Should I be doing something now?

[woodlayer]

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I have been accepted to a few school. I filled out my fafsa and "accepted" the acceptances. Should I be doing something else?

 

[Disinence2]

Laying around planning a sweet vacation for this summer.

 

[woodlayer]

Not a bad idea, but some of my schools say I need to do loan counsiling and stuff. Should I just hold off on that, and wait until I make my decesion?

 

[JoshUNCW]

Not a bad idea, but some of my schools say I need to do loan counsiling and stuff. Should I just hold off on that, and wait until I make my decesion?

Most "loan counseling" is an online survey you have to take after reading the fine print of your loans. It's just to make sure someone isn't taking loans completely blind of their obligation to repay them or how the repayments will happen. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[just one]

You should buy every textbook for first year, read all of them cover to cover, and even compile them into your own "complete" version. You wouldn't want to get behind first day would you? 😉

 

[Catalystik]

You might check on the completeness of your immunization series and get those caught up. Some schools want a bunch of titers done to prove immunity and a PPD (right before you start, usually). These requirements vary a lot, so don't pay for them until you know where you'll attend and exactly what you need proof of. But you can start researching the issue

 

[bambi girl]

Thanks for starting this thread woodlayer. I would love to get some advice about this too. I come home after work and am clueless about what to do these days now that I have decided where I want to go and have mostly worked on financial aid stuff. I spend hours on my PC reading articles about health care reform, but still feel like I should be doing some more serious stuff. I have hobbies and have friends that I could be with, but it feels ridiculously strange to have all weekend plus the 5pm-1pm time to be able to do that. I wish I could pick up another job, but there are complex reasons why I can't do that either. If there are any current med students who could give us some advice that would be amazing. Anything you wish you had done before starting school?

 

[PinkIvy08]

You might check on the completeness of your immunization series and get those caught up. Some schools want a bunch of titers done to prove immunity and a PPD (right before you start, usually). These requirements vary a lot, so don't pay for them until you know where you'll attend and exactly what you need proof of. But you can start researching the issue

Wow. This is off-topic, but I didn't know this! UMDNJ-NJMS required we get all this done by Feb 1st, so I assumed it would be required for all schools. If it's not, I'm going to be pissed...I'm having to shell out $800+ I don't have for their required lab work! They should reimburse me...

 

[Morsetlis]

Wow. This is off-topic, but I didn't know this! UMDNJ-NJMS required we get all this done by Feb 1st, so I assumed it would be required for all schools. If it's not, I'm going to be pissed...I'm having to shell out $800+ I don't have for their required lab work! They should reimburse me...

Or you should have insurance. Try volunteering in a hospital somewhere. They do free Mantoux TB testing and sometimes provide you access to cheap, quick vaccinations.

 

[Catalystik]

Wow. This is off-topic, but I didn't know this! UMDNJ-NJMS required we get all this done by Feb 1st, so I assumed it would be required for all schools. If it's not, I'm going to be pissed...I'm having to shell out $800+ I don't have for their required lab work! They should reimburse me...

You should be able to get this lab work for less than half that. Check with the local public health department, which might do it for cost. Check your college's health service and ask what they charge. And of course, check with your health insurance company. A two step PPD should be about $10 or free.

 

[PinkIvy08]

I already graduated, and no, I don't have insurance. And I got the labs done at the cheapest place in Jersey (too bad everything in my state is over-priced)

I will look into the public health dept offerings though.

Thanks for the advice yall!

 

[morning]

Or you should have insurance. Try volunteering in a hospital somewhere. They do free Mantoux TB testing and sometimes provide you access to cheap, quick vaccinations.

Oh, get insurance. Just get insurance! Why don't I strap on my insurance helmet and squeeze myself into an insurance cannon and just fire off into insurance land where insurance grows on insurance trees!


😀

 

[sugardad]

I already graduated, and no, I don't have insurance. And I got the labs done at the cheapest place in Jersey (too bad everything in my state is over-priced)

I will look into the public health dept offerings though.

Thanks for the advice yall!

if you just graduated and dont have a job you may qualify for medicaid. The labs will not cost you a dime.

 

[futureNCmed]

I am plagued with bad dreams about finding out that I forgot to do some minor little thing and end up getting my acceptance taken away from me 😳 I know I'm just being neurotic, but after going through this hellish process two times, the thought of losing that spot is terrifying!!

On another note, as long as you've already starting thinking about financial aid and completed FAFSA and started on your immunization stuff, I think the best thing to do is enjoy your time off school before starting in Fall

 

[Morsetlis]

Oh, get insurance. Just get insurance! Why don't I strap on my insurance helmet and squeeze myself into an insurance cannon and just fire off into insurance land where insurance grows on insurance trees!


😀

I have the same attitude when people tell me to just join a club or play a sports.

 

[woodlayer]

So immunization is the next step. Thanks for the help. Is there a list somewhere of all the immunizations I need? Its so weird that none of the med schools I was accepted to even mentioned this! 😕

To the guy who said read every book cover to cover, I suggest you read a book at the bottom of a pool for a good 10 min. I went through this process three times and I don't want to get caught up on a minor thing. Some situations call for neuroticism, for me this is one of them.

 

[Catalystik]

So immunization is the next step. Thanks for the help. Is there a list somewhere of all the immunizations I need?

Every school might vary slightly in what they expect. You might call the school, or look on last year's school-specific thread in Allopathic Medicine. My school required one to be up to date with: meningococcal vaccine, chickenpox vaccine or disease, Hep A & B series, dT or dTaP, MMR X 2, polio, and two-step PPD.

You've probably got most of them.

 

[woodlayer]

Since I volunteer in a hospital I think I'm good as well. I guess I'll just pick the school I want to go to.

 

[docta123]

Get your flights ready for second looks... start looking for scholarships...

I keep thinking I forgot to check something or something will happen where they will say... sorry, you lost your spot... so I totally sympathize! lol

 

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