<p>I believe that at least Cleveland clinic is free. It is hard to get in, but one of D’s pre-med friends got in. They accept only 32. My D. did not get in, but it was not her favorite either. Mayo used to have very significant number on full tuition scholarships. But I am not sure about this one, D. did not apply. Check them out / apply if it makes sense. Both connected to awesome clinics anyway. In addition to free tuition, applying to Cleveland Clinic is basically free so is interview, if you are applying to Case. It is just a check - you put a check that you are applying to Cleveland Clinic Med. School in addition to Case Western Med. School on application to Case and you can schedule interview at the same period as Case (D’s were 1 day appart, worked perfectly). I am sorry, I do not know much details about Mayo, I believe, Kristin has applied to Mayo, maybe some others. D. has limited herself to schools within 4 hrs to drive, that really minimized her application cost, but she had quaranteed spot, so she could afford to be choosy. For sure, in-state state schools are cheaper, but D. has decided to go to private. Best wishes!!</p>
<p>Yeah, Mayo ends up approximately free after you take into account the various types of financial aid they offer (don’t bother looking it up on their website–there’s not much information there). It goes something like this: tuition’s about $30k a year, every accepted student is guaranteed a merit scholarship of half that, bringing tuition down to about $15k. From there, most students qualify for about $7k in federal grants (no idea how that works!), bringing tuition down to about $8k. Then, they toss in a few smaller scholarships to get cost down to about $5k, and a “generous benefactor” writes a check for the remaining amount (so if they got your cost down to $5k, “generous benefactor” would donate $250k), leaving you with essentially no tuition. After all is said and done, your debt is basically determined by your cost of living in Rochester (which I characterize as a large town/small city)–generally on the order of less than $50k. </p>
<p>It’s a sweet deal, that’s for sure. Mayo Clinic is a unique (and in my opinion, incredible) place and their application process is different than other schools (they do use AMCAS, they do not have secondaries). Good luck!</p>
<p>^I just looked up the fin aid for mayo online and its nice that they give so much. I live in MN and would like to stay, but I am not sure at all if I can get into Mayo. Cleveland is pretty cool to but I would whether not live in cleveland if I had the choice lol. I already have $5k from UG that I can take with me to grad school, so if thats true kristin, I will be one happy dude if I get in. Honestly, I would take Mayo over any school, but I’ll just have to wait and see. The app at cleveland is cool too, being able to apply to case at the same time. Does mayo or cleveland give preference to instaters? I am pretty sure Mayo is private and does not care but???</p>
<p>The cost of interview season is pennies compared to med school tuition.</p>