<p>Congrats to m2ck’s son!</p>
<p>When people take a year for research, do they get paid during that period?</p>
<p>There are many ways of using a research year. D is working on a specific project that she created. She initially received a small grant and just received a second grand that will cover travel and accommodation costs for what she will be doing outside of NYC. H and I are helping her out a bit. There is more grant money to be had in some areas than others…D has been lucky but she has mentioned that there is not as much money out there for women’s reproductive health. She recently presented at a physician/scholar conference which has given her a bit more street cred and seemingly has opened up some financial doors.</p>
<p>It has been an interesting exercise and made me aware of how hard it can be to get research done in areas that most people would agree are important but aren’t as “hot”. D has applied for and received grants before so that part of it was not new to her. She wants to go into academic medicine so I am glad that she is getting her feet wet.</p>
<p>Son gave up his spots at UConn and BU and will be attending Albert Einstein. He likes New York (yes he knows its the Bronx). He’s away right now helping poor people in Honduras.</p>
<p>Congrats to your son Robert. </p>
<p>Can you explain his selection process/reasoning? Trying to understand how people people make decisions when they have multiple admission offers.</p>
<p>Robert…congrats to your son!</p>
<p>texaspg… Regarding the selection process when holding multiple acceptances: </p>
<p>I think students consider: fit, teaching style, geography, and cost…and maybe ranking/prestige. </p>
<p>In my son’s case, he liked all of his accepted schools. It came down to: fit, location (an hour from home!), cost (instate public), ranking, and having 2 friends choosing the same school (one will be a roomie).</p>
<p>Congrats to the Robert’s and m2ck’s sons!</p>
<p>Region of the country, city, cost, program emphasis, curriculum, related programs & opportunities (eg. MPH, narrative medicine), grading/lack thereof, locations for clinical training, vibe/fit, were some of the things D1 considered. Of course it came down to a compromise, with some factors (location, program, fit) outweighing others (cost :().</p>
<p>Residency matches can also be an important consideration in picking a program.</p>
<p>Son checked the 2013 match lists. Here is the Einstein match list [Match</a> Results 2013 | M.D. Admissions | Albert Einstein College of Medicine](<a href=“http://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/md-program/admissions/match-results-2013.aspx]Match”>http://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/md-program/admissions/match-results-2013.aspx)
Note all the top IM programs in NYC are there as well as Yale and Harvard programs.
UConn would have been $17k cheaper a year but DS wanted to get out of CT. He went to UConn undergrad on an Honors scholarship so we paid very little. Also its the “journey” and he wanted to be in NYC.</p>
<p>That shows the thing we’ve always been trying to tell people: every medical school is a good one, and “excellence is a panacea” – meaning that the top students at every school will still have their pick of residency programs.</p>
<p>Quick update:</p>
<p>D2’s BFF, who was accepted at 2 OOS public med schools but was waitlisted IS, was pulled off the waitlist this morning. BFF is thrilled despite that fact, she’s going to lose her enrollment deposit and 3 months rent on her apartment in the OOS town.</p>
<p>Congrats to her! I’ll bet the lost $ will be a drop in the bucket compared to having IS tuition for the next four years.</p>
<p>She’ll save something on the order of $100K over 4 years. (More if she lives with her grandma here in town.) An not inconsequential amount for a future primary care doc.</p>
<p>Outstanding news!</p>
<p>At graduation last week, D couldn’t make the final decision, same dilemma as most with cost and location as a pro for one school (we were shocked that she got a small merit scholarship which we thought were nonexistent for med school) but she really liked the facilities and program at the other school. She went abroad the day after graduation (won’t be back for a month) and we schlep her stuff home in an overflowing minivan. Her parting request: “Can you send my deposit in to whatever school you want to pay for…” So I guess it will be our fault if she hates the school we are sending the deposit to.</p>
<p>Krug - Hope you have a cheap therapist.</p>
<p>No way, Krug, huh-uh. My DD is stressing which specialty to choose and we will NOT tell her what we see her as. DH & I both told her that there is no way she will blame us for her choice someday ;)</p>
<p>So that’s it??? Therapy and cheap wine/liquor is what’s awaiting us? Unfortunately, we don’t have a therapist and we were an optimistic pair. We thought that it was “over” and we were mostly done at the end of high school. We quickly realized that this is another era, not the one we grew up in so we set our sights for the end of college as to the end of the bulk of our responsibility (with the exception of financial support for further education) but I guess it goes on. </p>
<p>As for choosing specialty… wow! Wish we were in your shoes (seeing the end of the road)!</p>
<p>Krug- when comparing costs, be sure to look at 1st & 2nd year tuition versus 3rd & 4th year tuition. Public schools seem to increase tuition about 25% for years 3 & 4, I have heard privates may keep it level. So, make sure you are aware of the long term pricing before deciding once school is more than the other. Also, check cost of living in each location.</p>
<p>lol. Mine pulled the same “pick my med school for me” stunt and we gave her the response “Yeah. Right. That ain’t gonna happen.” </p>
<p>So, on the night before the last night possible, she set in a tub with thick folders from both schools. Occasionally we’d hear what sounded like quiet wailing and could assume that there was a serious struggle going on. But just like when she was learning to sleep on her own (or for that matter potty training) we just left her with the nanny. Oh, wait. Shouldn’t have told that. ;)</p>
<p>That shows the thing we’ve always been trying to tell people: every medical school is a good one, and “excellence is a panacea” – meaning that the top students at every school will still have their pick of residency programs.</p>
<p>We need to engrave that somewhere.</p>