Northeastern VS UCLA

[vinceh]

<p>drax I didn’t denigrate UCLA. It is a fine school. My point is that medical school is expensive - VERY expensive. Anything that you can do toward husbanding your resources for those costs needs to be encouraged. My second point is that chasing prestige is a fool’s errand. If prestige is truly a factor in the decision process then the OP should concentrate on his/her final academic stop since our what-have-you-done-lately society will ‘value’ that more than his undergraduate nameplate.</p>

<p>To the OP, people have been trying to work California residency into the tuition equation for decades. The state has done a very good job of putting hurdles in a would-be resident’s way. With the ongoing budget pressures in the state I suspect they’ll only be looking for more ways to have OOS-ers pay the full price. Here are two pdfs that detail undergraduate and graduate residency requirements:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/ten-things.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/ten-things.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/10-things-grad.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/10-things-grad.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Two quotes jump out:</p>

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If you are an undergraduate under the age of 24 and your parent(s) are not California residents, it is unlikely that you will be able to qualify as a California resident for purposes of tuition and fees.

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<p>and…</p>

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One does not become a resident for purposes of tuition and fees simply by living in California for 366 days or more, even if you are in a Master’s or PhD program. The length of time one attends the University of California or lives in California is not the sole determining factor of residence.

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