Any "Full Ride" Scholarships for Graduate (Medical) Schools?

Paying for College
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<p>Wrong! </p>

<p>First, there is very, very little merit aid available for medical school. (And none at all at the med schools you’ve mentioned.) </p>

<p>And what merit aid that is awarded looks are many factors besides your undergrad grades. (MCAT scores, research publications, ECs, national awards & recognitions, minority status are among the things that get considered.)</p>

<p>Many scholarships awarded at the school level have very specific requirements (ex. third year medical student interested in women’s health issues who plans to work in rural county Z after graduation.) And these scholarships are good for only 1 year and are typically for a small amount–a few thousand dollars at most.</p>

<p>There is very, very little need-based grant aid for med school. There are approx 5 or 6 US medical schools that give large need-based grants to students–and the student gets grants only after a family contribution has been paid and the student has taken out X amount of baseline loans each year.</p>

<p>Private medical schools will require your parental financial information and calculate a family contribution–even if your parent aren’t going to contribute to your med school education and even if you’ve been out of the house and living independently after your undergrad. Depending upon the school, this info may be required for students as old as 35 when first matriculating. If you’re married, med schools will ask for both spousal financial info AND parental financial info. </p>

<p>Public medical schools will ask for family financial info if you apply for a scholarship and most public med schools will consider the family’s ability to pay when awarding even small scholarships. </p>

<p>Most med students finance their education through federal loans.</p>

<p>Excessive debt is a serious problem for new physicians and it’s an issue of concern for AMCAS, the AMA and other physician advocacy organizations.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/152968/data/debtfactcard.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/152968/data/debtfactcard.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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