<p>I'm currently an entering freshman in college who is not in the ROTC program. I heard that the navy has a program where they pay for you to go to medical school then after you graduate you have to give back service for which they pay you. Is this a competitive program? Do you have to be in an ROTC program for college in order to qualify? After college I'm going to come out with about 180, 000 $ in debt so I really want to get into this program.</p>
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<p>One hundred eighty thousand U.S. dollars? 180,000 USD?</p>
<p>You have a much bigger problem than getting the Navy to send you to medical school. You cannot afford the college you plan to attend!</p>
<p>That kind of debt will ruin your young adulthood.</p>
<p>$180,000. </p>
<p>OMG. </p>
<p>Do you have any idea what junior military officers get paid? </p>
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<p>$180K is way too much debt for undergrad degree. You need to rethink that asap. If your financial aid office cannot help you construct a better path, you should seriously look at transfering. </p>
<p>The Navy medical school program is competitive, but a LTJG salary is not going to help you dig out of a $180K hole.</p>
<p>There are college debt calculators on various sites. You need to punch in $180K and see how much and for how long you’ll need to work to pay that off. </p>
<p>Are your parents aware of this debt load? To be frank, I’d never let my kids take on this amt of debt for an undergrad degree.</p>
<p>I think (hope) you all are misinterpreting the OP’s post. Having the Navy pay for med school is an alternative to accumulating $180K in overall debt, not something they’d have to repay. I’m assuming there would still be some debt accumulated to pay for undergrad schooling (unless the Navy plan would cover that as well) but one uses military service to “repay” the cost of med school while still drawing a normal Naval Officer’s salary. Not a bad deal at all if they can get accepted.</p>
<p>If I’m misreading it and the OP is planning on accumulating $180K in undergrad debt before entering med school…then the other posters are absolutely correct. You cannot afford it, regardless of what happens with the Navy paying for med school. Consider applying for Naval ROTC scholarships as a possibility to reduce undergrad costs.</p>