TOURO and AZCOM students/visitors

[clement]

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Can any current students or people who have visited tell me what the areas surrounding these schools are like (note: By "Touro" I mean both of them)? I know
med school doesn't afford a lot of partying time, but I'm not big on uber-quiet suburbia when it comes to feeling good/avoiding the blues.

How close to SF and Vegas can you reasonably be? I get the impression the surrounding areas of AZCOM are very quiet...
Feel free to PM me...

 

[Cali2006]

I live about 15 min. from Touro in CA. You can get to SF in about 30-35 min. or so (without traffic). But it is located in the Bay Area and there is tons of stuff to do, so don't worry about being in the middle of nowhere. Hope that helps.

 

[clement]

I live about 15 min. from Touro in CA. You can get to SF in about 30-35 min. or so (without traffic). But it is located in the Bay Area and there is tons of stuff to do, so don't worry about being in the middle of nowhere. Hope that helps.

Hey I'm from Cali too...But a NoCal at heart trapped in the body of SoCal gal...

 

[xTinaBna]

Hey I'm from Cali too...But a NoCal at heart trapped in the body of SoCal gal...

haha i always here of these contrasts between NoCal people and SoCal people...can someone explain to me the diffrence among noCal and soCal people to a midwest girl? 🙂

 

[clement]

Alright, I'm going to give it a very concise shot:
Let's see...As a Midwesterner, I would start off by saying you're already somewhat of NoCal person...Haha...Basically, NoCal people are reputed to be more "earthy and nice" into organic products (interpret that as you may but don't feel compelled to limiting that definition to groceries), ummm they're more likely to wear linen and birkenstocks, they often use the word "hella" to imply "really" (i.e. that's hella cool!)...Let's see what else...they're basically tree huggers! (haha, I'm kidding!!!)

SoCal: Kind of a watered-down Miami (but if you've ever seen the series "Laguna Beach," then you have an idea)...Ok, some sterotypical adjectives: Superficial, fake, flashy (your car matters A LOT), trendy, judgemental...Oh yea, and SoCalers are reputed to say,"like" a lot (it's a subconscious thing, I do it all the time, pretty scarey)

OK these are JUST stereotypes, not everyone fits them of course...It's all for fun and games. But stereotypes DO come from somewhere...I'm mostly pitting LA against San Francisco here, so there are a lot of inbetweens. Central Cali is just a bunch of orchards and stuff, so we have our share of farmers too (for a lack of other words)...Hehe I'm really gonna get it! Just kidding guys, all Cali peeps are awesome! (this was SUPPOSE to be concise!)

 

[Testy McAterson]

i'm in phoenix and my boyfriend lives near azcom so I can tell you about it. the school is attractive and--you're right--the neighborhood (basically 'north-west valley') is relatively quiet. i'd call the area "upper middle class" or 'working professional' with suburban-esque homes and good apartments and condos (the student who guided my tour lives right across the street). the school's within a mile or two from the Loop 101--which connects the East and West side of the Valley--this is really handy if you want to go shopping/out in scottsdale or tempe or to a sporting event/music venue. it also connects to the freeways that'll take you downtown, to CA, or LV...makes traveling and commuting easy to/from wherever you want. you can get to Las Vegas, San Diego, and Los Angeles in less than six hours. there's a lot of nice hiking in the area but you'd have to drive a little bit to find nightlife. i've lived in phoenix my whole life and really like it (but i also love california).

 

[whatdapho]

haha i always here of these contrasts between NoCal people and SoCal people...can someone explain to me the diffrence among noCal and soCal people to a midwest girl? 🙂

I'm originally from Norcal (San Jose) but I've been living in Socal (San Diego) for about 3 years. First and foremost, you can tell if a person is from Norcal or Socal by the words they use. If you notice someone using the words "hecka, hella, suck, and any E-40 (a rapper) words like thizz face, etc, he or she is most likely from Norcal, in particular the Bay Area. If you have someone using the words "awesome, no worries, or the word "like" excessively, you bet that person is from Socal. Ever since I've been down here, I've noticed that Socal folks are generally more laid back than my fellow Norcal folks. However, I was raised in Norcal and it will always be the place to rock!! Visit Norcal if you ever have the chance and you can ghost ride the whip!!!

 

[xTinaBna]

haha thanks for the nocal/socal info 😉 i actually have a couple friends from san diego and they def. have some sort of valley accent going on..i always thought it was a california thing..but now it makes sense 🙂 fyi..i love Laguna Beach, don't hate me 😳

 

[clement]

I live about 15 min. from Touro in CA. You can get to SF in about 30-35 min. or so (without traffic). But it is located in the Bay Area and there is tons of stuff to do, so don't worry about being in the middle of nowhere. Hope that helps.

But I'm guessing living in SF itself is not so doable? Not sure what the class schedules are like for first years, but I imagine the commute would be at least an hour...

 

[Testy McAterson]

But I'm guessing living in SF itself is not so doable? Not sure what the class schedules are like for first years, but I imagine the commute would be at least an hour...

do most students live in berkeley?

 

[clement]

do most students live in berkeley?

i've heard of people commuting from oakland.

 

[DrMK]

I'm an OMS I at Touro-MI, and my classmates are relatively spread out in the area so the majority commute no more than 15 minutes to campus. Then again, some people choose to live in the city or further out which requires a longer commute. It's all really up to the individual. Good luck in the application cycle this year!

 

[Steiner]

Can any current students or people who have visited tell me what the areas surrounding these schools are like (note: By "Touro" I mean both of them)? I know
med school doesn't afford a lot of partying time, but I'm not big on uber-quiet suburbia when it comes to feeling good/avoiding the blues.

How close to SF and Vegas can you reasonably be? I get the impression the surrounding areas of AZCOM are very quiet...
Feel free to PM me...

Vegas is Vegas, there's something to do every night and all night. There are two casinos near Touro NV that have night clubs, and the strip is probably ten minutes away. Touro NV says it is in Henderson, but that is basically Las Vegas. There is no disctinction or separation. They are one and the same. You will live in Las Vegas if you go to Touro, unless you get out by Hoover Dam.

 

[The_aartichoke]

Vegas is Vegas, there's something to do every night and all night. There are two casinos near Touro NV that have night clubs, and the strip is probably ten minutes away. Touro NV says it is in Henderson, but that is basically Las Vegas. There is no disctinction or separation. They are one and the same. You will live in Las Vegas if you go to Touro, unless you get out by Hoover Dam.

as a current TUNV student, i can't tell you how off base this statement really is. the school is in henderson, not las vegas. there is 1 casino close with a nightclub. there are 2 other casinos close by...but people go to those to either watch a movie (thats the closest theater to us) or to go bowling.

the school is tucked into the quiet, not "vegas" side of henderson. plus, school keeps you so busy, its so easy to forget that the strip is there (if it weren't for the lights...)

there is absolute distinction and separation. our school has lots of families, and vegas is by no means a place for a family...while henderson is. you can choose to live in las vegas if you would like, but many of us live in henderson, in the quiet, family residential parts of town.

that being said, if you do want distraction, yes, the strip is there, only about 15 mins away...and yes, vegas is vegas, and there is something to do every night and all night if you are so inclined.

any other questions, feel free to direct them to those of us who actually go to the school 😎

 

[Steiner]

as a current TUNV student, i can't tell you how off base this statement really is. the school is in henderson, not las vegas. there is 1 casino close with a nightclub. there are 2 other casinos close by...but people go to those to either watch a movie (thats the closest theater to us) or to go bowling.

the school is tucked into the quiet, not "vegas" side of henderson. plus, school keeps you so busy, its so easy to forget that the strip is there (if it weren't for the lights...)

there is absolute distinction and separation. our school has lots of families, and vegas is by no means a place for a family...while henderson is. you can choose to live in las vegas if you would like, but many of us live in henderson, in the quiet, family residential parts of town.

that being said, if you do want distraction, yes, the strip is there, only about 15 mins away...and yes, vegas is vegas, and there is something to do every night and all night if you are so inclined.

any other questions, feel free to direct them to those of us who actually go to the school 😎

While, as a Las Vegas and Henderson resident since 1985, I say I'm right on base. If they're so separate, tell me where Las Vegas ends and where Henderson begins? I also will disagree with your statement that Vegas is no place for a family. I have two kids and live in a nice neighborhood with a Vegas address. Everywhere except the strip has tons of "family residential parts." Spring Valley, Southern Highlands, Mountains Edge, Summerlin, Aliante. The only area in town where it wouldn't be wise to raise a family is in an actual Casino (they frown on this), and maybe North Las Vegas, although if you get out far enough it turns nice again.

Nightlife places near Touro:
Whiskey
Drop Bar
Fado
Elephant Bar
Kennedy's
Club Madrid
and none are on the strip

So, if any of you have any more questions feel free to ask someone who grew up in Las Vegas, from Kindergarten to College Graduate, not someone who moved there a few years ago.

 

[The_aartichoke]

naming a few bars within 10 mins of the school hardly proves anything. i bet every school can name some bars close to them.
plus whiskey, drop bar, and fado's are all in 1 casino (green valley ranch). elephant bar is not really what i would call nightlife. and i've never even heard of club madrid. kennedy's is also at the district, attached to green valley ranch.

yeah there are some nicer parts in vegas (and from my knowledge, summerlin is a separate city, not actually part of las vegas). the way you made out the school was that it is in "the strip" vegas. which it absolutely is not. i don't know if you have ever dropped by the school, but if you have, you would know that it is fully and utterly separated from "the strip" vegas. (it is in reality, just 5 or 6 blocks away from the city line of henderson and las vegas, but like i said, not the "strip" vegas).

you may have been here since 1985, but a lot has changed since then...the OP was asking about the school area now, not in 1985....

 

[Steiner]

Stop trying to tell me what Vegas is like. Henderson, Green Valley, Summerlin, Anthem, it's all Vegas. The only places students could live and actually feel seperate from the city of Las Vegas (not the Strip) is Boulder City, Pahrump, or Lake Las Vegas. The Strip is one street in a town of >1 million. So "the Strip Vegas" is about 2 miles long and a half mile wide. The rest is Las Vegas, regardless of what your address says. The area of GV/Henderson is more upper middle class, but so are all the Master Planned Communities(which is what Green Valley, Summerlin, and Aliante are, not seperate cities). Also, out of both of our descriptions of Las Vegas, yours is actually the more acurate one if we were talking about 1985 Vegas. Back then Henderson was a seperate city way out on Boulder Highway. Sunset was a dirt road, and no one had even heard of Summerlin.

 

[Amnesiator]

I am a current student at Touro-NV. I am having trouble figuring out what the issue is here...? It seems there is an argument about whether we live in Vegas or not. Also, it sounds like there may be some people claiming that going to Touro-NV means never studying and practically living at bars and casinos.

Now for my two cents... Henderson is a city recognized by the US Post Office. It is separate from Las Vegas. However, the cities blend at the border, and there really is no great dividing line. What does that matter, anyway? I tell people I live in Vegas, so what? I grew up in LA.. well, no, I grew up in Simi Valley, but who knows what Simi Valley is? No One. So I say I grew up in LA, what does it matter. I went to school in San Diego.. no, I went to school in La Jolla, what does it matter? Touro-NV is in the greater Las Vegas Valley. There are plenty of places to go around here, for those rare occasions that you actually find time. The strip is about 20 minutes away, but very people actually go there with any frequency.

Henderson is a beautiful city. Most everything is very new, and extremely well planned and laid out. Streets are wide and shopping is convenient. If you are into older towns with brick buildings and a classic "main street," henderson won't make you happy. I happen to love urban expansion, so when I came here for my interview, I was immediately sold.

I propose that we be nice here and acknowledge that "vegas" is a very broad term. Also, let's acknowledge that med students generally aren't tempted by the strip or clubs and such, but it's nice to have that stuff there for after exams. 😀

 

[tshollowmen]

Stop trying to tell me what Vegas is like. Henderson, Green Valley, Summerlin, Anthem, it's all Vegas. The only places students could live and actually feel seperate from the city of Las Vegas (not the Strip) is Boulder City, Pahrump, or Lake Las Vegas. The Strip is one street in a town of >1 million. So "the Strip Vegas" is about 2 miles long and a half mile wide. The rest is Las Vegas, regardless of what your address says. The area of GV/Henderson is more upper middle class, but so are all the Master Planned Communities(which is what Green Valley, Summerlin, and Aliante are, not seperate cities). Also, out of both of our descriptions of Las Vegas, yours is actually the more acurate one if we were talking about 1985 Vegas. Back then Henderson was a seperate city way out on Boulder Highway. Sunset was a dirt road, and no one had even heard of Summerlin.

As another current Touro-NV med student I would have to say that Henderson and the strip feel like they are almost in different worlds. The only way that I am reminded that I even live near Las Vegas is when I see the lights in the distance at night. You'll find out quickly at any med school you go to that once you get in you are focusing on medicine and you don't have time to go out, and Henderson is not Vegas in the sense that there are a ton of distractions around you. It is a nice place to live while going to school, and the community is very suppourtive of this specific university. Though I understand the poster has lived in vegas I think it is important to remember it is very different to live her while attending med school. Feel free to ask me anytime if you have any questions about TUNV because I have to say while being her I love the community and I love the school.

 

[tshollowmen]

Stop trying to tell me what Vegas is like. Henderson, Green Valley, Summerlin, Anthem, it's all Vegas. The only places students could live and actually feel seperate from the city of Las Vegas (not the Strip) is Boulder City, Pahrump, or Lake Las Vegas. The Strip is one street in a town of >1 million. So "the Strip Vegas" is about 2 miles long and a half mile wide. The rest is Las Vegas, regardless of what your address says. The area of GV/Henderson is more upper middle class, but so are all the Master Planned Communities(which is what Green Valley, Summerlin, and Aliante are, not seperate cities). Also, out of both of our descriptions of Las Vegas, yours is actually the more acurate one if we were talking about 1985 Vegas. Back then Henderson was a seperate city way out on Boulder Highway. Sunset was a dirt road, and no one had even heard of Summerlin.

As another current Touro-NV med student I would have to say that Henderson and the strip feel like they are almost in different worlds. The only way that I am reminded that I even live near Las Vegas is when I see the lights in the distance at night. You'll find out quickly at any med school you go to that once you get in you are focusing on medicine and you don't have time to go out, and Henderson is not Vegas in the sense that there are a ton of distractions around you. It is a nice place to live while going to school, and the community is very suppourtive of this specific university. Though I understand the poster has lived in vegas I think it is important to remember it is very different to live her while attending med school. Feel free to ask me anytime if you have any questions about TUNV because I have to say while being her I love the community and I love the school.

 

[lysosome]

I'm an OMS I at Touro-MI, and my classmates are relatively spread out in the area so the majority commute no more than 15 minutes to campus. Then again, some people choose to live in the city or further out which requires a longer commute. It's all really up to the individual. Good luck in the application cycle this year!

Are there any on campus housing for any of the Touros?

 

[lysosome]

any other thoughts from TOURO students?

 

[theraball]

Are there any on campus housing for any of the Touros?

TU-MI has on-campus housing.

 

[xTinaBna]

here's a pic of a tucom dorm room that was sent by the housing staff to me...this one isn't on the website 🙂

 

[tshollowmen]

Touro- NV dosen't have on campus housing, but there are apartments all around it some within walking or biking distance.

 

[ivyivy]

here's a pic of a tucom dorm room that was sent by the housing staff to me...this one isn't on the website 🙂

Hi cbenedic, thanks for sharing the pic! Where did you find the e-mail address or information regarding the on campus housing for Touro? I didn't find anything on the school website. I'm thinking about to live on campus. Do you know the price range and availability of the housing? Thanks~

 

[xTinaBna]

Hi cbenedic, thanks for sharing the pic! Where did you find the e-mail address or information regarding the on campus housing for Touro? I didn't find anything on the school website. I'm thinking about to live on campus. Do you know the price range and availability of the housing? Thanks~

hi!

there's a nice lady, Irene Favreau ([email protected]) who is in charge of housing..i'll copy what she e-mailed to me about housing options at tucom-ca:

"Touro's only on-campus housing is in Wilderman Hall which was previously Bachelor Officers' Quarters for the US Navy. There is a community kitchen, study room, living room and study room. There is also a section of the dorm that is being used as a learning center. Individual rooms come furnished with a bed, dresser, night stand and a combination book-case/desk. All rooms have private bathrooms.

Rent for dorm rooms is $600/month for a regular single (which measures 10' x 14' and has a private bathroom), $700/month for a super-single (which measurers approx. 14' x 16' also with a private bathroom) and $800/month for a double room (2 regular single rooms with a shared bathroom) and $850/month for a double room with a balcony. (Super-singles and rooms with balconies are very limited.) Double rooms can be shared by roommates who split the rent, or can be used as single living quarters so long as the single occupant is willing to pay the full rent. These prices reflect the going market rate for housing in the Bay Area."

right now its too early to get housing (trust me i tried!). February is the time they start working on housing...they dont even have the housing contracts updated yet..plus current touro students get first dibs on the rooms and they dont select their rooms until mid march.

hope all this helps!

 

[ivyivy]

hi!

there's a nice lady, Irene Favreau ([email protected]) who is in charge of housing..i'll copy what she e-mailed to me about housing options at tucom-ca:

"Touro's only on-campus housing is in Wilderman Hall which was previously Bachelor Officers' Quarters for the US Navy. There is a community kitchen, study room, living room and study room. There is also a section of the dorm that is being used as a learning center. Individual rooms come furnished with a bed, dresser, night stand and a combination book-case/desk. All rooms have private bathrooms.

Rent for dorm rooms is $600/month for a regular single (which measures 10' x 14' and has a private bathroom), $700/month for a super-single (which measurers approx. 14' x 16' also with a private bathroom) and $800/month for a double room (2 regular single rooms with a shared bathroom) and $850/month for a double room with a balcony. (Super-singles and rooms with balconies are very limited.) Double rooms can be shared by roommates who split the rent, or can be used as single living quarters so long as the single occupant is willing to pay the full rent. These prices reflect the going market rate for housing in the Bay Area."

right now its too early to get housing (trust me i tried!). February is the time they start working on housing...they dont even have the housing contracts updated yet..plus current touro students get first dibs on the rooms and they dont select their rooms until mid march.

hope all this helps!

wow..thanks for the info. They are really helpful! Ok, I guess I don't need to worry about applying and getting on some kind of waitlist now. The price is actually not too bad, comparing to the price in Bay Area (like SF, Berkeley area, but I don't know about vallejo though). The double room sounds great 🙂