<p>i heard of a person who got a full ride scholarship to stanford medschool? is this possible? i didn't know stanford gave merit scholarships? if so what other schools do this and what would be typical qualifications?</p>
<p>bump bump anyone??</p>
<p>no one knows anything about this?</p>
<p>the pbs documentary "becoming american" jean tang, a student at stanford, who received a full ride at stanford med school..</p>
<p>look at page 22</p>
<p>interesting...yeah...anybody know someone persoanlly who got a scholarship liek this?</p>
<p>no, sorry.</p>
<p>From my limited knowledge, RARELY do people recieve merit scholarships, especially full ones, from med schools. The scholarships are primarily based on a HIGH MCAT score (36+) in addition to being a competitive applicant. The only schools that I've known to give these prized scholarships are Baylor College of Med, Wake Forest, U of Pitt, Mayo, and (I believe) Case Western Reserve. </p>
<p>The higher the ranking, the rarer the med school will give scholarships. But, considering how competitive an applicant must be to have at MOST a shot, I consider it very hard to get a scholarship anyways. One must have a gpa close to 4.00, great LOR's, great ec's, and an MCAT score of around 40 to have a good CHANCE of getting one. It's hard enough to get accepted to med schools in the first place. Although I'm still in high school, I've researched my facts, and this is truly the type of applicant who recieve these scholarships. </p>
<p>Of course, there's always outside sources for scholarships, especially for disadvantaged urm's.</p>
<p>There is some kind of program if you agree to work in a medically underserved area. My co-worker's daughter has applied twice. Ea time she gets as far as the interview. Waiting on results for this yr. She just finished her 1st yr of Med school. I think it is 1 yr of tuition for 2 yrs of working in an area. There are lots of areas that are medically underserved. I hope it works for her this year. She has had to borrow 50K ea yr, her school is in a place with a low cost of living..</p>
<p>MSTPs.
those of us who are willing to spend at least 7 years working an MD/PhD get a free ride / stipend. really sweet</p>
<p>Reference this discussion here, especially my posts (if I do say so myself, :->). Basically, going for an MD/PhD just for the ride/stipend is quite unwise. The extra time that you have to spend in school, not making any money (beyond the stipend) does not compensate you for the ride/stipend. Bottom line - you should go for the MD/PhD because you really are interested in a career in academic medicine, not because you think you will make more money, because you probably won't. </p>
<p>sakky, yeah i realize that. main reason why i'm MD/PhD is just cuz i can get so immersed in doing research in the lab. in any case, whoever thinks that research is just plain boring has no business doing MD/PhD... you're definitely right abt that. thank you for the extra comments that i left out on my last post.</p>