For medicine, is there really a need to attend a private university for all four years?

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<p>OP, Some CCers who know more about this than me discussed the FA aspect of attending a med school not long ago:</p>

<p><a href=“Any "Full Ride" Scholarships for Graduate (Medical) Schools? - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1351849-any-full-ride-scholarships-for-graduate-medical-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also this pdf file details how FA works at HMS. See the link below.</p>

<p>I did not read it in details myself. But I noticed this number $28300. So my previous estimate, about $100’000, is not off by a lot:</p>

<p>Unit Loan is fixed at $28,300 (will remain $28,300 each year at HMS)</p>

<p><a href=“http://hms.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/assets/Sites/Financial_Aid/files/Revisit%202013.pdf”>http://hms.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/assets/Sites/Financial_Aid/files/Revisit%202013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For example, posted by Kat:</p>

<p>"Harvard Medical school’s financial aid is need-based only. Depending on your FAFSA EFC and the info provided on the Need Access form Harvard’s package could be much better than a med school that does not meet need. Harvard uses a basic unit loan package and then awards institutional funds for the remaining unmet need. Info includes student, parent(s) and possible spouse’s financial info.</p>

<p>Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Columbia, Yale and Harvard all use the unit loan policy. Compare vs say Temple where COA is $75K per year and all loans. They do offer some merit scholie’s but no where near what Harvard will offer those with low EFCs."</p>