other schools that paid for travel include:
Utah (reimbursed me for $300 plus set up hotel, activities etc)
Colorado Health Sciences (paid for all denver based stuff -- hotel, shuttles, etc, but not for airfare, i dont think)
Univ of Illinois at Chicago (reimbursed airfare, paid hotel, some meals, etc)
Northwestern (paid hotel, meals, etc, not airfare)
UMASS (paid for hotel both interview and second look -- and i didnt need airfare)
personally, i did not enjoy staying with students. it was hard for me to be a guest at someone's home. i oftem felt like i had to socialize a lot the night before, when i was nervous, so that was hard. i chose to stay in hotels in some cases but i picked up the tab myself. that was mostly when i was saving money by not driving.