Edinboro Innovative Fall 2014

meljonumd · Feb 1, 2014

Hi! I got in too! I'm really excited. It was really my only choice, so I was really nervous! You did a Skype interview? Where do you live? I did an in-person interview, and that was a bit nerve-wracking, even though they were really nice.

cttruong · Feb 1, 2014

Hi! I got in too! I'm really excited. It was really my only choice, so I was really nervous! You did a Skype interview? Where do you live? I did an in-person interview, and that was a bit nerve-wracking, even though they were really nice.

Yay congrats!! Yup I'm from Long Island, NY. Bit of a hike from the school but I'm super excited as well!! Totally agree, my interviewer was really nice and open. I imagined it was going to be all serious so the fact that she was so pleasant was a relief!

angelika.sb · Feb 4, 2014

Hi!! I got accepted into the program also. I live in Philadelphia but I will be moving in August. Any suggestions about the housing?? All I know is that the weather there is pretty cold. What areas will you recommend looking into?

Thanks!!!

meljonumd · Feb 4, 2014

Hi angelika.sb~

Congrats! Looking forward to meeting you.

I'm familiar with the area, and I'm from western PA; I went to college originally in Erie. Yup, it's cold! And I definitely recommend snow tires, so plan now.

As for places to live, there are always off campus housing places around a big state university. Edinboro is a pretty small town; if you wanted to you could also live in Erie, which is about 30 minutes away, depending on which part. The clinical sites, from what I understand, are both in Erie, and in Meadville, which is 30 minutes SOUTH of Edinboro.

cttruong · Feb 5, 2014

Wow, thank god you know a lot about the area. This is going to be an entire transition for me. Need all the help I could get!

meljonumd · Feb 8, 2014

I'm starting to look for apartments now. Craigslist (my personal favorite), roommates.com and roomster.com are great places to look.

I live about an hour away, and although I *really* don't want to, I think I'm going to have to rent an apartment some where. It looks like clinicals will go from 7am-9:30pm when they start? yikes. Hopefully I'm wrong on that!

I've lived in Baltimore for about 10 years; looking at rents that are $300, when I was recently paying $1200 just makes me cry! lol

cttruong · Feb 10, 2014

Oh geez I'm not looking forward to that but it must be done! Lol do you guys have Facebook? Here's mine: https://www.facebook.com/chi.string?ref=tn_tnmn.

Rmerid · Feb 10, 2014

Hey everyone! I was accepted into Fall 2014 also..Cttruong I added u on Facebook! Hopefully we can all chat before the start of the program. I have no idea where to live and never have been to that area before. I plan to visit soon.

meljonumd · Feb 10, 2014

hi Rmerid and congrats!

Looking forward to meeting you too. Where are you coming from?

Here's my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/melanie.evans.351

I am familiar with the area, so if you have questions, ask away.

Lb1009 · Feb 24, 2014

Hey! I live on long island also, and I was accepted in december but I was waiting to hear back from the NY schools and they were so competitive! The price for edinboro looks great, although ive heard good and bad reviews. I've heard a lot of people live in erie, and some live closer to school but i dont want to pay like 10,000 a year!!

meljonumd · Feb 24, 2014

Well, the one thing I can say, Lb1009, is that I'm confident that rents are a LOT lower in this area than on Long Island!

I just rented a cottage for $300/month. If you want a studio to 1bedroom, prices range $300-$600/month. If you can find someone to rent with, you'll be able to keep your costs low; roommates can pay $300-500 or so?