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10-17-2012, 07:37 AM
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Congrats, roberth!
My D. did the same except she did not bother to apply to any UG that we knew for sure would not give her substantial Merit award, there were no discussion, just natural progression. So, she was ready to do the same in respect to Med. School, jump into cheaper one. It took me few talks to make sure that she would choose the best match for herself instead of the cheaper one. I felt that after free tuition UG, she deserves the best. There are others like this.
Be assured, no concequence on Med. School, they all seem to start on the same footing no matter where they came from.
Best wishes to everyone still waiting!
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10-17-2012, 09:13 AM
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More CONGRATS!!
Kat
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10-17-2012, 09:26 AM
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Its so difficult to get into allopathic med schools today that I thought I'd alert everyone to a brand new med school here in CT, The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Admissions
The school should be available on AMCAS any day now. They emphasize training primary care physicians. There are only 60 spots for the first year class but they only expect 400 apps since they are starting so late. I am a subspecialist at one of there affiliated hospitals and so have seen their presentation of the curriculum. Looks impressive. Again its a new school and thus unranked but its accredited and may be worth a shot.
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10-17-2012, 09:48 AM
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Excellent. I don't have time to click. Are they accepting apps this year?
And more congrats!!
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10-17-2012, 11:38 AM
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Curm: They are accepting apps this year for the freshman class to start in the fall 2013.
MiamiDAP: UConn would be the cheapest med school for my son but he was interviewed by some other highly ranked private schools and we are telling him its his choice depending on where he gets in.
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10-17-2012, 12:10 PM
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^Awesome. I wish him to have great choices. But having this one spot already that early in a process is a real relief!
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10-17-2012, 01:17 PM
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Robert...congrats! What a relief!!!
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10-17-2012, 01:34 PM
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Congrats to entomom's D and Robert's S.
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10-17-2012, 07:25 PM
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Robert, Congrats to your S.
I do not know UConn med school could be the cheapest for some students. (I mistakenly thought everything in the north east is expensive but I am wrong here.) This is very useful info for new applicants.
Thanks for sharing the info.
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10-17-2012, 09:08 PM
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mcat2: "Cheap" is a very relative term for med schools. For instate students like DS2 tuition plus fees at UConn Med is $30,000. For OOS its $57,000! Private New England schools like Boston University also have $50,000+ tuition.
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10-18-2012, 01:37 PM
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^Did you check if it is $30K for all 4 years? Our IS schools are "cheap" only for first 2 years, then tuition is the same in the last 2 years as privates.
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10-18-2012, 02:26 PM
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Its the same every year except that obviously each year tuition across the board for all years increases.
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10-18-2012, 06:21 PM
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Miami makes a good point. At my school the first 2 years are about 15k cheaper per year than 3rd and 4th year.
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10-19-2012, 01:41 AM
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^bigred, yes, that is about the same...so I told my D. when she was choosing that the difference in total price for private vs public in OUR state is about equal to the price of a car. It was a logic to exclude the price tag from decision making. We could keep our cars for a bit longer.
However, I heard that it is not the same at other state publics.
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10-19-2012, 04:48 PM
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Its so difficult to get into allopathic med schools today that I thought I'd alert everyone to a brand new med school here in CT, The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Admissions
The school should be available on AMCAS any day now. They emphasize training primary care physicians. There are only 60 spots for the first year class but they only expect 400 apps since they are starting so late. I am a subspecialist at one of there affiliated hospitals and so have seen their presentation of the curriculum. Looks impressive. Again its a new school and thus unranked but its accredited and may be worth a shot.
| Thank-you for posting about this school. The mission statement of this school aligns well with my interests! Since I haven't been getting more love from my Texas schools, I decided to go ahead and apply! I called and talked to admissions they expect 2500 applications, 400 will be interviewed, and 80-100 will be accepted for 60 seats. The more I read about this school, the more interesting it seems.
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