To answer some questions:
First, Financial Aid. Welcome to SLU - aka debt. There is nothing you can do about the cost of tuition (we actually had the lowest rise in tuition for the upcoming year of all schools at St. Louis U), so just learn to accept the fact that you are going to accumulate debt. First years generally don't recieve scholarship money. Starting second year it supposedly starts getting a bit easier to get some more univeristy aid. You won't hear back from financial aid until sometime in April/May when they have compiled your aid package. You will get all the aid you need one way or another (aka private loans), so there is nothing to really worry about.
FREE time in St. Louis? The Budweiser brewery tour is free and you get free samples in the tasting room at the end. Or the arch is always a good option. Forest Park, home of the free St. Louis Zoo, free Art Mueseum, and free History Museum is also a good time. And there is also the ever popular free City Museum and free Science Center. Have I mentioned that this is all free?
Anatomy Books? My my... we have some overachievers. Just joking with you. You will definitely use Netters Atlas in the Gross Lab (and that copy will stay in the lab as your juicy,dirty copy). For personal studying? Most of my classmates and I used Nettters. Some of the professors preferred Grants and used it's illustrations in class (the cross-sections/surface anatomy figures in Grants sometimes appeared on the "slides" portion of our exams). An imaging atlas (X-rays, CT, MRI) is also helpful for the slides portion of the exam. A lot of my friends also bought Rohen's color atlas of anatomy - it is full of actual pictures of beautiful dissections... supposedly like what you do in lab, but unfortunately none of my classmates (nor I) are as talented as Mr. Rohen and friends. Anyways, my advice? Check out the books in a medical bookstore and compare similar pictures. Figure out which one you feel most comfortable with, and get that. Oh, and remember, that no matter what school you go to, there will likely be a book fair sometime orientation week at which you can get gently used books for a good deal cheaper than any bookstore.
My final words for now...Don't, I repeat, DON'T freak out if you don't hear anything from SLU from now until the beginning summer. Communication with incoming students is definitely not one of our greatest strengths. But please don't let that reflect on the school. (Keep in mind that SLU has a pretty large turnover rate once waitlists start moving). Once you get here, I PROMISE that everyone is more than helpful. You will be asking people to stop helping you and stop giving you information. But until then, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me or call financial aid or call admissions.
Again, Congrats and Good Luck!
First, Financial Aid. Welcome to SLU - aka debt. There is nothing you can do about the cost of tuition (we actually had the lowest rise in tuition for the upcoming year of all schools at St. Louis U), so just learn to accept the fact that you are going to accumulate debt. First years generally don't recieve scholarship money. Starting second year it supposedly starts getting a bit easier to get some more univeristy aid. You won't hear back from financial aid until sometime in April/May when they have compiled your aid package. You will get all the aid you need one way or another (aka private loans), so there is nothing to really worry about.
FREE time in St. Louis? The Budweiser brewery tour is free and you get free samples in the tasting room at the end. Or the arch is always a good option. Forest Park, home of the free St. Louis Zoo, free Art Mueseum, and free History Museum is also a good time. And there is also the ever popular free City Museum and free Science Center. Have I mentioned that this is all free?
Anatomy Books? My my... we have some overachievers. Just joking with you. You will definitely use Netters Atlas in the Gross Lab (and that copy will stay in the lab as your juicy,dirty copy). For personal studying? Most of my classmates and I used Nettters. Some of the professors preferred Grants and used it's illustrations in class (the cross-sections/surface anatomy figures in Grants sometimes appeared on the "slides" portion of our exams). An imaging atlas (X-rays, CT, MRI) is also helpful for the slides portion of the exam. A lot of my friends also bought Rohen's color atlas of anatomy - it is full of actual pictures of beautiful dissections... supposedly like what you do in lab, but unfortunately none of my classmates (nor I) are as talented as Mr. Rohen and friends. Anyways, my advice? Check out the books in a medical bookstore and compare similar pictures. Figure out which one you feel most comfortable with, and get that. Oh, and remember, that no matter what school you go to, there will likely be a book fair sometime orientation week at which you can get gently used books for a good deal cheaper than any bookstore.
My final words for now...Don't, I repeat, DON'T freak out if you don't hear anything from SLU from now until the beginning summer. Communication with incoming students is definitely not one of our greatest strengths. But please don't let that reflect on the school. (Keep in mind that SLU has a pretty large turnover rate once waitlists start moving). Once you get here, I PROMISE that everyone is more than helpful. You will be asking people to stop helping you and stop giving you information. But until then, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me or call financial aid or call admissions.
Again, Congrats and Good Luck!
