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Just looking for important things to buy such as furniture and some things to do like finding the best choice of housing during med school.
What are some things to buy/do before matriculating med school?
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Buy a chill pill and proceed to chill until a few weeks before school starts. A new laptop wouldn’t hurt but see what type the school recommends
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Agreed. The school I’ll be attending requires laptops for the first day, so check the computer requirements for your school to make sure you’re set. Otherwise just chill out.
On a practical note I will say it would be beneficial to make sure you are up to date on all your bills, healthcare, dental, etc.
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Re: Housing
If you have access to a class facebook group or find someone on SDN who is a current student at your school, message them about where most students live.
Highly suggest living with an MS2/someone not in your class. If they're studying with friends at home or watching lectures, its a nice atmosphere to push you to be productive too. At the same time, you won't have to feel competitive with one another, or won't feed off each other's neuroses. They also can be a nice resource if you have questions about how to handle specific exams or professors and the like.
Find a cheap place. The apartment complex with the swimming pool and gym are not worth taking out loans for the extra $200 a month. That being said, if you find a cheap place WITH those amenities, then go for it.
What is your attitude about your living situation? Is your apartment/house going to be just a place for you to sleep? Do you want to be the person who entertains classmates before the post exam party? Are you going to get the majority of your studying done at school and home is your chill out space? etc. etc. Each of those lifestyles are going to warrant different things out of where you choose to live.
Personally, I prefer a place close to school, maybe even walking distance. It cuts down on extra expenses like a car, gas, parking pass. Depends on the area your school is in and how you feel about using public transportation/uber/lyft for getting to far places.
Factors:
House v.s. apartment complex
Safety of the area
amenities
included utilities
Parking
Distance from school
Upkeep costs and labor (mostly for houses, stuff like lawn mowing, hedge trimming, etc.)
Vicinity of other students
recreation
This should get you started on the housing stuff. Beyond that, yeah a laptop is good idea, don't buy a steth until you know if your school will get you one.
If you do buy one, please don't get anything fancier than a littmann Classic III.
A good backpack that'll last you 4 years.
Your profile says male, so I'm just suggesting the following based on that, but feel free to ignore me if this isn't your thing:
4/5 nice dress shirts
2/3 pairs of slacks in khaki, black, navy blue
1 or more nice ties/bowties
Cheap watch, not made of any cloth materials so that you can clean patient body fluids off of it if needed.
Upgrade your suit if you can afford to.
If you have access to a class facebook group or find someone on SDN who is a current student at your school, message them about where most students live.
Highly suggest living with an MS2/someone not in your class. If they're studying with friends at home or watching lectures, its a nice atmosphere to push you to be productive too. At the same time, you won't have to feel competitive with one another, or won't feed off each other's neuroses. They also can be a nice resource if you have questions about how to handle specific exams or professors and the like.
Find a cheap place. The apartment complex with the swimming pool and gym are not worth taking out loans for the extra $200 a month. That being said, if you find a cheap place WITH those amenities, then go for it.
What is your attitude about your living situation? Is your apartment/house going to be just a place for you to sleep? Do you want to be the person who entertains classmates before the post exam party? Are you going to get the majority of your studying done at school and home is your chill out space? etc. etc. Each of those lifestyles are going to warrant different things out of where you choose to live.
Personally, I prefer a place close to school, maybe even walking distance. It cuts down on extra expenses like a car, gas, parking pass. Depends on the area your school is in and how you feel about using public transportation/uber/lyft for getting to far places.
Factors:
House v.s. apartment complex
Safety of the area
amenities
included utilities
Parking
Distance from school
Upkeep costs and labor (mostly for houses, stuff like lawn mowing, hedge trimming, etc.)
Vicinity of other students
recreation
This should get you started on the housing stuff. Beyond that, yeah a laptop is good idea, don't buy a steth until you know if your school will get you one.
If you do buy one, please don't get anything fancier than a littmann Classic III.
A good backpack that'll last you 4 years.
Your profile says male, so I'm just suggesting the following based on that, but feel free to ignore me if this isn't your thing:
4/5 nice dress shirts
2/3 pairs of slacks in khaki, black, navy blue
1 or more nice ties/bowties
Cheap watch, not made of any cloth materials so that you can clean patient body fluids off of it if needed.
Upgrade your suit if you can afford to.
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