Recent content by sorrento

What I wish I had known? -That you are not going to change your essential being just because you are in medical school. If it is not your current habit to study regularly every day, keep up with everything, and generally avoid the need for cramming, you are not going to turn into such a...

Hi all, Apologies for busting in on your thread. I spent lots of quality time on SDN last year and understand what you're going through with decisions, waitlists, and just plain waiting. Hang in there. So, I'm now a first (almost second!)-year at UCLA and I'm happy to answer any questions...

bump ... 10 days to go ... after all these years, it's kinda of freaky to think of actually starting! Maybe I'm overlooking something, but I didn't see anything in the info packets about health insurance. Is it included in our tuition/fees? (I hope so). I have crappy private coverage at...

Yay! Glad there are others planning to go. zealous, I'm sure you'll get your mailing soon. The trip is the weekend after the first week of class (the 16th-18th) and the RSVP deadline is the 22nd July. If you don't get something soon, I'd just call the admissions office and let them know you...

I think men should steer clear of hunter green suits for any occasion, unless they are in advertising and so incredibly gorgeous that nobody cares about the color of the suit (and even then ....) Women can get away with most any color, especially if it's a skirt suit, but for interviews lean...

Looking forward to meeting you all! Anyone going on the camping trip?

I talked to someone in the financial aid office yesterday and she said that aid offers will be going out this week and next, depending on when you turned in your stuff. Re: the high cost - I noticed that UCLA projects a pretty high budget for books and supplies (2K more than Davis, for...

Making a change ... UC Davis --> UCLA INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTING (new forum): Make sure to indicate the school at the top. Just click on the quotes icon (lower right) to retain the bold, and delete the quote codes at beginning (along with previous poster's comments) and at end of list...

People, please please help! I'm totally stressed about this. Right before I went on vacation, I sent my updated contact details to UCLA since I was on the waitlist. Well, they sent an acceptance by snail mail, which arrived (probably) the day I left, and gave me two weeks from the letter date to...

But isn't it true that it is really difficult to raise your verbal score? I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it requires the kind of diligence that flat-out studying won't give you, especially when he has presumably already made such an effort and gotten and 8N. To me, a retake sounds...

Hi again. I hope all of you get into Davis! I just thought I'd pass some info along about the pre-matriculation program there, if you haven't already heard about it - it is a 2-week program, right before regular classes start, for people who need a little extra time to get into the swing of...

wait a sec ... I just want to clarify that. My understanding is that once you BEGIN ORIENTATION, then you are kicked off waitlists. But you can stay on other waitlists even though you've accepted a spot at Davis, as long as neither school has started classes. Since Davis starts later than most...

I was one of the Duke fake acceptees. It sucked. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end (ie, I wouldn't have ended up going there even if I were accepted), but lesson learned: exercise caution with online status checks. Don't make any major decisions or decline other offers until you have the...

Thanks, Inanna ...

Ack, I cannot for the life of me find the status check website for Penn. I hate that you can't get to it from their admissions page! Anyway, can somebody please help me out?