<p>Moving to Virginia tomorrow. My goal is to just try and enjoy myself as long as possible. Oh, and I guess do well in school, too.</p>
<p>When do y’all start, steeler? Activities start for my D on the 19th but classes don’t start in earnest till the 30th. She was showing me her schedule today. Lots of big scary words. :eek: Well, they are scary to me anyway. </p>
<p>Another thing, this whole “shots before med school” thing is a drag. Seems like there is always another required shot. She thinks they are wrong but, hey but what’s another poke? ;)</p>
<p>Orientation starts the 9th. The actual basic sciences start the 16th. Some second years organized a camping trip which starts the 4th, so I’m heading up a little early for that.</p>
<p>Yeah, got wayyy too many shots. At a certain point, your arms just get numb haha.</p>
<p>Hmmm, no shots here yet, but definitely a mad dig through boxes & files to find the little yellow card to prove childhood vaccines were done. We’ll see what shots she gets next week.</p>
<p>The u-haul is loading and the travelers head out this week.<br>
The promissory note and “stupid” counseling & quiz have been completed.
Hours have been spent on the phone to get internet service scheduled, but still no resolution.
Class registration is done (why do you have to register yourself when the entire calss takes the same classes)
The book list has been reviewed and books ordered, sadly DD discovered she previously used one of the books in UG and sold it, now she has to buy it again!
Orientation begins Monday and there is a river rafting bonding trip next week.</p>
<p>As I am not actually a helicopter parent, I do not even know when classes begin. I mainly know what I do know from helping with paperwork when DD was out of the country.</p>
<p>The Yale Medical school UG class make up looks like it has not changed over the years.
Should note that there is a very strong propensity for students to go to college or medical school close to home or perhaps close to their undergraduate institution. Most of Stanford UG is from California, most of Rice UG is from Texas and most of the UG in the Ivys tend to come from the northeast or mid atlantic states. This also seems to hold true for medical schools as well. The California Yale medical students I knew were often those who did not get into Stanford, UCLA or UCSF and choose Yale over UCSD, UCD etc.
Medical school admissions at the top end tend to be somewhat idiosyncratic but there is no doubt IMHO that medical schools tend to draw mostly from the best UG schools in their region. The best medical schools in the east like Yale, Penn, Harvard etc therefore take most of their students from the Ivy’s, the upper end east LAC’s, and Universities like MIT, NYU, JH, CMU,Tufts,Brandeis, Georgetown etc.</p>
<p>DS needed just one shot but had about a dozen tubes of blood drawn for required lab work. He leaves in one week and still has a lot to do before that. Going off to med school seems be more involved than when I sent him to college. </p>
<p>Paperwork is done, loan papers are signed, student ID photo sent, housing contract signed. He has “talked” to roommate on Facebook and actually had met him at second look weekend. He has not registered for classes and has no idea of when they do that. He hasn’t ordered books either and as far as I know, has not seen a required book list. </p>
<p>All that is left is to unpack all the stuff he hauled home from college, sort through it and then repack it all. There are probably some moldy towels that need to be thrown out. Then he is shipping everything to school. </p>
<p>He leaves in one week, has orientation for a week and I think the first day of classes is Aug 23rd. Orientation has a blend of mandatory meetings and lots of fun class activities. </p>
<p>Steeler - have fun on your camping trip!</p>
<p>good beginnings to all your med students starting the big next educational adventure this month! Steeler…hope you enjoy your new life in my home state of Virginia. Charlottesville is a wonderful town full of happy creative vibes.</p>
<p>Do most freshman medical students live on on-campus housing? I know in ug, as kids progress through college, they tend to move further and further away from campus. Or do most incoming medical students find their own apartments completely off campus?</p>
<p>I honestly would prefer to live in on-campus housing my freshman year of medical school. It makes it A LOT easier to meet other people, especially if I end up going to medical school in a completely different state where I don’t know anyone.</p>
<p>It’s really school specific. Some don’t have housing at all. @65-70% of students at my D’s school will live on campus first year. She will not be one of them. She will be living in a very pricey shoebox.</p>
<p>(I intended to stay off this thread because I kind of feel like I’m taking over my year’s thread, but I just wanted to say to Curmudgeon–I literally LOLd when I read “pricey shoebox”, and also–seeing you guys all so happy and excited makes me really look forward to this time next year, which I’m sure will be bittersweet.)</p>
<p>DD & the cat arrived safely after 7 hour drive, though the cat is no longer speaking to DD :D</p>
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<p>You will have to tell me how your daughter did the drive with a cat. When the time comes i might apply close to home if only to not have to face a long drive with two cats who i already know hate the car and the carrier.</p>
<p>I am still chuckling as I type this. Thought I would share one soon-to-be med student’s nervous question about life at med school and the thoughtful response of a med school vet.
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<p>hahahaha love the quote… my son finishes UG this year and is busy planning for his last summer before med school (he hopes to backpack across Europe last I heard). </p>
<p>Good Luck to all who are starting med school now - and to all those who are busy applying.</p>
<p>200, cur? You med schoolers are lucky! 
My grad school cohort will have all of 10 people! No way to hide there!</p>
<p>psych. My kid’s class is only 100. Smaller than her small-ish high school.</p>
<p>Now is your time to shine.</p>
<p>LOL ouch.</p>
<p>I posted in the “How many Med Schools do people typically apply to?” thread way back in January. I’m happy to say that, in spite of being a very late applicant, my student will be starting medical school next week! </p>
<p>He has completed his life-saving and patient privacy courses, had all his medical tests and shots, found an apartment (with an M3, an M2, and another M1), and has even secured his loans. He’s flying out this weekend – and so it begins!</p>
<p>Best wishes to everyone here for a great med school experience! (I mostly lurked, but appreciated all the good advice and support nonetheless.)</p>
<p>Congrats to the boy (and to y’all, too!). It’s exciting, isn’t it? </p>
<p>My D has to do some sort of interview assignment with a family member prior to orientation, write a short-ish paper about it, and then leaves on Wednesday to cram 3 days drive into 4 (with stops at friend’s places along the way). She has a few days to get her shoebox in shape. </p>
<p>Her mom is flying up next week to help decorate and go to the White Coat ceremony. </p>
<p>Poor ol Dad will be in the salt mines and then back at the ranch at night to take care of the thirsty/hungry mammals that depend on us to live (especially during the hellish triple digit summer that is this part of Texas).</p>
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<p>You know, I’m thinking that an interview with Curm could be the case study for the ages – nah, those Yankees would think mudgette made it all up, creative writing as is were.</p>