<p>My parents paid for undergrad and I expect the same for grad school. I did some work-study to make some money but it was for my personal use. FYI, I’m really immature and dependent.</p>
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You’re right, but PhD programs are still very selective. MD programs are also extremely selective, and the norm seems to be applying to about 15-18 schools, getting called for interviews at maybe 6, and getting accepted to like 4. I’m talking about the average applicant, not the average CC applicant. And all of that is pretty expensive.
Do they know this though?</p>
<p>My parents paid for undergrad and even offered to pay off my student loans, so I definitely would not ask for them to pay for graduate school. When I was considering med school I assumed I’d pay it all myself, but now that I switched into science Ph.D, money won’t be an issue.</p>
<p>My parents might help with GRE prep and exam, and maybe a bit with application costs, but I imagine that’ll be the end of the line for me. Maybe if they’re super generous they’ll keep me on their family cell phone plan :)</p>
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<p>None of my friends that applied for PhD programs along with myself applied to more than eight schools. I applied to seven and got into four of them. A number of my friends only applied to 4-5 schools.</p>
<p>:On this website, I’ve noticed a lot of people suggest that it makes sense to go to a cheaper undergrad to save money for grad school. I don’t know about you, but there’s no way my parents would allow me to leech off of them in my mid-twenties (nor would I want to). They’re chipping in for college, but if I decided to go to any type of grad school, obviously it’s expected I would pay for it. So a cheaper undergrad wouldn’t mean more money for grad school; it would just mean my parents spend less on college; anything after that I’m expected to pay for and I’m guessing it’s this way for most people.</p>
<p>For those who are planning to attend grad, med, law, vet, pharm, dental, or any type of post-college education, are you going to ask your parents to chip in?"</p>
<p>I bet a lot of the people who say they are saving money for grad school either have parents who will contribute to grad school and they are saving their money, or their parent aren’t contributing to undergrad either.</p>
<p>Yeah, it makes sense for people who are expecting parents to pay for grad school or who have to pay for undergrad themselves. Minimizing loans is also important if you’re planning on grad school, I guess.</p>
<p>PhD programs aren’t really the expensive ones, but MD programs definitely are. I don’t really know about other professional programs, like Law or Dental school so I won’t ask about those. But for those who are applying to MD programs, how did you pay for it all? The AMCAS applications, then secondary apps, then interviews…although personally I wouldn’t apply to places on the other side of the country anyway, since I’m not planning to relocate to Nebraska anytime soon. </p>
<p>for PhD programs, I understand they cover travel expenses for interviews and even overnight stays.</p>