<p>Now I know which schools to apply to. :)</p>
<p>Looking at the tuition’s for the OOS students at some of the public med schools is mind blowing. Some are $60K+. University of South Carolina is $71K+++, just tuition!</p>
<p>And I think from the looks of it, it is 2011-2012 prices. Just WOW!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>we are spoiled, UNC is $14K and ECU is $10K.</p>
<p>They apparently want to discourage OOS.<br>
However, our state IS are just as expansinve for IS in 3rd and 4th years as privates or OOS. They do not show the price for 3rd and 4th years.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed that son gets into our best state SOM…inexpensive and quite good. </p>
<p>University of Alabama School of Medicine</p>
<h1>12 Primary Care (an improvement from last year’s #23)</h1>
<h1>31 Research (better than USC’s Keck at #33 and Brown at #34…interesting)</h1>
<h1>9 AIDS Research</h1>
<h1>13 Geriatrics (probably cuz the state is a retiree magnet…lol)</h1>
<h1>21 Internal Med</h1>
<h1>12 Rural Med</h1>
<h1>16 Women’s Health</h1>
<p>Full-time: $22,128 (in-state)
Full-time: $58,590 (out-of-state) </p>
<p>But, wow, pricey OOS…once you add another $20k for room, board and misc, you’re at about $80k per year. Yikes!</p>
<p>(Wow…UVA instate is HIGH!)</p>
<p>And I love the misleading pricing of the UC SOMs…</p>
<p>Tuition
Full-time: $0 (in-state)
Full-time: $12,245 (out-of-state)</p>
<p>then, you later find out…Required fees $32,780</p>
<p>^Well, as D. has chosen private, you are correct…but we are done paying for first year…but I told her NOT to consider price…It si nice to have more choices after not paying for UG. "Fingers crossed " for everybody here!!!</p>
<p>Take some of the OOS numbers with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>Some of the Texas schools (for example) have a little trick. If you are one of the OOS kids (limted to 10% of MD students) you have a pretty reasonable chance of getting a $1000 scholarship…and if you do, you are automatically considered in-state for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Of course, they are pretty reasonably priced OOS even without that.</p>
<p>@Miami</p>
<p>Oh I know…we’ll be thrilled if he gets in ANYWHERE…regardless of price. But if the price is higher elsewhere for a lower ranked school, that will be a bit of a bite in the hiney…but we’ll be happy, happy, happy for any acceptances! Honestly, I think these SOMs could double their prices and still get the same number of apps.</p>
<p>Curmy…how are you doing…all mended?</p>
<p>Remember, folks. The rankings themselves don’t mean too much but the data available in the online version of USNews is very, very helpful in selecting your list. It , the school websites, and your MSAR give you 3 reasonably trustworthy, reasonably up-to-date, easily accessible resources. </p>
<p>OT: Well, mom2ck. I have two fully working fingers and a thumb on each hand. WooHoo!!</p>
<p>So…I can’t make it through the metal detector without being wanded but…good to go. 
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<p>Just rode 1700 miles in 4 days to ride Big Bend dirt roads on my Big Ugly motorcycle.</p>
<p>It. Was. Awesome.</p>
<p>Curmy…oh my…only 2 working fingers and thumb on each hand? Is this permenent? or will PT help with that?</p>
<p>Oh, and yes, the rankings don’t mean a whole heck of a lot…but they are interesting to look over.</p>
<p>OT: “Fully” working. They work. Sorta. Hey. I’m still breathing fresh air. The deer I hit didn’t fare quite as well. :(</p>
<p>Curm,
You know it reminds me of taking trip to another side of island in Cozumel on ATV…never ever any more in my life. My right hand did not function for very long time, could not use scissors at all, had hard time shampooing my hair, I had to go thru PT. But it just took long time to fully get it back. It was one of the scariest experiences, and I evn did not know that my H’s ATV (with our 9 y o D.) almost flipped, D. was very excited to report that her dad put it down with his weight, they were way ahead of me, I did not see the incidence. We went over huge boulders, I was surprized that nobody actually flipped.
Curm, your hand will recover, just give it time. I know it is very uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Sneaky trick about the required fees, m2k </p>
<p>At the state med school here:
instate tuition $16,170
required fees: $3124</p>
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<pre><code> total cost $19,294
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<p>And that’s it. No other hidden fees or costs. Costs don’t go up in years 3 & 4. </p>
<p>D2 is now pondering which state she wants to maintain her legal residence in. She is just now starting to look at costs–and nearly fainted at sticker shock.</p>
<p>M1 and M2 = $27k each
M3 and M4 = $30k each</p>
<p>What’s up, student loan debt :)</p>
<h1>D2 is now pondering which state she wants to maintain her legal residence in. She is just now starting to look at costs–and nearly fainted at sticker shock.</h1>
<p>Can a current undergrad in NY actually declare NY as her legal residence while her parent lives in another state? Wouldn’t she have to be living in NY for reasons other than education and be self-supporting to claim NY as her home state for residency purposes?</p>
<p>D2 won’t be declaring NY as her state of legal residence. She’s moving to Michigan in June–where she’ll be working full time (She already has a job…), but will be applying with 10 months in physical residence. She’s trying to decide between Michigan and her birth state. I’ve told her to hold off until she sees what her MCAT looks like. She’d like to go UMich (who wouldn’t?), but she needs to see her MCAT score to see if she has a chance first. Not so much interested in MSU or Wayne State–would prefer birth state med school over either of those.</p>
<p>About the only way she could get NY residency would be to marry her BF (please no!), who is NY resident, but will be living in MI while going to grad school. (And according to MI residency rules, grad students & medical residents are specifically disallowed from gaining MI residence while there for educational or training purposes.)</p>
<p>Clear as mud? I thought so…</p>
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I guess it is because she is still too young, right? Another guess is that you need enough time to save money for her marriage first. LOL.</p>
<p>Seriously though, how much do most parents need to spend when their child gets married? The highest I ever heard (Well…there is no family I know who is among the top 1%) is $50k.</p>
<p>If the government is very kind to the young generation, there should be a tax-saving account similar to 529 for parents.</p>
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<p>If this is the total cost of attendance, not just tuition and fees, it is quite cheap. I meant the total amount of loans you need to take is slightly less than $120k.</p>
<p>oops…I have side-tracked. But the money matter (tuition and fees) is at least as important (maybe even more so, IMO) as the School’s ranking – unless your career goal is i-banking (or maybe, to a certain extent, law schools.)</p>
<p>She old enough, but I just think it’s bad idea right now. </p>
<p>My next door neighbor spent $60K on his daughter’s wedding this summer. (Not a 1%er just a pretentious jerk. Neighbors and I all thought it was pretty ridiculous. Asked D1 if she rather have a $60K wedding or $60K worth of med school tuition. Guess which one she picked? Like I said she’s a smart girl…)</p>
<p>kristin,
“M1 and M2 = $27k each
M3 and M4 = $30k each”
-The diff. at our state schools is much bigger with M3 + M4 being the same as at privates, in middle $40k’s
Wehn D. was choosing, I figured that the total diff. between the “cheap” and “expansive” Med. Schools on her list was about the price of one car. So, I told her not to consider the cost, we decided to skip buying our next car (which happened to be hers out of 3 cars as hers has the highest mileage). We hope that all 3 cars will survive for the next 3 years. D. has chosen the most expansive Med. School but the one that she felt was the best match for her.</p>
<p>…I hope that we are not talking about wedding for at least 3 more years…but I would like to be able to pay for that also…</p>
<p>Mine will not be having one of those ultra expensive weddings, whenever that happens. We just don’t have the money and wouldn’t spend it if we did. One of her wealthiest friends got married last year and they did the “simple wedding on the beach” in the Caymans. Even paying for the wedding party and (both sets of parents and grandparents) my quess is that they were at less than $15K. That will be our far upper end.</p>