200k in Debt for Pharmacy?

neuchimie
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:39:13 +0000

I already said that you don’t pay tuition when on coop, so it is NOT multiplied by five. And cost of attendance usually does include health insurance because it’s required by the state (although nearly EVERYONE stays on their parents plan since you can now till 26). PharmD students do two or three coops, which takes off a chunk of tuition and fees.

Now subtract the fact that competitive students get anywhere from 5k to 10k per semester in dean’s scholarship.

I’m sorry if it sounds like we’re fighting with you, but you’re blowing it out of proportion. Many many students do it and handle the debt perfectly fine. It’s actually not that much more than normal 5 year students, and considering the degree you graduate with- it’s a lot less. Grad programs now can be 40k a year for two years just to get a masters.

I can promise you that people do NOT graduate with 300k loans. When that girl a while back graduated with 200k, it shocked and appalled everyone (and she was kind of an idiot).