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Don't worry! They won't let you miss anything! You're going to get really impatient waiting for all the info to come in (everyone does) because they send a lot of stuff later in the summer, but I promise everything will be fine.

Anything farther than Chelsea is too far out. Really, that commute will kill you, whether or not you have a car. You will hate it. If cost of rent is the issue, find a classmate to room with. You will be much happier. Check out Somerville. Aim for a place that has direct T access, not bus or commuter rail. 1. There will be a CPR class offered by the school, but it doesn't hurt to get it out of the way before school starts when you have some free time (just make sure it's the class that's for people in the medical setting. 2. This varies depending on when your own clinic sessions are (luck of the draw). You'll have 4 sessions per week, and they can be any day of the week between 9am and 5pm. Classes can start as early as 8:30am. 3. If you have a 4pm clinic session (the last slot) you'll probably get out at about 5:30pm, after clean-up and a chat with your supervisor. Classes vary. There are some evening classes that end at 8:30pm. 4. First year students can get lockers. You share them with a buddy. 5. More info about tuition? They don't tell you much. You can call if you want.

If anyone has any questions about MGH-IHP, I'm a current student and wouldn't mind helping out. I went through this process last year. Feel free to PM me.

It's going to be rough. I'm taking out federal loans (I wouldn't touch a private loan with a 10 foot pole) Direct Loans and then Grad Plus to pick up the slack, in combination with dipping into savings. I'm making a cross-country move to one of the most expensive cities in the country and going from two incomes to one. It's a big change and it's not going to be an easy couple of years, but I'm trying to stay positive.

I got my log-in for the school's website that has all of that information in an orientation module. I'm already working on getting my immunization stuff done while I still have good insurance through my work, and I registered for a CPR class.

I'm with you. I'm finishing up my very last one and I just can't get into it. I'm also kind of annoyed with myself-- I was following the post-bacc curriculum that the school I'm taking classes at recommended, and I stupidly didn't check on what classes I really needed. I just trusted that these would be the right ones for most of the schools. Yeah... no. For example, the post-bacc sequence includes 3 audiology classes. Who wants 3 audiology classes?? No one needs 3 audiology classes, it turns out. So, last term I was taking the second audiology class instead of the stupid 200-level intro class that should have been my last class. Of course, it had a weird name so I didn't know it was actually the intro to communication disorders class, and it wasn't part of the post-bacc sequence. So to substitute for not taking the intro class, this term I'm having to take a really ridiculous course from a professor that I can't stand. Oh well!

Same here, it just would be courteous of them to say something. I didn't pay the application fee for nothing.

Yeah, I never heard from Northwestern. It's kind of insulting.

What do YOU want? That didn't make any sense. You drop into a forum of people discussing grad school admissions and drop an angry incoherent rant about homogeneity. I'm not uncomfortable-- reading something like that doesn't make me flush with 'white guilt' the way you think it does-- I'm just curious about what you want to say and why you chose this venue to say it.

I wish. Seriously, though. This is a weird forum for it, but you have our attention. Are you going to do anything with it, or are you going to keep making off-base assumptions?

You're trying to express an opinion about a lack of diversity in the field. As someone who I assume is licensed and practicing, why don't you just tell us your feelings about it without insulting a whole group of prospective/incoming students? I'm sure you have a broader perspective if you've been in the field for so long. What kind of a response did you want from calling us a bunch of "lilywhite bishes"? I'm sorry I'm so white! I'm going to call up my school right now and tell them that I'm deferring because I need some time to examine my privilege.

Tell me more.

Wow. You're making a lot of assumptions. I hope you had a successful application season.

Hooray! Join the moving to Boston from the West Coast club. I'm coming from Eugene, OR.

Wow, congrats! Did the fellowship offer come through recently?

Unfortunately, the financial aid decisions are often made in the summer (if you mean need-based and not merit scholarship). It's pretty crappy that we have to accept before knowing if they're going to help us out at all, but that's the way it is. I'd suggest calling the financial aid office if you're not getting email response. The letter you're referring to is just what they give everyone. Check over it to make double sure you have all their requirements, but if you're already taking your postbacc classes it doesn't apply to you. There are some people who are accepted who don't have their pre-reqs, and those people often take them during the summer or during a "leveling" semester/year. You can definitely contact them to check that you have everything they want before sending your deposit. Contact the person whose name is on that letter. Relax, you're fine! Congrats on being accepted!

I know it's gonna be tricky from a relationship standpoint, but you're going to love living there. I miss the Pioneer Valley so much. And coming from the city, you'll be impressed with how inexpensive it is. You should get a place in Northampton, and make sure you're in walking distance from the Five College PVTA bus line (which will be free to you). You know to message me if you need any suggestions.

Congrats! I'll be moving out there in June and am also freaking out about the big relocation. I won't be doing the roommate thing, but in the past I've had good luck posting in the housing wanted section of Craigslist. My husband is actually moving out to Boston this Tuesday, and is going to be subletting a room until I get there, and he had lots of nice responses from his post as well. Have you considered doing prereqs online or locally? You might be able to save a bit of money that way.

I know, right?? We must be crazy!

Oh yeah, my undergrad transcript is 13 pages long. It was a mess to deal with, especially since most of my schools used CSDCAS. I had to jump through lots of hoops to even get my transcript added to my files, since CSDCAS wouldn't touch it.

I think there are a lot of very anxious people out there right now and it's making them bitter. I understand that it can be upsetting when it looks like people are being selected unfairly, but I think they're missing the whole picture. We all know it's not all about grades and GRE. I really do think the essay and the letters have a lot of weight. How boring would the class be if they just chose the 4.0 students? Hell, I didn't even have a real GPA. My undergrad didn't have grades, so all I had was a kind of fake postbacc GPA. My CSDCAS application looked ridiculous, because they made me enter all of my credits that didn't have letter/number grades as 0.00. Oh, and I flubbed the AW section of the GRE. But I think I was a good all-around package. There was a lot more to my applications than just the numbers. So don't let anyone make you feel bad just because they had ever-so-slightly higher GPA. It probably just comes down to a few B's. No biggie-- some schools have so much grade inflation that you almost can't even compare an A at one school to an A at another, and admissions committees surely know that.

I'm no expert, but I am currently a postbacc at UO. I can tell you that it's not an especially medically-based program. You'll actually have much more exposure to the schools. The U of O doesn't have a hospital affiliated with it, so getting students medical externships is a challenge. They often send students out of town or even out of state (I've heard of students going to Idaho!). My advisor recommended that I not apply there if I wanted to do medical, especially since I was not open to traveling for my externship.

<br /><br /><br /> Aw, thanks! <3 (And yes, I'm getting my declines in so people can get off waitlists!)

I haven't heard from Northwestern, either. I'm also just assuming I'm functionally waitlisted. *shrug*

I've been having a hard time with it, too. I haven't sent in all my declines yet because I feel guilty about it.