<p>I realize the topic of this thread may not be wholly applicable to "Pre-Med Topics", but I'm wondering if there are any merit scholarships availible for people going into med school. I'm not tlaking about school-specific, but just general scholarships. I know they have some out there that give it to research students in the form of stipends ,but I havn'et seen any for just regular entering medical school students. Anyone know?</p>
<p>Not much out there if you're not a URM. You're pretty much dependent on what the med school offers, which is why everyone graduates with $80-150,000 worth of debt in general.</p>
<p>Non school specific scholarships are next to nil. Debt is inescapable. Even the people in my class who have won scholarships for full tuition have to take out loans for living expenses - and yes, taking out $1500 a month beats taking that out plus 20k for tuition and fees, but they are still taking on debt...</p>
<p>a friend of mine at UChicago won a $160,000 scholarship (he's a white, non-legacy male, PS) but that still doesn't cover everything</p>
<p>^ do you know which scholarship?</p>
<p>If that's the same scholarship I won, that's from the school itself, in which case (obviously) it wouldn't carry over. It goes by the name of the "Dean's Promise" scholarship and you are notified of this upon your admission.</p>
<p>if your wondeirng..
ummm this was a while back, maybe in 2002-2004 range. this guy at UPitt, he got full ride for undergrad at pre-med. then, when it came time to apply to medschool, he got in at UMichigan, NO full ride. he bartered with UPitt's Med School that "look, they're letting me in and im gonna go there even if i get accepted." so kindof like bribery. apparently they really wanted him there,so he got full tuition for Med School.
yep luckyass.</p>
<p>No joke, i Know this kid and their parents. they'd never lie, trust me.
I doubt UPitt still does that though. He was probably one of their golden students, but idk bout that.</p>
<p>Sounds pretty reasonable, actually. This would be negotiated through the financial aid process, not through an official merit scholarship, most likely.</p>
<p>yep. i dont think it was really a scholarship, but hey.
he's saved probably more than 200K.</p>