<p>What graduate schools give you the greatest amount of financial aid? Also are those schools any good? Can someone get full tuition aid? I heard that someone who went to University of Texas Medical School got a full ride. Please advise.</p>
<p>Many medical schools give a combination of financial aid and merit scholarships; many such packages turn out to be quite attractive.</p>
<p>could you possibly name a few?</p>
<p>The vast majority, if not all, of medical schools offer both merit scholarships and financial aid.</p>
<p>Let's put it this way. The federal government, the schools, and private lenders will give you enough money to finance your education and live (fairly) comfortably during your years of medical school. You'd like to think that you're too "valuable" to society, but more accurately, it's almost a lock that you'll be able to pay everything back when you finish. Thus you're a good investment. I've never heard of any one not getting approved for a loan for medical school. Yeah it sucks having so much debt, but (as we're so commonly told) it's "good" debt.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike- do med schools only offer merit aid through their MD/Ph.D programs or do they also offer merit money (such as full rides) through their MD program?</p>
<p>could you also possibly give a link to a list of schools that offer merit aid? thanks for the help</p>
<p>I must not be communicating clearly.</p>
<p>Schools offer merit aid to medical students, even MD only. This list almost certainly includes the vast majority of medical schools - in fact, I've never heard of a school that did not offer at least some full-ride merit scholarships. One school (Mayo) will offer such a scholarship to every single student it admits.</p>
<p>Keep in mind though that you are competing against medical students for these scholarships and that limited funds at most schools mean that you have to be just outstanding to earn and keep scholarships.</p>
<p>I received a 1 year $2500 scholarship for my first year. I have a friend who got a full ride for his first year (he had a 3.9 GPA and 37 MCAT - the 'ship was limited to only in-state residents). In order to keep it though he has to end the year in the top 10% of the class. And while obviously some people have to end up there, he wants to have a life, and basically he knows already that he won't get a renewal.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that if you want to go into certain primary care fields (Medicine, OB/GYN, Family Practice, peds - some programs include general surgery or pysch) and committ to practicing in designated underserved area (95% of the time it's a rural community) then you can have your loans forgiven and graduate med school debt free, or with significantly lower amounts. Most programs ask you to commit for the same number of years as you wished tuition to be paid for...ie if you commit to the program during the M1 year, then you'll spend 4 years in the rural setting and have absolutely no debt - they'll pay for everything. If you commit during the 2nd year, then you have a 3 year commitment, and you have 1 year of loans to pay on your own.
Most don't allow you to commit after the third year. There are extremely steep penalties if you do not go on to practice in the rural community for your set time period. And obviously, it's hard to know as an M1 what you really want to practice for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>What's the Mayo school? Also does anyone know if Univeristy of Texas has a pretty good financial aid offer?</p>
<p>Mayo school is the medical school associated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN.</p>
<p>And you're thinking about med school admissions too much like undergrad admissions - they are not the same. Given that most people are only accepted to one medical school, the choice is made for them. You must face the fact that you will be taking out loans, and taking them out in massive quantities, there is no other way around this. Worry first about getting accepted to any medical school, then about getting accepted to multiple medical schools, and then about which is going to give you the better aid package. Going out of this order is putting the cart before the horse.</p>