Can someone tell me the difference between these 2? I’m going to a college that cost 26k for cost of attendance but 11k for tuition and fees which is really confusing. Thank you.
COA =
Tuition & Fees +
Room +
Board +
Books +
Other, such as Transportation and Personal
tuition and fees will just include the cost of the tuition and fees.
COA includes the cost of everything: Tuition, fees, books, room, board, travel, personal expenses.
Yes, you definitely need a place to sleep and eat.
Are you commuting from home (i.e. living with your parents during college)?
Is your financial aid package affordable?
About a month ago you posted the above and said that you don’t know where you’re applying yet. Are you a senior or have you graduated? Have you been accepted to a college? If so, you should have received a financial aid package that spells out the costs. What does it say?
Your other threads indicate a difficult situation. Your parents can’t/won’t contribute to your education because they’re going broke. You said you live with your brother who earns ~$60k/year. Did you find out if he’s your legal guardian? You can’t just say he is, there has to be official paperwork stating that. If he is, you need to submit his financial info. I don’t know if it matters to colleges that 4 or 5 of your family members live with him. If he’s not your legal guardian, you have to list your parents financial info. Their income, not their debt, is what matters.
Last week you posted that you were a HS Junior. So how do you know already that you are attending a college that costs $26,000 a year?
Regardless…you need to look at the total cost of attendance to see if a college is affordable…if you plan to live on campus. If you are commuting from home, then tuition would matter as well as any fees the college has. But it’s usually not “free” to commute…unless you live within walking distance of the college. Do you?
If your parents can’t pay anything for college and you want to go to med school someday you need to go to a school where you can pay for tuition on your own and commute if possible to keep costs down. You also want to keep loans to a minimum.
Can you be certified as an EMT? That would give you a pretty well paid job and medical EC at the same time.
The availability and hourly wage for EMT jobs are highly dependent on one’s geographic location. Most EMT-B jobs are not high paying. (Anywhere from minimum wage to $15/hour) And in many areas the demand for EMT-Bs is poor because there are so many of them. EMT-I and EMT-P (paramedic) pay better (EMT-P pays very well), but both require more training. EMT-P is a full time 2 year program. EMT-I typically requires a EMT-B certification plus a another semester of coursework plus s supervised clinical training period. EMT-I is not available in all states.
Please don’t keep making new threads because the info that is in one thread is needed for the other threads. People need complete info to make useful responses.
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So in my freshman year i was a really lazy person. I didn’t take any IB or AP classes and my GPA was 3.375. When I became a sophomore i realized I was off the track so I decided to work hard and I finally got a 4.1 gpa with 2 weighted classes. I’m worried because my freshman year will affect my high school GPA significantly. Is there anything I can do? Do colleges look at each individual year or are they just gonna look at the average gpa?
Thank you so much for helping!(Junior and Senior years are expected to be 3.9-4.2 but with more IBs)
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Do I have to go to a good undergraduate school to be accepted to Med schools?
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An accredited college/univ is fine as long as it’s not some unknown podunk school. And when I say accredited, I mean by one of the huge regional entities like WASC, SACS, and so forth.
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Are Med school admissions competitive?
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Yes, of course, but I bet you already knew that. We can’t just let any one into med school, can we?
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Can I go to a school with a 60-80% acceptance rate and still go to med school?
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Absolutely. There are many very good schools that have a high acceptance rate. Many very good state schools and many privates have high acceptance rates, and their students get into med schools.
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Basically I wanna know everything about life before Med school. Thank you for your help!
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Med schools really don’t care where you went to undergrad as long as it’s a decent school. You have to complete the prereqs.
you need a strong cum GPA and a strong BCPM GPA
You need a strong MCAT score (above 507, preferably)
You need medically related ECs
You need strong LORs.
And, your parents have money issues and you’re living with your brother.
Are your parents low income? How did your brother pay for college as a programmer?
The school that you mention in the first post of this thread mentions a tuition of $11k. That sounds like an instate public. If you can commute to that school from home, then you won’t have to pay for much of the rest of the COA because you won’t need room and board.
Is that’s what’s causing your confusion?
You’re a rising junior in high school. Do the best you can on the PSAT in October (make sure you take that!)…if you do well, there are schools that will give you a free ride.
Also do well on the SAT and ACT
@dafatdabook Does this clarify things for you?