Paying For College

<p>I'm a Pre-Med student and I completed my second year this past spring. I went to a state school for the first two years but I'm transferring to a more prestigious private school this fall in the hopes to better my chances of getting into a good medical school. My family doesn't make a lot of money so I did receive a substantial amount in grants as well as a pretty big scholarship but I still need to come up with around twelve thousand dollars out of pocket. I've looked into several private loans but I was told that I will need a cosigner in order to receive anything from them, this wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that I don't have anybody that can do this for me (my parents don't have the best credit). After realizing how hard it is going to be to pay for my undergraduate studies alone how am I going to be able to pay for med school? I got to thinking that maybe I shouldn't even bother going to school, it seems like the world just doesn't want people like me to become doctors. All of my life I have wanted to be a surgeon and I have done everything I can think of to get to where I am but nothing works. I think I'm just going to give up and find a decent paying job so I will never have to worry about paying for college again. I mean it's not even worth worrying about money anymore.</p>

<p>So, you went to a state school, where I’m assuming it was affordable considering you stayed there for two years, to a more prestigious university that you can’t afford? Also, just because you go to a more prestigious university does not mean you will automatically better your chances of getting into medical school. So, you no longer want to go to medical school because of the cost?</p>

<p>It sounds to me like you should have stayed at the state school you were at. School prestige will not necessarily improve your chances of getting into medical school. $12K is a lot to have to pay out of pocket.</p>

<p>You sound very overdramatic. As if no one has ever been in your shoes before. If everyone thought the way you do, we would have no doctors.</p>

<p>Lots of people go to school part-time and work full-time, or attend schools they can afford more easily. Does the school you were attending have grads who went on to med school? If so, then it sounds like you let so called “prestige” influence you without thinking clearly. Is it too late to re-enroll in your old school? Was that affordable for you? At this point, you may have to take a year off, and then re-apply to your old school, and hope to get whatever financial deal you had previously.</p>