PBA newbie needs advice

[hmai]

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I just got accepted to Palm Beach Atlantic for fall 2007. I just want to have some advice on like... when to start applying for financial aid and loans, where to stay (I'm from Georgia),...I know that I can always ask the advisors at PBA but I want to get to know who are going to PBA and members of SDN...friend?👍😍

 

[dgroulx]

I just got accepted to Palm Beach Atlantic for fall 2007. I just want to have some advice on like... when to start applying for financial aid and loans, where to stay (I'm from Georgia),...I know that I can always ask the advisors at PBA but I want to get to know who are going to PBA and members of SDN...friend?👍😍

You need to fill out your FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov
You'll need income tax info, so they can figure out whether you get subsidized or unsubsidized loans. I generally don't file until after I've done my taxes. You'll also need private loans because the government loan won't cover all your expenses at PBA. You can get these at various banks, like Citibank. I'm not sure of your age, but you might need your parents to cosign.

Rent is high, so you'll want to find roommates. Your roommates cannot be of the opposite sex. Also, rent goes down as you get further from the beach. You can look at apartment web sites to get a feel for pricing.

 

[primadonnarx]

CONGRATULATIONS!! So you will be a P1 fall 2007? AWESOME
As far as living you can always ask janell for roommate referalls.or look into the Villages which is about a 3 mile drive to PBA however rent within walking distance to the school is really expensive and if its cheap its dangerous! Look into The Villages!😎

 

[cdpiano27]

The Villages is between Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and 45th street and you guessed it - VILLAGE BOULEVARD!!! My grandmother has a condo on Village boulevard right before the publix shopping center across from Bear Lakes. Terrible that I cannot remember the name of the condominium right now. I live in NC but I often return to West Palm Beach during my graduate school break.

So are you talking about Whitehall? I do not think that they are for rent, but maybe I am wrong. I am not going to PBA but I know EVERYTHING about the place. My first piano teacher was from there, and I know the school when it was tiny back in the 1980s.

 

[pharmdinflorida]

I just got accepted to Palm Beach Atlantic for fall 2007. I just want to have some advice on like... when to start applying for financial aid and loans, where to stay (I'm from Georgia),...I know that I can always ask the advisors at PBA but I want to get to know who are going to PBA and members of SDN...friend?👍😍

Congratulations! I'm in pharmacy school at PBA and getting ready to graduate in May.

As someone else mentioned, you should apply on the FAFSA website ASAP. No harm in getting it done early. Also, since those loans won't cover the entire tuition, you can either go through a private bank to get additional loans or an additional source is www.nationaleducation.com.

Be careful where you stay because WPB is a city and as such, there are some sketchy areas. The Village area is okay and you can also live further out west as there are some nicer areas out there if you don't mind driving a few extra minutes.

 

[ZpackSux]

I thought Professional Bowling.. PBA.

 

[srock]

Your roommates cannot be of the opposite sex.

What? Why not and how can they enforce it?

By 'sketchy areas' are we talking like 3 blocks the wrong way in Baltimore or like dangerous for a suburban middle class kid?

 

[cdpiano27]

OK, from someone that was born in the West Palm Beach area.

These are the bad areas:

Tamarind Avenue north of Banyan (avoid this by all means!)

Also Riviera Beach by US 1 (but much better than it was in the 1980s- early 90s)

OK so PBA is on Olive Avenue (US 1 North). This area is if you go north to Banyan. Now make a left. And THEN make a right on Tamarind. You will see what I mean. But I still think this area was even worse when I was a little kid. In fact if you take US 1 past Palm Beach Lakes, the area is not very good until you go another 5 miles after Park Avenue in Lake Park. In fact, it is quite bad. But it was definitely worse before the mid 90s.

This one area is probably why WPB is about ranked #7 by most dangerous cities. But it is not really dangerous. No, it is not Baltimore by any stretch of the imagination. But then you have the two wealthiest areas. Now Donald Trump's mansion mar-a-lago is if you go south to Southern Boulevard go over the bridge to Palm Beach, and right where A1A turns is his mansion which goes from the intracoastal to the ocean. And Tiger Woods has a home in Jupiter Island about 15 miles north. So there are great extremes in class and socioeconomics status here. That is the sad thing. And very few good jobs at all besides people in the medical or law field. High cost of living and many people besides the rich struggling. In many of the suburbs you see HUGE homes and it is the lifestyle of the rich, but then in other areas such as sectinos of Lake Worth and the area I just described you think that you are in a poorer area of the Caribbean.

See the following ranking and link:

http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01dang.htm


Rankings are misleading!!!

 

[GatorRxGirl]

I thought Professional Bowling.. PBA.

Professional Bullriding Association! Yee-haw!!!

 

[ZpackSux]

Professional Bullriding Association! Yee-haw!!!

I was watching Bullriding last weekend.. and kept asking myself.... "Why?"

One guy wearing a helmet headbutted the bull once...then lost consciousness then the bull headbutted him again in mid air...

The dood complete passed out while his body was seizing...

 

[blackcherry]

OK, from someone that was born in the West Palm Beach area.

These are the bad areas:

Tamarind Avenue north of Banyan (avoid this by all means!)

Also Riviera Beach by US 1 (but much better than it was in the 1980s- early 90s)

OK so PBA is on Olive Avenue (US 1 North). This area is if you go north to Banyan. Now make a left. And THEN make a right on Tamarind. You will see what I mean. But I still think this area was even worse when I was a little kid. In fact if you take US 1 past Palm Beach Lakes, the area is not very good until you go another 5 miles after Park Avenue in Lake Park. In fact, it is quite bad. But it was definitely worse before the mid 90s.

This one area is probably why WPB is about ranked #7 by most dangerous cities. But it is not really dangerous. No, it is not Baltimore by any stretch of the imagination. But then you have the two wealthiest areas. Now Donald Trump's mansion mar-a-lago is if you go south to Southern Boulevard go over the bridge to Palm Beach, and right where A1A turns is his mansion which goes from the intracoastal to the ocean. And Tiger Woods has a home in Jupiter Island about 15 miles north. So there are great extremes in class and socioeconomics status here. That is the sad thing. And very few good jobs at all besides people in the medical or law field. High cost of living and many people besides the rich struggling. In many of the suburbs you see HUGE homes and it is the lifestyle of the rich, but then in other areas such as sectinos of Lake Worth and the area I just described you think that you are in a poorer area of the Caribbean.

See the following ranking and link:

http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01dang.htm


Rankings are misleading!!!

Yes, it is really misleading. I am living in ATL now and I thought I am living in the safest place in the world (comparing to those places in Middle East and my home country Vietnam).

thanks for your advice anyway

 

[gaba101]

OK, from someone that was born in the West Palm Beach area.

These are the bad areas:

Tamarind Avenue north of Banyan (avoid this by all means!)

Also Riviera Beach by US 1 (but much better than it was in the 1980s- early 90s)

OK so PBA is on Olive Avenue (US 1 North). This area is if you go north to Banyan. Now make a left. And THEN make a right on Tamarind. You will see what I mean. But I still think this area was even worse when I was a little kid. In fact if you take US 1 past Palm Beach Lakes, the area is not very good until you go another 5 miles after Park Avenue in Lake Park. In fact, it is quite bad. But it was definitely worse before the mid 90s.

This one area is probably why WPB is about ranked #7 by most dangerous cities. But it is not really dangerous. No, it is not Baltimore by any stretch of the imagination. But then you have the two wealthiest areas. Now Donald Trump's mansion mar-a-lago is if you go south to Southern Boulevard go over the bridge to Palm Beach, and right where A1A turns is his mansion which goes from the intracoastal to the ocean. And Tiger Woods has a home in Jupiter Island about 15 miles north. So there are great extremes in class and socioeconomics status here. That is the sad thing. And very few good jobs at all besides people in the medical or law field. High cost of living and many people besides the rich struggling. In many of the suburbs you see HUGE homes and it is the lifestyle of the rich, but then in other areas such as sectinos of Lake Worth and the area I just described you think that you are in a poorer area of the Caribbean.

See the following ranking and link:

http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01dang.htm


Rankings are misleading!!!

Banyan as in...Banyan Elementary School???? I went there for a few yrs...back in the early 90s (yeah, a LONG time ago!) 🙄 we used to live in one of those apts all the way on the other end of Banyan Elementary School...geez, I sure hated riding my bike on that long sidewalk (forgot the name of the road) 'cuz ppl's backyard fence doors would open right onto the sidewalk and boy was it not fun when that happened while riding your bike...explains why I chipped my tooth back in the days 😳

 

[wrek92]

What? Why not and how can they enforce it?

I think Dana was referring to the fact that Palm Beach Atlantic is a Baptist/Christian university and my understanding is that the students have to attend services and such. So, the atmosphere is definitely conservative.

 

[Farmercyst]

Moved to pre-pharm for continuity and to share with other pre-pharmers that'll be going to PBA this fall.