SUNY Buffalo Accepted Students!!!!

[KlimtOphile]

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We should hang out when you visit...I'm a performing artist myself (singer/actor, mainly), and I can take you to some of the great little healthy eating places around here 🙂

Neat! I would love that. 🙂

 

[StunnedKangaroo]

Hi Everyone!!!! I just got my acceptance letter two days ago - got in off of the waitlist and could not be happier!!!!

I grew up in Brooklyn, NY.
I am visiting Buffalo again memorial day weekend! I love Buffalo from what I've seen so far and I'm sooo very excited to become a new member of the community!
I'm an artist - paint and sculpt, work out religiously and maintain a really healthy diet. 🙂 I somehow always wind up assuming the proverbial maternal role amongst my friends 🙂 - but not in an overbearing psycho mommy dearest way ! I might throw a couple extra veggies on your dish if you had dinner at my place...maybe offer you a multivitamin? I'm assembling a little library of easy to apply nutritional info if anyone is interested! Would like to start a "library of consciousness" with thought-provoking documentaries and films. Anyone seen "what the bleep do we know?"
I don't watch the simpsons much but I really like the discovery channel and NOVA! 🙂)
Can't wait to meet all of you! I hope we will become great friends!
😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

Awww, can't wait to meet you either! Hehe nothing wrong with veggies and I could def use some advice on nutrional eating - my last semester of college involved gorging on every unhealthy thing in sight! I'm from Queens so if you're in NY over the summer, lemme know!

Deep

 

[dr_keki]

Does anyone know when housing weekend is?

 

[KlimtOphile]

I think they mentioned that housing weekend is in early june sometime. does anyone know when orientation will be?

Oh and kangaroo, I'll be in manhattan most of the summer so we should get together!
😛

 

[SwineLake98]

I think they mentioned that housing weekend is in early june sometime. does anyone know when orientation will be?

Oh and kangaroo, I'll be in manhattan most of the summer so we should get together!
😛

From my understanding, Aug. 7 isn't so much the start of classes as it is the begining of a week of orientation.
I'm starting my own housing search now! 😱

 

[nyb34]

Just got the email abt. housing weekend...yay! Are you guys all coming to the Anchor Bar event...sounds like a lot of fun...chicken wings and beer!

 

[SwineLake98]

Just got the email abt. housing weekend...yay! Are you guys all coming to the Anchor Bar event...sounds like a lot of fun...chicken wings and beer!

Sounds like a proper welcome to Buffalo 😎

 

[deleted50541]

If I can get away for the weekend, you can bet I'll be there too.

 

[SwineLake98]

Scholarship info came in the mail today!

I'm getting money!

*does happy dance*

 

[B0ris]

Anyone from the nj/nyc area?

 

[mp457]

have nothing to say. but wanted to drop a hello.

based on all the email postings, i think i am going to like our class. 😀 😀

i won't be there for the housing weekend, but hope to meet all of you in aug.
i love partying!!!!

 

[KlimtOphile]

Anyone from the nj/nyc area?

hey boris im from nyc. Just found a place to live in buffalo! renting the first floor of a house. where ya from?

 

[SwineLake98]

hey boris im from nyc. Just found a place to live in buffalo! renting the first floor of a house. where ya from?

I'm meeting with my roommate tonight to narrow down where we want to live, what we want to spend, etc. Where did you find a place? Are you living alone? People seem to be scattering -- some in Amherst, some around Elmwood...

 

[gluon999]

Hey guys, what are some other good website besides CL for apt. hunting? Are many people getting a house mate or going solo?

I feel like it is already too late to look for an apt.

 

[SwineLake98]

Hey guys, what are some other good website besides CL for apt. hunting? Are many people getting a house mate or going solo?

I feel like it is already too late to look for an apt.

Check out the classified sections of artvoice.com and buffalonews.com

I met with my roommate tonight. We're narrowing down where we want to look and are starting to make calls, but she's going back out of town until June 12, when the hard-core hunt shall begin 😱

 

[Supercluster]

Hey guys, what are some other good website besides CL for apt. hunting? Are many people getting a house mate or going solo?

I feel like it is already too late to look for an apt.

Please don't worry about it being too late!!! The housing market in Buffalo and Amherst and other surrounding areas is sweet and most people only needed a few hours or a day or so at most to find a place they really liked. Housing weekend is a good time to get a place. If you go after that the pickings might be a tad bit slimmer (for instance, the Boulevard Towers, a pretty popular building, was all booked up after that weekend last year) but there were still tons of places. Don't stress about that part, it's totally a renters market.

 

[dr_keki]

Supercluster - besides Boulevard Towers, what are the other apartments that med students live in?

 

[Supercluster]

Supercluster - besides Boulevard Towers, what are the other apartments that med students live in?

hmmm...ok, by no means an exhaustive list, but here goes:
these are in Amherst and are all very nice places.
Boulevard Towers
Emerson Square
Campus Manor

these are in Buffalo and the first 2 are very good
The Westbrook
The Mayflower
Kensington Village (I would not personally recommend this place, since the neighborhood is way sketchier than anywhere else I'm suggesting, but a lot of people in my class do live there and the apartments themselves are very nice)

Some people also live on the North campus (the med school is on the South campus)...this is generally considered to be quite an overpriced option, although the apartments are pretty sweet. Also, they're good if you have no car, because there is a very reliable shuttle. However, if you really have no car, then it might be better to live within walking distance of the med school. If you're going to be walking to school (and more importantly, walking home from school at night), I would recommend not going south of Windspear Ave because there are much better neighborhoods that have cheap apartments, there's no reason to go to a bad neighborhood. As a general rule anything north of the med school campus should be fine. Check it out, for sure, but if it's in Amherst it's almost 100% guaranteed to be safe.

FYI, I've heard that you should avoid the Princeton Apartments because they are very noisy.

Lastly, there are many many homes that are for rent, both within walking distance and in the downtown Buffalo area. A lot of students choose this option. That would of course involve you living with roomies who you may or may not know beforehand, but often you can get together some people who are interested in living in a house. These houses are really hit-or-miss and I highly recommend that you look at the house before you rent!! Some of the houses are amazing and amazingly cheap and the students love them, and some are really crappy.

Expect to pay less for apartments in Buffalo vs. the suburbs (most people live in Amherst, some other areas are Tonawanda and Cheektowaga) but the downside of Buffalo is crappy parking and a longer commute. The upside is that Buffalo has way more culture and stuff going on than the burbs. I'd say that the class is pretty much split 50-50 between living in Buffalo and Amherst, so you'll have plenty of company no matter what you choose. Many students do eventually move to Buffalo once 3rd year rolls around because it's closer to most of the hospitals, but for the first 2 years I think it's pretty much 50-50.

 

[dr_keki]

You're awesome, Supercluster 👍

 

[KlimtOphile]

I'm meeting with my roommate tonight to narrow down where we want to live, what we want to spend, etc. Where did you find a place? Are you living alone? People seem to be scattering -- some in Amherst, some around Elmwood...

I'm living alone on winspear ave. but there are 2 people living in upstairs. It's about a 10 minute walk to the biomed education building. I didn't check out the apartment buildings, I won't be driving so I wanted a place very close to campus. I'll probably use a bike/rollerblades to get around most of the time until it starts to snow in november (so i've heard). 🙂) super excited!!!!!!!! Think i'll need bars installed on the windows? I'm a little freaked out...

 

[StunnedKangaroo]

It's been about a month since I've been on here!

I'll be missing Thurs/Fri of Housing Weekend (it would be awesome if they actually did all that stuff ON the weekend, hehe) but anyone going to be looking for housing over the weekend? Let me know!

Lizzzz, congrats on the soon-to-be-signed lease!! 🙂

 

[theun4given]

Hey guys, I'm lookin into applying to Buffalo so would any of you acceptances mind posting GPA's and MCAT scores?

Thanks a bunch, hopefully I'll bump into u in the future 🙂

 

[mdage]

It's been about a month since I've been on here!

I'll be missing Thurs/Fri of Housing Weekend (it would be awesome if they actually did all that stuff ON the weekend, hehe) but anyone going to be looking for housing over the weekend? Let me know!

Lizzzz, congrats on the soon-to-be-signed lease!! 🙂

I am going to look for housing in july. Hopefully I can find a good one. 😛

 

[alex718]

I am going to look for housing in july. Hopefully I can find a good one. 😛

Hi Mdage,

I was justed accepted on tuesday 🙂 and am looking for a roommate. I noticed that you are from the new york city area just like me. I thought it would be worth a try to see if you or anyone else is looking for a roommate.

Anyone still looking for a roommate please pm or email me at [email protected]

 

[willow18]

Hey guys, I'm lookin into applying to Buffalo so would any of you acceptances mind posting GPA's and MCAT scores?

Thanks a bunch, hopefully I'll bump into u in the future 🙂

Look at the MSAR and mdapplicants.com

 

[SwineLake98]

Hi Mdage,

I was justed accepted on tuesday 🙂 and am looking for a roommate. I noticed that you are from the new york city area just like me. I thought it would be worth a try to see if you or anyone else is looking for a roommate.

Anyone still looking for a roommate please pm or email me at [email protected]

I don't know if you've started getting the list serv e-mails yet, but there are definitely people still out there looking for roommates. I have one friend in fact definitely still looking for housemates!