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Nova vs umdnj... Please!!!!
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ok, first off, lay off the balls, your going to be a professional soon, learn to speak as one (it's takes a while to break bad speech habits).
this is going to be biased because i went to NOVA. I'm like you and very active. i played intramural basketball, football, and soccer all 4 years while i was here. there is usually a dental school team, and theres always many teams to play for. there is an amazing gym that was completed 3 years ago, and it's about ~1mile from the dental school. it's bright and beautiful down here, and your 10 mins from the beach. so in that regards your going to be much happier at NOVA.
on the other hand i always advise people to go where it's cheaper. but unless it's changed drastically, i dont think nova is 80K/year now? tuition is somewhere in the mid 40K range and living expenses are NOT 35K (unless your living like a rockstar). Your total cost of attendance should be somewhere around 70K. and i also warn you of the whole residency thing; most schools will not allow you to become in-state after the first year. their policy is usually whatever you come in as, you'll graduate as. some places allow you to become a resident if you purchase a home there. either way do some better research, come up with the total estimated 4 year cost of each school, and then make an informed decision; but if the total difference is less than 25K, i would definitely go to NOVA.
and also the NOVA area is very safe (unlike the UMDNJ area)
just my 2 cents
omar
this is going to be biased because i went to NOVA. I'm like you and very active. i played intramural basketball, football, and soccer all 4 years while i was here. there is usually a dental school team, and theres always many teams to play for. there is an amazing gym that was completed 3 years ago, and it's about ~1mile from the dental school. it's bright and beautiful down here, and your 10 mins from the beach. so in that regards your going to be much happier at NOVA.
on the other hand i always advise people to go where it's cheaper. but unless it's changed drastically, i dont think nova is 80K/year now? tuition is somewhere in the mid 40K range and living expenses are NOT 35K (unless your living like a rockstar). Your total cost of attendance should be somewhere around 70K. and i also warn you of the whole residency thing; most schools will not allow you to become in-state after the first year. their policy is usually whatever you come in as, you'll graduate as. some places allow you to become a resident if you purchase a home there. either way do some better research, come up with the total estimated 4 year cost of each school, and then make an informed decision; but if the total difference is less than 25K, i would definitely go to NOVA.
and also the NOVA area is very safe (unlike the UMDNJ area)
just my 2 cents
omar
Here's my input on UMDNJ as a D1.
Yeah Newark isn't the best city to live in. You do tend to be pretty isolated in the couple of blocks around campus. However, Hoboken and NYC are a short train trip away, so that's always something you can do on weekends. At least there aren't as many distractions to keep you from studying.
I like to be very active as well, most of my hobbies have to do with doing stuff outdoors so moving here was a bit of an adjustment, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Dental school can keep you pretty busy. You find other things to do. Med students here have a flag football league and some other sports you could probably get in on. There are also plenty of clubs to give you other things to do as well.
As far as instate tuition, you can get instate tuition after your first year, and save an extra 16k a year (25k vs 41k I think)
There's stuff to do here, you'd just have to adjust. My impression of the clinical experience you gain here is supposed to be very good, and the faculty is generally very nice. I like the atmosphere here, like they want you to succeed and will do what they can to help you.
We just got a gym on campus this year too, which is nice because before the nearest gym wasn't all that close. If you have a car here it's alot easier to get out and do things, there's some nice state parks within an hour's drive.
Does Nova still have a chair issue? That was a major con to me when I looked at that school. The trade off is living at Nova would be much better than at UMDNJ.
Yeah Newark isn't the best city to live in. You do tend to be pretty isolated in the couple of blocks around campus. However, Hoboken and NYC are a short train trip away, so that's always something you can do on weekends. At least there aren't as many distractions to keep you from studying.
I like to be very active as well, most of my hobbies have to do with doing stuff outdoors so moving here was a bit of an adjustment, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Dental school can keep you pretty busy. You find other things to do. Med students here have a flag football league and some other sports you could probably get in on. There are also plenty of clubs to give you other things to do as well.
As far as instate tuition, you can get instate tuition after your first year, and save an extra 16k a year (25k vs 41k I think)
There's stuff to do here, you'd just have to adjust. My impression of the clinical experience you gain here is supposed to be very good, and the faculty is generally very nice. I like the atmosphere here, like they want you to succeed and will do what they can to help you.
We just got a gym on campus this year too, which is nice because before the nearest gym wasn't all that close. If you have a car here it's alot easier to get out and do things, there's some nice state parks within an hour's drive.
Does Nova still have a chair issue? That was a major con to me when I looked at that school. The trade off is living at Nova would be much better than at UMDNJ.
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