First UCF medical school class may get free tuition, living expenses

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<p>I posted this in the Med School forum but thought some parents might also be interested..</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-bk-ucf-061207,0,5511993.story%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-bk-ucf-061207,0,5511993.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Contributions from two prominent Orlando-area businesses are kick-starting a campaign to raise $6.4 million to provide free tuition and living expenses for the first class of 40 students at the University of Central Florida's developing medical school, the school announced today.</p>

<p>Deborah German, dean of UCF's College of Medicine, said the grants would allow the school to compete with already accredited medical schools in Florida and across the country for the best students.</p>

<p>UCF's medical school is hoping to win provisional accreditation in the spring to keep on a timeline that would allow it to begin classes in fall 2009.</p>

<p>Stepping up as the first donors to the campaign are the Tavistock Group, a major developer, and Dean Mead, a business law group. Each will fund grants for one student, and Dean Mead will make additional contributions to endow a scholarship.</p>

<p>Tavistock Group is a major benefactor of the college, having donated the land in Lake Nona on which the college's $68 million stand-alone building will be constructed, as well as $12.5 million toward construction costs.</p>

<p>The annual cost of attending UCF's medical school for each student is estimated at $40,000. Of that figure, $20,000 is for tuition, with the rest for expenses such as rent.

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<p>Can you imagine graduating from med school debt free? That should bring a few best students out for a serious look-see.</p>

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<p>several med schools offer the same thing... u just got to do ur research. i plan to go undergrad and med school - w/o paying a dime.</p>

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<p>Oh good! Name some names, so we can all share in this information.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/honor_scholar.php-%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/honor_scholar.php-&lt;/a> Vanderbilt </p>

<p><a href="http://wusmfinaid.wustl.edu/admissions/faweb.nsf/WV/A04A37ECB49E50A68625727C00806BB3?OpenDocument%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://wusmfinaid.wustl.edu/admissions/faweb.nsf/WV/A04A37ECB49E50A68625727C00806BB3?OpenDocument&lt;/a>
WUSTL </p>

<p>are just two that i found in 3 seconds off of google.</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt cite didn't work</p>

<p>wustl is a competitive scholarship.</p>

<p>That's a completely different thing than every student getting the freebies.</p>

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<p><a href="http://hsc.utoledo.edu/med/scholarships.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://hsc.utoledo.edu/med/scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>also the medical university of ohio-presidential scholarship</p>

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<p>well... nothing is free in life... i guess sometimes u have to compete</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/finaid_for_med.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/finaid_for_med.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>So true--in this case of UCF, the competition would come at trying to get accepted into the med school.</p>

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<p>go there and click honor scholarships on the left hand side underneath medical students (highlighted in green)</p>

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<p>UCF: Not a bad idea at all. It will get more undergrads to take a serious look. and probably result in the school being more competitive sooner. What a great opportunity for students.</p>

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<p>Which means that the scholarships will only be around for a little while...</p>

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<p>as long as such a thing as "double minority" in science and medicine exists.... i will always find a scholarship.</p>

<p>by the ways.. the medical college of georgia isn't too expensive.</p>