again, public full ride or private school???

sybbie719
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:36:34 +0000

Superlaura,

Congrats on your wonderful acceptances.

The Daughter of one of my friends just completed the CUNY hohors college at Queens and had a wonderful experience. She currently working at a job she got through one of the internships she got as an undergrad while going through the law school process.

I understand what you mean about wanting to have a school experience that takes you out of NYC (as my daughter was going through the same thing).

In the end, what do yor parents think? I am a liittle confused about your Tufts package: 1k in grant, 2k in work study, 3k in loans on a $40,000+ COA (unless the balance is on your parents). How do you feel about being 22 years old with almost $68k worth of debt before you get to med school? That same 68,000 can almost pay for 2 years of med school. Sometimes things come down to sheer economics.

Would your study abroad be limited to junior year. With some planning (which means that you may be science heavey freshman/sophmore years) you may be able to pull off a study abroad or even look into doing a summer study abroad.

to dogs,

Cuny does not have a med school. the med schools are part of the State (SUNY ) system.