<p>ive been at a community college for about two years now and i have a 3.8 gpa. I am looking to transfer to a four year university and major in classics as pre med, but my family does not have that much saved away for my education. I understand that becoming a doctor is about having a passion for medicine and not money, because money is just a symbol of wealth and not a form of it. In highschool i graduated with a 1.8 gpa, and my consulars didn't really care about the education just that i graduated( although i realize at the time i was an unmotivated student). As a student with honors it seems that the universities just want me to take out a loan and work it off for the rest of my life. Does anyone have any thoughts on this</p>
<p>What are your alternatives to college? Military service? Trade school? Apprenticeship? Professional skateboarder? </p>
<p>I’ve read your post twice and don’t see the question here. </p>
<p>Is it worth it? More than anybody else on the planet, you are in control of the answer to that question. </p>
<p>Own your life.</p>
<p>im sorry other than medicine engineering or physical science is college worth paying for? i dont think it is if you can disprove me the information would be useful</p>
<p>Sorry. I’m not interested in a generic conversation about the value of a college degree. This a pre-med forum. For pre-meds and aspiring pre-meds, or pre-meds to be, or people at least considering medicine. You’ve got to go to college to go to med school so that’s a “value”, right there. </p>
<p>If you have a question about pre-med matters, we’ll be happy to help.</p>
<p>Current USDoL stats:
Unemployment rate for people over 25 with a college degree: < 5%
Unemployment rate for people over 25 without a degree: > 12%</p>
<p>If you are not interested in $$ and prestige, there are programs out there that will contract your services as a physician and pay off your student debt.</p>
<p>alright fine ill ask the question like a pre med student. How can i go to med school without being a debt slave? ( i do not have college money)</p>
<p>12 percent and 5 percent isnt that wide a gap… and the unemployment numbers are much much higher then most are led to believe</p>
<p>Ahah!! Well, you’ve already saved money going to CC. </p>
<p>To start…</p>
<p>Check out college scholarships specifically for junior college students going on to 4 year schools. There are some.</p>
<p>Did you get selected to that community college honor society? There are a few scholarships associated with that. </p>
<p>What state is your residency? Are you considered a URM? Any other distinguishing charectoristics? First gen?</p>
<p>Let’s look for merit aid and low net cost schools. What is your family’s efc both institutional and fafsa?</p>
<p>If low enough, we should be looking for “meet full-need” schools.</p>
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Again, ho-hum. Not interested. Are you a statistic or an individual capable of independent thought and action?</p>
<p>yea i got accepted to phi the kappa if i got to college it will be the university of illinois at chicago at thats less expensive then most other universities in the state. What concerns me most is (1 what if i dont get into med school what do i do with a degree in classics. (2 if accepted how to i pay for it. (3 if i borrow money from the government the ammount i owe is likely to increase because this country is broke.</p>
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<p>I suggest you take an economics class. You will learn that markets are made on the margins. 7% of “slack” in a segment of the workforce is huge. However, there are some who believe that when you get under 5%, you are very close to “full employment” (since the residual is either in transit or not really serious). Anything above 18% would be considered by many economist as a full blown depression. </p>
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<p>Conspiracy theories?
I’m outta here :eek:</p>
<p>1) Beyond the scope of this forum.
2) Loans will be available in your name.
3) Yup. That’s the way interest works. </p>
<p>And this country has been broke for years. 
It’s all smoke and mirrors, but that’s also beyond the scope of this forum.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about not getting into med school, then major in something that will lead to another career. </p>
<p>Can you commute to this university? If not, then you may not be able to borrow enough to afford the costs. You can’t borrow much without qualified co-signers.</p>
<p>What have been your grades in:</p>
<p>Bio I
Bio II
Gen Chem I
Gen Chem II
Ochem I
Ochem II
Physics I
Physics II
Calculus</p>
<p>(and did you take the sciences for majors?)</p>
<p>Marry rich and live happily ever after if money is the center thing.<br>
In regard to going to Med. School without having loans, most cannot accomplish that. However, there is good number (and growing) of some families that pay for Med. School. Many of these students choose to go to UG for free (Merit awards), while they could have chosen to go to very top colleges and pay full tuition. This route is not applicable to you, as you have been to CC already. I do not know any other means, but somebody else here might have different experiences that are more applicable to your situation. There are Merit awards at Med. School, but there are very few of them. You got to be beyond perfect GPA, incredible MCAT score and all other stuff to receive Merit at Med. School. For once, there are PhD’s from Harvard, lawyers and others with advanced degrees and various valuable experiences that are in front of everybody else to receive Merit awards at Med. School as school definitely wants to have these people as students.<br>
On the other hand, if you take loans, you will be just like vast majority of MDs. So, just join the crowd and do not worry about it.</p>