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brocnizer, i encountered the same problem with sallie mae. during the second phone call, the rep mentioned that i can actually have the consolidation app completed online (with an electronic signature). go to: http://www.salliemae.com/apply/borrowing/smartloan.html then to "apply online"...

tennisgirl, your question of which summer research programs to apply to is dependent on whether or not you are a post-bacc or not. there are many programs out there for college sophomores and juniors... to name a few are UCSF, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic... etc. as a...

youheard, i am a D1 at UCSF and can shed some light on the gay community here. in the dental school itself, the gay population is relatively small. apparently, there are 2 who are currently 'out' in our class, one being my closest friend here, and none in the other classes (D2-D4). ucsf...

sam, i would definitely recommend calling the assistant dean at uconn and present your case. dr. edward thibodeau is an extremely pleasant person and will be more than glad to offer advice. i sent you a pm with his info.

the housing situation in LA isn't as grim as you guys make it. affordable housing can definitely be found. i would avoid looking at places in the immediate ucla area (westwood, bel air, brentwood and beverly hills) as prices are rather steep. instead, you guys may want to look at places in...

Penn's revisit was amazing! I was there for both days. The first-years were definetely a fun group of people, and it looks like next year's class is going to be great as well. I believe that a total of 130 prospects came for at least part of the revisit. I thought that maybe about half of...

You should list the advantages of going to each school, and then decide which advantages are more important to you, and then you should decide to go to Penn (that's where I'll be going next year). Also, be sure to check out who is on what waitlist (ahem, Dr. L)

that is awesome news, hazelmei!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

bruin2k, many apologies to you and others for my digression off the initial intention of this thread. we will gladly discuss our travel plans elsewhere. stan, i sent you a PM.

stan, in the shortest turnaround time, i got placed for the volunteer project at bogazici universitesi! :clap: :clap: <img border="0" alt="[Clappy]"...

awww, that is so sweet stan! <img border="0" alt="[Lovey]" title="" src="graemlins/lovey.gif" /> you can enjoy your kebabs and i can melt into my baklava! :D i will definitely keep you posted of my plans. oh, btw, i'd ended up with volunteer for peace (vfp.org), instead of council...

hazelmei and ayoon, that is such great news!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: i'm sorry for all the...

stan, sorry to hear that you were feeling ill; i do hope you are feeling better. as for the volunteer project, it is through council exchanges (councilexchanges.org). i am praying that i'll get placed! i have acquired all these books on turkey, and one in particular on turkish food. can't...

stan, did you end up taking those walking tours of SF neighborhoods? this was the intended thread before we turned it into our summer travel plans. :wink: btw, i sent out an application today for a volunteer project based in istanbul...

hazelmei and ayoon, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but in an earlier post (UCSF--second rounds?)... stan and i gave information regarding the UCSF alternate list. i was told by barbra richardson that last year, they had offered a spot to someone who was 47th on their list of 50 alternates...