Is there typically enough financial aid to cover tuition and living expenses?
I would also like to know about the "actual" cost. I thought I saw a Georgetown.edu page that covered all the potential costs of an SMP year but I cannot find it now. Going through loosely now, I can find only two set costs:
Tuition: $49,772 for the whole year
Books: $700 for the whole year
Rent + food + utilities, I'm guessing could be as high as $1500 to $2000 a month.
I guess I'm looking for someone who has personally experienced this and has taken out loans with financial aid for the program. If the aid award is significantly higher than your calculated cost (more than $3,000, say), do you take the whole award or accept a partial offer? I've never done this before, and previous financial aid was always pretty in line with the tuition and other calculated costs.
Edited to add: Also, not sure if I had put my stats up, or if it's too late to assuage people's worries if they're still looking to hear back.
uGPA - 2.67, sGPA about the same; major: Chemistry (never again), top 10 university (...also never again...haha; prestige means NOTHING if you don't personally try.)
cGPA - 2.9, with post-bac courses, about ~10 courses with a 3.6/3.7 GPA
MCAT - took three times, first 33S, then 36, then the new one last year at 514
two years scribe experience, ED mainly, also outpatient orthopedics, and time as a "manager" of sorts
two years of neuroscience research at NIDA, no pubs, but a few poster sessions and a conference
I am an absolute pessimist when it comes to applying to medical school, or for that matter any undergrad or grad school. I think it's all a crap shoot, honestly. However, I think with the personal nature of this program, they do seriously take a look to whom they could realistically give a "second chance." So don't give up!!!