any of the Canadian students got their orientation package yet? I still haven't. Is there anything different that is not on our Class of 2008 website?

Boyan, welcome back.
 
I finally went to find a dentist to get me some teeth! She promises me many. I have no idea how many, but at least I can scratch that off my list. I also found another dentist to collect too. I imgaine he'll get me around one or two teeth.

Jessica
 
Jessica....go to oral surgeons!!! They will have plenty for you if you leave them a jar!
 
All the oral surgeons around here that I tried have UIC students that have beat me to the job. However, one of the dentists said she could get me a lot of teeth. She was really busy, so I am not sure if she's a specialist, but she goes between two offices. I'm pretty sure she's going to get me quite a few. Thanks for the tip. If I see other oral surgeons around, I'll definitely stop by and see if they can help me out.
~jessica
 
Is an empty jar that is labelled o.k. or am I suppose to put some kind of reagent in the jar.
 
I put 1:10 beach:water in mine. I think that is what you are supposed to do to kill bacteria.

Jessica
 
hey kidcanada...i haven't gotten the orientation package yet either. i guess it takes FOREVER to get anything this far north!! hopefully it comes soon.

Lauren
 
I can't believe you Canadians have not recieved your packets yet. I got mine a month ago and it has been completed for a couple of weeks. I guess there is no hurry though, all the paper work isn't due till July 1st.
 
I agree ... It has been a while now. Why dont you give Nova a call. It shouldnt take so long.

Hey Jessica how are you? Are you still in Chicago ?
 
Hi,
Is dental student allowed to wear contact lenses in the labs? Thanks

PhiKhanh
 
Dr_Oh_DMD said:
I agree ... It has been a while now. Why dont you give Nova a call. It shouldnt take so long.

Hey Jessica how are you? Are you still in Chicago ?
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Hey B, I'm here until June 23rd. We should get together. I'm free most of the time in the evening...Let me know what your schedule looks like.

jes
 
I am free today all day; the next day off that I have is Sunday (after 3pm). I cut 3 days of work - Monday, Tuesday and Sunday. Let me know which one is most convenient for you.
Boyan
 
B-OK, I think what would be best is next Sunday (or Monday or Tuesday). I'm booked up for the rest of this week except Wednesday. If you tell me what L stop is close to you, I could come to your neighborhood too. E-mail me and we can discuss this [email protected]
 
Hey Incoming D1s:

Nova Dental Student Government Association (SGA) just had our first lunch meeting today and we have some pretty cool stuff planned for this year. One thing we did finalize was that I will be speaking to you guys at your White Coat Ceremony on Sunday, August 8th. Traditionally, the SGA President speaks on behalf of the student body, but since he will not be available, you guys will have to put up with yours truly, SGA VP, moi!

I've spoken at many Nova Dental Open Houses in the past couple of years to potential dental students, their family and friends, but this will be my first White Coat Ceremony appearance to an incoming class. It will be fun. Well, I knew I was going to meet you all during your orientation weekend, but I did not know that I was going to speak to you all as a group. I look forward to finally meeting you all in person. Should I give a shout out to the SDN group during my little speech?

It's crazy that all this is still two months away! :scared:
 
Congrats Yah-E!

I can't wait to meet you!
Jessica
 
Would anyone who got accepted to NOVA mind sharing their stats with us? I only ask b/c I am applying and would like to know what my chances are based on peoples stats that have been accepted....thank you.
 
GPA: 3.4/3.4

DAT: 19/19/19

I applied late too and I still got in.
Good luck!
Jessica
 
NSU-CDM ADMISSIONS STATS:

Entering Class: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Applicant #: 1099 1721 1965 1871 N/A 1724 1754
In-State: 41 28 49 40 41 45 50
Out-of-State: 47 47 31 45 55 54 55
Mean Overall GPA: 3.05 3.13 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.40 3.43
Mean Science GPA: 2.90 3.07 3.22 3.23 3.21 3.30 3.34
DAT Academic: 17 17 18 18 18 18.4 18.3
DAT PAT: N/A 16 16 18 18 17.8 16.9
Class Size: 88 75 80 95 96 99 105

The 2004 entering class currently have a cumulative GPA over a 3.5. Stats will be available after the Fall semester starts.
 
Undergrad: 2.7/2.4
1st DAT: 17/24 (1999)

Did not apply.....

Graduate: 3.3/3.3
2nd DAT: 20/23 (2002)

Applied first and only time at the end of November 2001, interviewed in March 2002, accepted in March 2002 by 3 schools (Temple, NYU and Nova).
 
Has anyone gotten their Finacial Aid package yet? They keep promising that I will get something in the "next couple of weeks" but it's been a long time and I have gotten nothing. Webstar still says my award is $0.00. I was just making sure that I wasn't behind the game. Also, for those who have the get a private lender loan, does anyone know which private lender they will use?

Jessica
 
Jessica,

Don't worry, b/c we're in the same boat. 😕 I am somewhat worried about the whole financial aid/loans process b/c Webstar is also telling me that I have nothing, b/c I haven't been "fully admitted to the program", pending my final transcripts, which I sent last week. I asked Andy about all of this and he said that the last week of July, first week of August, just about when school's about to start, the government directly disburses funds to your account (it's done behind the scenes, he said); that is if you applied for federal loans. I am also totally in the dark about private lenders. I would like to find out more about them, but Nova hasn't really been too helpful. The financial aid office is great, but then when they run out of answers for my questions, they tell me to contact my college's office for more details and that's where I get stuck. Oh well, hopefully everything works out in time. Let me know if you hear anything...Bianca
 
Welcome to SDN, antosablo! We now have a significant fraction of our class on SDN! 🙂

NSU 2008:

munbue
jes1ca
Dr Oh DMD
kidcanada
xxsuzuki1000xx
JRogoff
lsurask
Mwsung
Toothless
laphikhanh
jack604
PADYH
KevinKrause
BAM1717
antosablo
 
To get private lenders you have to fill out an additional form at this website...



http://www.nova.edu/cwis/finaid/information/alternativeloan.html

Once this is comleted i am pretty sure you find out how much you get along with the stafford loans, all in the same package. At that point you can decide to take it or not. Hope this is what you all were looking for.
 
You can find more inf. at Sunsentinel.com.In general, the area close to the univ. is pretty expensive.
 
Thanks for the info, I guess I'll have to dig out that sheet. Sadly, it looks like I'll need the private loans too.

Jessica
 
when do we pay tuition?
before August? what about second semester's tuition?
anyone have any idea?
 
jack604 said:
when do we pay tuition?
before August? what about second semester's tuition?
anyone have any idea?
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They most certainly cannot make us pay tuition without giving us our financial aid packages first right?
 
Hey all, from what I understand, tuition will be split according to however many semesters we have for that year. So, this coming August, I was told that half would be due in the beginning of August and the other due sometime in the beginning of the winter semester. Oh by the way, since the majority of us will be taking out private loans, how about we put our minds together to find out a really good lender?

Just a thought... 🙂


Chris
 
Ok, these are the loans available to dental students....From the financial aid website....All have Principle and interest deferred while in school except Signature which says you can defer while in internship/residency

Signature-
Minimum $500
Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount:
With a credit-worthy co-borrower: none
Without a co-borrower, the limits are as follows:
Undergraduates: $100,000*
Graduates: $150,000*
Health professions: $200,000*
*Includes all student loan debt

888-272-5543
www.salliemae.com/signature/bankone/

Dental Access-interest deferred in school can defer in residency
Minimum $1,000
Maximum=amount certified by your school, no aggregate maximum
No fee at disbursement? Could be other fees
Up to 20 years to repay minimum of $50/month
Interest rate varies on credit history
Presently, lowest interest rate is 3.57% (3-month LIBOR plus 2.45%)
800-282-1550
www.accessgroup.org

Key Bank-
No Fees
Interest Rates are:
tied to 3-Month LIBOR plus 2.65% in school and:
10-Year Term = 3-Month LIBOR plus 2.75% during repayment
15-Year Term = 3-Month LIBOR plus 3.00% during repayment
25-Year Term = 3-Month LIBOR plus 3.50% during repayment
No aggregate loan maximum, maximum is cost minus aid
$50 minimum monthly payment
800-539-5363
www.key.com/educate
*Not an electronic lender. Requires application from lender.



CitiBank-cosigner required
No Fees
Maximum $220,000
You get much better interest rates with a cosigner
800-745-5473
www.studentloan.com

I probably missed a fee or two here and there.

I am not a Florida resident. Additional loans might be available for FL residents too. I will look up more about interest rates and if you have to pay signing fees today.

Jessica
 
When applying for the private loans, the Nova website has an online form we have to fill out- 2004/2005 Request for Lender/Loan Funds. The only problem is that they ask what amount you wish to borrow and I don't know that yet. Should we just wait until Nova contacts us with info/financial aid package? Maybe all this stuff will be explained then...Thanks
 
Bam...

Call financial aid and they will tell you how much you are "unoffically" getting. This is what i did to determine how much to request in a private loan.
 
BAM1717 said:
When applying for the private loans, the Nova website has an online form we have to fill out- 2004/2005 Request for Lender/Loan Funds. The only problem is that they ask what amount you wish to borrow and I don't know that yet. Should we just wait until Nova contacts us with info/financial aid package? Maybe all this stuff will be explained then...Thanks
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Hey Bam,

I just wrote on my sheet "The Remainder of Fees and Tuition (approximately $10,000)" for how much I wanted from private loans. I couldn't think of a better answer.

Jessica
 
Welcome to SDN Dr.FeelGood! 🙂

NSU 2008:

munbue
jes1ca
Dr Oh DMD
kidcanada
xxsuzuki1000xx
JRogoff
lsurask
Mwsung
Toothless
laphikhanh
jack604
PADYH
KevinKrause
BAM1717
antosablo
Dr.FeelGood
 
When is everyone planning on making the move and where from?

I am comming from Tallahassee, so i don't really have that far to go, about 400 miles. My lease at Palm Trace starts August 2nd, so i think i will be headed down the night before and stay with some family. As far as how i am moving, i think i am getting a U-Haul trailer and hooking it up to the back of my Rodeo. I don't have that much stuff, so hopefully the trailer will be big enough. Anyways, what is everyone else doing?
 
Hey Josh et al,

Sounds like you got your move all figured out. I'm moving from Chicago to Kansas City in around two weeks. From KC, I'm going to be loading up my little Honda Civic with whatever I can cram inside and driving myself down there around the 27th of July. I can officially move into Cedar Key at 4PM on July 31st.

I just looked on Mapquest....It appears the drive from Kansas City, Missouri is 1,441 miles to Fort Lauderdale, estimated time around 23 hours. I will probably split the driving up over three days. I'll stay somewhere in the south, maybe Nashville for a night. I have a good friend that lives in Orlando, so I'll stay with him for a night or two then make my way on down. 🙂 I'll spend the rest of time before classes buying furniture.

Jessica
 
I plan on buying furniture too. I know of a great wholesale place if you're interested. I'm working my butt off this summer to save enough money for some decent stuff. There are way too many expenses involved in moving! 🙁
 
I am buying a condo so I think I'll move whenever I am ready. If I have space some of you may stay at my place for a night or two.
 
I'm moving (flying down) from Toronto, Canada about a week b4 orientation starts. I think I'm only going to bring my clothes and a few essentials like my George Foreman Grill and my Playstation II. Everything else I'll be buying down there. Cedar Key will be my home for atleast the next year.
 
I'm coming down from Toronto too! I think I'll be driving with all my stuff sometime in mid-late july. i have a ton of stuff, i don't know how i'm going to get it all there!! my bike might have to wait a bit. we should all exchange numbers before we go down and plan a pre-party!
 
Hello all,

It seems like everyone has some sort of idea on where are they living and how they are moving in. I have been lagging behind. As of yet, I am still looking for a roommate. I have also post up my profile on the nova roommate search website.
I wish I could have kept up with you guys earlier, I have recieved a lot of good information from reading these forums. But, unfortunately i haven't been able to keep up lately b/c my dad had an almost life threatening surgery done last week. The good thing is he is okay and now i can finally get back on track with things soon. Please let me know if anyone of you is still looking for a roommate. Also, what places are you all staying at? what is the rent and are there any cheap apartments?

thanks
Chin
 
For those of you who will be living in Cedar Key and haven't seen the apts yet, let me tell you that the complex is very nice and literally across the street from the Dental building. I went by the school yesterday and saw it...I didn't actually go into any of the rooms, but just drove around the parking lot. I would love to live there, but like most of you already know, it's full probably until next August (2005). Right now I live in Miami (the Kendall area) which is about 35 minutes from Nova. I'm just gonna stay there until something opens up at Cedar Key, whenever that may be...hey, it's one less year of extra student loans for living. I figure if I'm going to move from where I am now, might as well be right across the street so that I won't even have to take the car to school, even though I'd still need the car to come home on weekends and stuff. I also visited Cameron Cove and Poinciana Lakes, which are also nice and close to the school. I guess if anyone has anymore questions hopefully I can help out...good luck to all who are still looking for a place to live.
 
Does anyone have the stats for this year's entering class at nova.
 
Thanks BAM for the good word about Cedar Key. I'm living there and I've never seen the place. 🙂

Jessica
 
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