<p>I have a lot of teen and young adult men I deal with, plus two octogenarians living with me. Love them all so much, but some of the things they have said! But they are mostly good folks who mean well. I think most people are, especially on this board.</p>
<p>*
Tuition: UCLA medical school tuition is $0 for California residents.
I said tuition was free WHICH IT IS!!!
You people irk me.</p>
<p>Mom2CollegeKids: actually they are
do your research. If you are a current resident, UCLA, UCSF, and UCD are FREE.
I went to a conference with the UC Medical people. They said just prove your a CA resident and if you get in it’s free.*</p>
<p>The UC med schools are NOT free to Calif residents.</p>
<p>Here is the instate tuition for UC Davis SOM. The other UC SOMs charge a similar cost. </p>
<p>For instate students, the tuition/fees is about $40k per year (plus room, board, etc).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/financialaid/pdfs/1213-MED-COA-12-17-2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/financialaid/pdfs/1213-MED-COA-12-17-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>Note that the OOS students pay an add’l cost that is noted under the grid.</p>
<p>Here is the chart for UCLA med school tuition rates for Calif residents.
<a href=“http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/offices/fao/2012-13BudgetSheet.pdf[/url]”>http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/offices/fao/2012-13BudgetSheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>A First Year instate med student pays nearly $35,000 for tuition at UCLA med school. the COA for that First Year is about $62k.</p>
<p>Again, the added amount that OOS students pay is listed below the chart.</p>
<p>Must be quite a shock for a student who thinks attending a UC med school as a resident is free.</p>
<p>Wow. </p>
<p>I support cpt, mom2collegekids, Erin’s dad, and everyone else 100%. I may be only a 20 year-old sophomore, and though I too am young, I was raised better than to insult and pick fights with adults, especially when they are so much wiser and better informed than myself. (no, I don’t consider most 18, 19, or 20 year-olds adults. There are perhaps some that are mature, but those who childishly make claims and then aggressively defend them when they’re blatantly wrong are NOT adults. Likewise, nor is someone who criticizes this fact, which I completely embrace.) </p>
<p>All I have to say is I don’t care where you go to school, who your parents are, who you are, or how smart and informed you perceive yourself to be, you need to show some respect. </p>
<p>This is a frank opinion from a peer that actually values the people you’re insulting and degrading.</p>
<p>Also, I NEVER do this, but you in turn irk me and fully deserve it:</p>
<p>Mom2CollegeKids: actually they are
do your research. If you are a current resident, UCLA, UCSF, and UCD are FREE.
I went to a conference with the UC Medical people. They said just prove your a CA resident and if you get in it’s free.</p>
<p>*Actually, they are; do your research.
*UC medical people
*They said just prove YOU’RE a CA resident
*resident, and if you get in, it’s free </p>
<p>I wouldn’t be bragging about going to Columbia since your grammar isn’t too sharp. </p>
<p>Sincerely, </p>
<p>An annoyed state school kid that actually knows what they’re talking about on something.</p>
<p>Fun search on centennial13 other posts (yes, too much free time for this empty nester):</p>
<p>“My uncle is an admissions counselor at Columbia.”
The second one I read starts with “you people are stupid” or something similar. </p>
<p>Yikes!!</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>That explains a lot. :/</p>
<p>Persona…thanks for your thoughtful words. :)</p>
<p>Persona3- Good luck to you. You seem to have a nice "persona"lity!!</p>
<p>State schools are fine. My son choose his over 14 or 14 acceptances. He has 3 job offers (accepted one) for when he graduates this Spring. My older sons friends are still without jobs- many anyway. Very bright kids like him. Economy stinks. is best friend from HS graduated Georgetown with business degree. He has quite a personality, smart kid (aren’t they all!) and 1.5 yrs out, no job. No guarantees. </p>
<p>OP- Think all this through. What is your plan after getting your associates? Why are you interested in a SUNY community college. Most are at pretty remote areas of NY State. No real draw to any of them over your own states community colleges. MI has great schools for you. What are your long term plans, degree, for nursing? BSN? Yes, you can pay off your loans, but think twice about it. The less you have to pay off the better. Good luck. Nursing is a great field with lots of job opportunities at least in my area.</p>
<p>Firstly, you guys are the ones arguing with a 17 year old.</p>
<p>Secondly, I’ve had the worst week of my life and I apologize if I said something out of line. My life is falling apart and I’m just tired of every adult in my life telling me I can’t do anything with my life. I’m not rude in real life. If you knew me, you would know I’m polite to adults. Recently, my parents have been using double standards on me an not paying for any college but they payed full for both my brothers. I was mad at my parents and I took it out on you. I also have a lot of problems going on right now. I’m sorry. As for the EFC and medical school, I was just mentioning information I had received. I should have been more open to what you guys were telling me. Sorry.</p>
<p>Thirdly, I know the only reason I got into Columbia was my uncle and I wasn’t trying to demean Liberal Arts Colleges. I was just mad.</p>
<p>I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Next time I’m mad, u won’t take if out on a forum.</p>
<p>*Next time I’m mad, I won’t take it out on a forum.</p>
<p>Centennial, it seems to me that you are an excellent candidate for a number of schools, so you certainly did not need a lot of push or pull to be accepted anywhere. Congratulations on your acceptances and hopefully you and your parents work it out.</p>
<p>Parenting is difficult because mistakes are often made. We paid full freight for a top 25 school for our oldest without much regard as to how we were going to continue the trend with my other children. The economy has tanked, prospects for earning much more have diminished and other needs have arisen since that time and to make that kind of commitment for my other children would put us in a tenuous financial situation. It makes me tear up that my younger kids accept the situation and have worked with us to make sure that their college choices have been within a doable level and have worked hard to pay as much as their expenses as possible. So please don’t be so mad at your parents. I can tell you that it hurts, not to be able to afford to give whatever ones children want. </p>
<p>You take care. A personal apology to Mom2collegekids and Erin’sDad are order, via PM.</p>
<p>Please understand that it isn’t that anyone was arguing about you. This is a public forum that people use for information and when anyone says anything that is blatantly wrong, it can cause others problems as they go by that information. It is not useful for you to be counting on such incorrect information either. It may be something to rethink in terms of the loans you are taking out for undergraduate school when you know now what the costs are for your home state medical schools and that you probably will have to borrow to go there. I know a lot of doctors and they are not so keen on their kids going to medical if a lot of debt will be incurred, given the uncertainties of how medicine will end up paying in the future years. Here in NY, the picture has shifted drastically for doctors in terms of wealth accumulation.</p>
<p>Centennial,</p>
<p>I hope things go better for you and you’re able to work things out with your parents.</p>
<p>{{{ hugs }}}</p>
<p>Sorry you’re going through a rough time, centennial. And I’m sorry for my rude remarks as well. </p>
<p>I didn’t mean it about the grammar thing - that’s not a true reflection of one’s intelligence. We all have our typos and our days. You’re obviously quite intelligent to get into Columbia. Uncle or no uncle, you can’t just wall through the front door. </p>
<p>And as for your financial problems, remember that education is the best investment one can make. You’ll earn it back without problem over the course of your life as a doctor, so keep your head up and good luck. Sorry again as well.</p>
<p>centennial-
Good luck to you. You got into great schools so you are obviously a smart kid. You will do fine wherever you attend. Sounds like your siblings are at highly regarded and expensive schools and you applied to expensive schools as well. Figure out what cost is reasonable for your parents and weigh in scholarship/merit money as well. If you end up at Columbia, that’s obviously wonderful, but if you end up at any of the other schools you applied to, they are all prestigious, all will provide you a great education, and you can have fun at any school as long as you make friends. Debt is never fun so factor that in. Remember, you can get into med school from any undergrad.</p>
<p>Things will work out for you. Let us know what happens.</p>