<p>Well, I've been inspired by that other thread to think about the variety of post bacc pre-med programs out there, specifically those geared towards B.A.s with little to no science experience. </p>
<p>Looking through the programs, I notice that they expect students to pay either completely out of pocket or via student loans. The typical two years of tuition plus living expenses run well upwards of $50,000, and then you actually have to go to med school, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>I know that going into debt is part of becoming a doctor, but how much debt is too much? Is medical school worth it at all if one has to finance the full cost of a post bacc program before he or she gets there?</p>
<p>Since Bryn Mawr has a 90% acceptance rate to med school, THAT program is probably worth it. But note that you can take the premed science courses at your local public Uni a whole lot cheaper. Top grades from UC Davis (and good mcat), for example, should make you competitive.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr has a 98% acceptance rate so if you qualify and can get accepted it may be worth it. This is assuming of course that it makes financial sense to go into medicine now.</p>
<p>Money are not high on criteria list, when one think about going to medicine. There are ways to minimize cost by going to UG that gives you good Merit $$. We did not have to pay tuition in UG portion of D’s combined program becasue of Her Merit $$ and good portion of R & B was also covered by Merit $$. We do not know about cost of Med. School yet.</p>
<p>Why worry about two years of tuition? I know of several schools (admittedly some are community colleges, but still, they’ll do the job) that offer two terms of summer schools, so you could go with a program like:</p>
<p>Summer I: Gen Chem I
Summer II: Gen Chem II
Fall: Bio I, Organic Chem I, Physics I, Calc I if necessary
Spring: Bio II, Organic Chem II, Physics II, elective if necessary</p>
<p>Of course, that’s also assuming that you won’t work part-time, either.</p>