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Don't worry about when you get your financial aid application...just make sure you fill out your fafsa. They were extremely slow with the financial aid package last year. Unless you just got accepted recently I think the fafsa's are due by may 1st.
Also, make sure you get your vaccinations done. I remember those were due at some point in the early summer. I'm not sure if they require the meningitis vaccine or if it was just optional but it's worth getting it done since you're going to be around the hospitals frequently.
"Vaccine comes from the latin word Vacca for cow"
One other thing...NYCOM's financial aid office is very unorganized. As long as you have good credit you'll get full loans. It's not an issue so don't worry about it. NYCOM does, however, seem to send you a bill every week for the 10 weeks leading up till school. Throw the bills in the shredder. It doesn't mean anything as long as you have loans to cover your full tuition. They'll even threaten penalties and stuff if you don't pay on time but it doesn't matter as long as you have full loans coming your way. They don't bother to tell you this unless you call or just ignore them until orientation. Don't think you need to come out of pocket before your loans come...you don't.
O...and health insurance. If you're 24 and under and didn't take an educational break between NYCOM and college I think your parents can cover you. If you're married and your significant other has insurance you need to have medical and dental. I had an issue with NYCOM about this during orientation because although my wife has medical and dental, her dental plan doesn't issue a card. If you have a dental plan like that you'll need to call the dental company and have them write a letter to NYCOM detailing that you're covered by them. It was a pain in the ___ to have to worry about getting that together during orientation. You may want to get that ahead of time. having medical and dental will save you about 15 grand over the course of 4 years...it definitely helps to be married in that regard. You'll still probably want to take the maximum amount of loans out and I know that this year I got almost 6,000 dollars back from taking out the full loans. That money is nice and can be put to good use.
Also, make sure you get your vaccinations done. I remember those were due at some point in the early summer. I'm not sure if they require the meningitis vaccine or if it was just optional but it's worth getting it done since you're going to be around the hospitals frequently.
"Vaccine comes from the latin word Vacca for cow"
One other thing...NYCOM's financial aid office is very unorganized. As long as you have good credit you'll get full loans. It's not an issue so don't worry about it. NYCOM does, however, seem to send you a bill every week for the 10 weeks leading up till school. Throw the bills in the shredder. It doesn't mean anything as long as you have loans to cover your full tuition. They'll even threaten penalties and stuff if you don't pay on time but it doesn't matter as long as you have full loans coming your way. They don't bother to tell you this unless you call or just ignore them until orientation. Don't think you need to come out of pocket before your loans come...you don't.
O...and health insurance. If you're 24 and under and didn't take an educational break between NYCOM and college I think your parents can cover you. If you're married and your significant other has insurance you need to have medical and dental. I had an issue with NYCOM about this during orientation because although my wife has medical and dental, her dental plan doesn't issue a card. If you have a dental plan like that you'll need to call the dental company and have them write a letter to NYCOM detailing that you're covered by them. It was a pain in the ___ to have to worry about getting that together during orientation. You may want to get that ahead of time. having medical and dental will save you about 15 grand over the course of 4 years...it definitely helps to be married in that regard. You'll still probably want to take the maximum amount of loans out and I know that this year I got almost 6,000 dollars back from taking out the full loans. That money is nice and can be put to good use.