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EngineerMike
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Here is what I know (or think I do) based on a very short meeting w/Emy when I was in Mulege last week on our annual uniform buying trip for
scholarship students in Mulege.
Med school has 3 categories of cost for the purposes of this discussion.
1) Inscripcion- call it $10k/semester (all in pesos)
2) Mensualidad- tad under $40k/semester (can be paid monthly, hence the name)
3) living expenses, travel, internet & phone, clothing, rent, food, med uniforms, med materials, blah, blah, blah.
#1 & 2 are biggies, and are paid to the school, eating up about $4,000US per semester. We raised her first semester's "tuition" costs here by
Nomads. This cost level is based on Emy not receiving a scholarship for these costs. According to her, 10,000 applicants take the test, 300 seats to
fill. Of the 300, some get scholarship. She hoped to be one, but alas, it didn't happen.
After her first term or first year, not fully clear on the timeframe she envisions, she can apply to have her "contract" altered to pay what the
public scholarship students pay. Likewise, I'm not sure what the real odds of achieving this savings are ITRW. The basic formula may make sense
based on drop-out attrition opening up scholarship spots or something like that. I have an email to Emy about details for this. I'm sure she is up
to her eyeballs in details of locating housing, etc. and won't get back to me for a while. We have some time to figure out the next steps, thanks to
all who contributed.
And, THANKS!! to all who contributed. 
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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BajaBlanca
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Engineer Mike - I am confused as to why Emy cannot apply for the Mulege scholarship that you are connected with ??? Maybe it is only for
highschoolers ???
Did I understand correctly that we have paid her mensualidades and inscripcion for the whole first semester ??? So, she still needs money for rent
and food etc? Is her family able to handle all that part ???
AkMaxx - do you know the answers to the above ?
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akmaxx
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U2U for you BBlanca. Cheers.
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Thanks KP for the ongoing support....Emilia is in Guadalajara and ready to start school
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A note from La Doctora
The following is an excerpt from an email Emilia sent me. Sounds like med school in Mexico is a little more intense than being a freshman in the
states:
"I went to the university, I am a student now, I will be going monday to friday from 7a.m. to 5p.m. and saturday from 7a.m. to 1p.m.,
so Ill have a looot to do and study...
The clases are verry interesting tho, so its all good..."
Thanks for the 1000th time everybody who helped Emilia get from Mulege to medical school. It wouldn't have happened this quick without you.
Peace.
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EngineerMike
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BajaBlanca-
Thanks for the question. Emilia has been accepted for our scholarship, and we have pledges for the money from solid donantes (donors; when I say
"solid" what I mean is a sponsor who is making a commitment in the same way as a parent, i.e. "I will make this happen for as long as she will make it
happen" vs one-time or occasional donations). We are not a rich Program and we appreciate all donations, especially those that come w/commitment to
go a distance. We have some of the money in hand, & I expect to see the rest for this year within 30 days. This will provide for $600/semester
for the term of her major (5 years in this case), the same as for other Muleginos on our Program.
Our scholarship is not enough to send a kid thru college, unless the kid qualifies for other scholarships; e.g. room/board at the state's Casa de
Estudiantes in La Paz & enrollment in a public college there gets a student close enough that cost is no longer an excuse not to complete a
college degree, even w/practically nil from one's parents. Obviously w/the stratospheric cost of med-school, Emilia's trajectory is very different.
For example, while other students may work some while in college, med students (see Emy's 1st semester schedule) would have to cancel sleep to get any
paying work in and still do their primary job- study. So its a great thing that the Nomads have chipped in to make the inscripcion/mensualidad
possible for Emy's first semester. We will have to do that again near Christmas for sure, and perhaps each semester, and I have my contributions
ready.
Our Program has ~80 kids on scholarship this year, 50 in local schools receiving uniforms & school related clothes/shoes, and inscripcion (middle
& high- i.e. Secundaria & CECYT), and 30 in colleges around Mexico (mostly in La Paz & at the Tecnologico in Santa Rosalia). My wife
& I pay the costs of operating the Program, all our Scholarship related travel, and we donate for scholarships (i.e. the cooks eat here). Our
kindly sponsors provide the rest of the scholarship money. And hopefully us Nomads will provide the rest of the rest of the money to help Emy make
ends meet. "I'm all in," as they say.
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Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Donjulio
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Phenomenal work Mike.
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akmaxx
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Thank you JH. We will probably be continuing the fundraising in the future
It really depends on whether or not Emilia can secure work/study/scholarships.
I had no idea that the University of Guadalajara was such a prestigious medical school, until I looked them up online, and Emilia is lucky to be
attending. There will be fierce competition for scholarships, but I would back Emilia in any fight.
If and when the need arises for more funding to keep her dreams afloat, I will be sure to make an appeal to you on Emilia's behalf.
Dreaming of the first thing I will do when I return home to Baja,
Maxx..
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The Univ. of Gde is indeed a prestigious school. I have had several clients send their children there from the States to study at the Medical School
because it is so difficult to make the cut in the US medical schools.
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BajaBlanca
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wow !!! we put her in the Univ de Guad !!!!!
Engineer Mike - this will be my project #5612345678 but I wd like to participate more in the scholarship program ... trying to get either ongoing or
one time donors for the scholarships ... Do you have anything in writing that you send to possible donors ???
The bike and surf club members here in La Bocana wants to help out so we will hold a carwash or bake sale or second hand stuff sale and donate that
money towards Emy.
Again - akmaxx - great job in rallying everyone together and making it happen. I roomed with a med student at UCSD - never saw him except to eat. For
a whole year. But the guy aced all his tests. My roomies loved me: I worked in pizza restaurant and brought back pizza 6 nights a week. Oh to be in
college and poor  ))))))))))))))))))
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Great News Michael
Glad to hear that Emy has been accepted into your program. Great addition to your "portfolio" of students. As I've made the rounds to several Rotary
clubs up here in the US I've brought up Emy's case and have yet to get anything other than a positive response. So I envision a role for the Mulege
Rotary if it is needed. I would, of course, need to pitch it to the membership and call for a vote, but with Emy's cousin being a Rotarian, I think
the two of us can present a compelling case.
So, lets the three of us meet in Oct., as previously planned, and we'll figure out what the number should be.
Great job.
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akmaxx
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La Doctora in School....Check out all the skulls
Hope this pictures works. Emilia with all her colleagues and skulls. She looks very happy.
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Thanks for sharing and all the work you personally provided. I am sure I speak for all that we are very glad to be able to help Emilia.
Planting seeds for Mexico's future...
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Thanks for the picture!
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great to see a picture of our future doctor !! Because of this, I was inspired to start a college scholarship fund for the LA BOCANA surf and bike
club members ... we have one going off to college when he finishes cecyte (high school) !! Seeing that Mike made it happen gave me the inspiration
to make it happen for the club kids ...
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EngineerMike
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Mulege Scholarship Program
Blanca- Thanks for the compliment, but we (EngineerAnnie & I) didn't start the Program in Mulege. That honor and distinction goes to Judy Tussy
of Rio Vista, CA. Judy started teaching English in the primary at Loma Azul. At some point, she noticed that two of her best students wouldn't be
attending 7th grade as the familia couldn't afford uniforms. Along w/a friend, she started the Scholarship Program that year w/3 kids (1987). I
didn't come along till the late '90's as a sponsor. Then when the Tussy's needed some help my wife & I hopped on board to help w/administration.
Judy & her husband Hank should be in Mulege by now, in the Oasis Rio Baja park on the south side of the river just past the big bridge, next
development east of the Orchard. If anybody wants to stop by and say hola, feel free- house #M-3 right by the park Office. I received the sad news
the Tussy's will list their house for sale at the end of this trip after many decades, oodles of fishing, fish fries, Pig Roasts at the Serenidad,
etc. They will continue to visit from time to time, but w/their long and many contributions to the well being of one of Baja's remote &
impecunious towns, this feels like the passing of an era. This thread is a great place to say thanks a million to a pair of originals (did I mention
Hank did 5 landings at Normandie on D-Day driving landing crafts w/loads of G.I.'s?) for all they've done to further education for those who couldn't
afford it otherwise. They have been a blessing to the 55 college graduates from our Program so far, and the families those kids support, and 100 more
that might not have finished high school.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Letter from El Medico:
This in from Emilia tonight, which I'm sure goes out to all her supporters-
How are you? I hope everything is going well lately.
This month I have so much to tell you about school! first it is the best thing that ever happened to me, second- I didn't know I could be sleepless
for so long!
The first week went by very lightly, some homework, a lot of reading, going to the lab one day and studying about bones, and muscles, ant tissues.
this last week was my first exam week, and it was exhausting. I had an exam on every class that I take but the hardest ones where Anatomy and
Histology. We were all studying so hard that we hardly sleep, the classroom smelled like coffee all day and we were reading and talking every subject
when ever we had the chance.
Now most of the professors are very nice and good, but there is one who is not exactly the favorite, not even the rest of the school workers like him,
still he said he really liked working with my classroom because we were always worried about learning more. later that week we had a disagreement with
him and we are not his favorite class anymore, it doesn't matter we still study as hard and wish he will understand that we are there for the same
reason as him learning. another difficult teacher is the anatomy one, he is not mean but he is very clear on everything and he is respected
everywhere, he is writing a book about anatomy (I have read a part and it is really good), he studied to be a M.D. and to be dentist, and went L.A.
California to specialize in surgery, he is a brilliant professor.
so this week was exhausting but totally worth. I had the best grades on anatomy (A) of my class and did better that I thought in most classes, I have
a great feeling about how much I'm learning and what kind of doctor I'm becoming.
Not everything is beautiful and not every one really loves it, and its hard when you have to face it, the only way to go hardly eating, hardly
sleeping to school is if when you get to the class you forget all that and give your best, when you know that you love so much what you are doing and
that you wouldn't be doing anything else if you could. When we started the semester we where 34 for in my class, after some weeks we are only 30, 4
left and it feels sad when you see them leaving. the first one was a boy, no one really got to know him because he left the first week, the second one
was a girl, really smart and nice, she wanted to be a psychiatrist, she said that it wasn't for her and she had to find her real inspiration somewhere
else, the 3th one was a real shame, everybody liked her, very nice and very smart, but she said wanted to look good all the time and that not sleeping
made her look bad, so she left, the 4th one left for the same reason, and because she said she couldn't handle to work so much and feel like learning
so little.
This sure is not an easy profession, you will not see your friend or family a lot of times, you may miss their birthday, and holidays but is not only
at school, that's forever, and that's because someone, somewhere needs you more than them.
I feel very good studying and I feel very interested in research. Thank you very much for all that you have done for me, I keep you in my heart all
the time, and I promised I will work very hard everyday, and I will make you proud. Sincerely, Emilia.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
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That is one great kid. I am so thankful that I could help her a little.
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What an inspiration!
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December missive from Emilia:
how are you now days? I guess really Happy, now is time to be home for the Holidays! I cant wait to be in mine sharing good times with my love ones.
So, we have come to the end of the semester! it is incredible! this sure is the best experience of my life.
I read about 4000 book pages, many articles, wrote about leukemia, learn all the 206 bones, 501 muscles (according to S.) the respiratory system, the
circulatory system, the urinary system, and many other systems. all about tissues, THERE ARE MANY! psychology, sociology, public health. what
happens with a baby day to day, week to week until the baby is born, and so on and on...
anyway that's only a part of all that I learn in some months, many incredible things of the human body, we are so complex and so perfect and beautiful
inside, all at the same time!
and I want to tell you how thankful I am and how much I appreciate that you have made possible for me to see and learn this. thank you you are
amazing!
I'm in Guadalajara as I write this, but I will be home in Mulege the 23th, I cant wait to hug everybody again!
All went well, my classes were difficult and there were some very good students in my class, one of them was doing the first semester of medicine for
the 3th time! he was good!
anyway I manege to be top 3 of my class, and my goal is to be top one next semester, I'm sure giving the best of me.
I hope you have a great Holiday, I'm sending you my best wishes! a big hug, and thanks with all of my heart!
sincerely,
Emilia.
"everything happens for a reason"...
""even when we are not wise enough to see it.""
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
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