The Stanford Daily: No Change in Store for Med School Aid

Paying for College
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<p>Changes are afoot for Stanford’s rival medical schools. In March, the Dean of Harvard Medical School announced that the school will no longer require a family contribution from students whose parents earn less than $120,000 per year. Three weeks later, the Yale School of Medicine announced that it would eliminate the required family contribution for households earning less than $100,000 annually. The changes for both schools will begin next year. </p>

<p>To view entire article: [No</a> change in store for med school aid - The Stanford Daily Online](<a href=“http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2008/5/5/noChangeInStoreForMedSchoolAid]No”>http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2008/5/5/noChangeInStoreForMedSchoolAid)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link, I hadn’t heard the news about H & Y, it’s encouraging, if you can get in that is :)</p>

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<p>I sure hope Brown (Warren Alpert Medical School) follows, even if on a smaller scale.</p>

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<p>Parents are on the hook until their kids are 30?? That is ridiculous!</p>

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<p>I wasn’t aware the med schools even offered these financial aids? Is it only Harvard and Yale at this point?</p>

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<p>Even most state schools consider parent’s income for everything beyond basic aid (like Pell grants - which are hardly going to pay for medical school) </p>

<p>In this table:
[FAGuide</a> 2007-08](<a href=“http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/stuaff/stuinfo/0203/FAGuide_0506_Fapgmtbl.htm]FAGuide”>http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/stuaff/stuinfo/0203/FAGuide_0506_Fapgmtbl.htm)
UT Southwestern Med School (in Dallas) lists money available. All those with the little pound sign after them require parent’s data on the FAFSA.</p>