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ieleiat_hogwarts_edu t1_j9rg92c wrote

Congratulations on being admitted to both schools! A lot of people have already recommended things to think about (cost, cultural fit, academic experience). It’s important to think about what’s most important to you in your college experience. Is location more important than what the dorms are like? What classroom experience are you looking for? Once you answer those types of questions for yourself, it may be more clear which school is better for you. If you haven’t already and have the ability to visit both schools, that can be another way to learn more (and if not in person, some schools offer virtual tours or information sessions). Good luck!

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Nasboy t1_j9rdv2n wrote

I was thinking about doing this last year but decided not to go that out if state route. But if you have a dealer that is willing and friendly enough you can purchase the car and get the bill of sale (don't have the car registered/titled in the purchase state) that will have the VIN (needed to get auto insurance) and proof that you own the car. One you have insurance you can go to the RMV and regisure the car and get your plates.

Something to keep in mind is if the state that you are buying from does not do temp plates you definitely don't what the car registered out of state because they will want to collect taxes, then when you want to register it in MA they are also going to want to tax you since it was purchased within 6 months (pretty sure it's 6 months)

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stack996 t1_j9rd5eu wrote

I bought a car from a dealership in Florida, drove up with a temporary FL tag. My MA registration came in the mail about 3 weeks after that, but I had to get another temporary tag from the dealership. The dealership was very on top of it though and they one-day shipped my new registration

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therailmaster t1_j9rcdvb wrote

*Breaking News!* Mass. GOP now just as corrupt as... the rest of the country's GOP!

I *almost* feel bad that Baker the Faker was driven out of office by the Center-Right-turned-Hard-Right faction of the GOP that has apparently made its way north of the Mason-Dixon Line and taken over the state's once more principled secondary party. Somebody please remind all the knuckle-draggers in South-Norfolk and North-Essex Counties that they're free at any time to move to Alabama or Mississippi or Kansas or another of those other fine functioning Red State utopias.

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SpindriftRascal t1_j9rc8ww wrote

It is impossible to register a car in MA without first having insurance. The RMV-1 form requires proof of insurance before it is complete.

(In the old days, that proof was an actual ink stamp attested by the insurance agent. If you hear the phrase “insurance stamp,” that’s what they mean: proof of insurance. It’s mostly electronic now.)

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Anustart15 t1_j9ra8ni wrote

Sure. And if they are renting a place for $5 and it's suddenly worth $5 million, the landlord will do that, but how often is a landlord accidentally under pricing their rental by $600? It's not like units are jumping 30% year over year. If a landlord is willing to kick someone out to charge higher rent, they were already boosting the rent as much as they could get away with each year, so they aren't going to need to do those huge jumps in the first place

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