I love the idea of a blog! Does anyone know what kind of proof of insurance is needed? An insurance card copy sent via fax? To whom?

Questions about getting ready for school

There is so much to do before for school!

I found out that we don't need to prove that we have health insurance for spring semester, because we are registered for less than 4.5 credit hours.

However, I spoke with a lady from the health insurance office (#422-7737), and she told me that we do need to provide proof of health insurance for summer ASAP (through Route Y); otherwise you have to go in personally to get that cleared up.

For those of you without a sabbatical, what are you doing for insurance in the fall? I see our options as follows:
1) BYU health insurance
2) CHIP
3) PCN
4) Medicaid
Does anybody have any suggestions for health insurance?

We're also looking to get a loan through Jordan Credit Union. What else is out there? Does anyone else know of a bank with a good interest rate?

Call me (801-563-9876) or post a blog here!

Thanks,
Tim

From Carolyn B.

What a great idea, Tim. We need a way to communicate easily and this is just the ticket. I'm excited to get going. I have purchased all my books, got a fair price, but in talking to Jennifer Fisher, she is the expert. She got a great deal on all her books. I got all three "optional" books so if anyone wants to borrow them, feel free. Thanks again Tim!

Blog #1

Welcome to the official (?) BYU LPP blog for cohort #22! 22 people in the 22nd cohort --- there must be some destiny involved. Anyway, as we are about to start this intense journey together, I thought it would be a great idea for all of us to have the opportunity to have a common cyber-meeting space, namely, this blog! I would like all of us to consider this blog OURS, and feel free to post as often as we'd like. Here we can post news, suggestions, frustrations, tips, ideas, updates, homework help, reminders, carpooling info, announcements, or whatever else deals with our program.

I would like to suggest a few guidelines/rules for this blog:
(1) You must include your name whenever you create a posting.
(2) No fair editing what someone else has posted.
(3) Keep it clean, fun, and friendly. :)

Have you bought your textbooks yet? I found the following sites to be very useful: Half, AbeBooks, Amazon, and BigWords. I bought all my books online this time, and I felt that I got pretty good prices. Have any of you bought your textbooks at the BYU Bookstore, and if so, are their price competitive?

To those of you who live north of Utah Valley: Would any of you be interested in carpooling? Let's do it and save some money.

I am so excited to get to know all of you better. I had a wonderful time at our orientation dinner, and look forward to working with all of you! I also look forward to reading your posts. Start posting!

- Tim Brooks