Miami Dade Medical Center Campus

Melissa7611 · Oct 13, 2008

Hi Vondutches! Congrats on getting accepted to the accelerated program!!! I going to begin the Generic program in January 09. As far as the school goes....well....what can i say? It's not the most beautiful

campus to be honest, and it's not in a great area. Jackson memorial hospital is literally right across the street along with UM's Miller School of Medicine (so it can't be that bad huh, right?) Needless to say. I am in Palm Beach county and i am going have to move down there just like you. Otherwise it would take me 1:30 minutes one way everyday to get there. Yes...u need a car. You could use the bus..but i wouldnt ride on those even if you paid me. I don't want to scare you. It's not that bad...but it is a really really good school and the program is supposedly awesome (or so i am told) and hard to get into. So it's gotta be good right? I know someone in the program right now and they said it's alot of work..so i guess we have to prepare ourselves. Especially you. I am doing it in 4 semesters, i can't imagine you doing it in 3!

I have really nice and generous parents who are going to buy a condo or townhome for me to live in while i am attending the program! (i got lucky with that!) So i am working on that right now. When u begin your search i would look mostly in broward county, concentrating mainly on southern broward county.

I wouldn't live anywhere near that school. I would not feel safe. When you start looking, i would look for these cities: Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale,Dania Beach..it's not too bad of a drive. Hallandale is right on the border of Broward-Miami Dade county. You could aso try Aventura. It's in North Miami. Nice city but really expensive.

If you'd like you can send me a private message and maybe i can give you some more info or maybe my # so i can tell u more. You are moving from far, so i can understand all the concerns you have. I am only going to move 80 miles away and i am freaking out! Times running out!

Hope this helps!

Teech2Nurse · Dec 14, 2008

Hello to both of you...

I am a resident of Miami and can tell you both that the Campus and surrounding areas are not that "great"...try looking into the Hallendale area...or if you would like to be closer to Miami, look into Kendall, and/or Coral Gables. They are both really nice areas.

I teach high school (since 2002) and have lived in Kendall since 1992. My husband is a police in the area and we both agree that we will be able to raise our kids here... GRANTED its not Princeton NJ (my sis lives there) but its nice for Miami standards...

Check out the following zip codes when looking for homes...33196, 33186, 33193, 33183, 33184 (some areas), 33175, 33134, 33146, ...these are some nice areas according to my hubby...

You do not have to take classes at the Medical Campus...MDC offers classes at local hospitals (Baptist, South Miami, Jackson)--they are actually better because most are taught by Doctors and have access to better and more accessible labs. (JUST AN IDEA)...

hope this helps.

teech2nurse:clown:

ymarti · Dec 16, 2008

I'm currently in the program and live in Kendall (33183 to be exact), so I would definitely recommend it as a place to live. It's a lot nicer than the area around the school and the drive isn't so bad. It takes me 45 minutes to get there in the morning. I know quite a few people in the program who live in the areas already mentioned. You could also look at studios in the areas of Westchester, Sweetwater, and Doral which are also located in Miami.