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So I've been financially independent from my parents for about six years now. I pay all my own bills (except cell phone haha!) and through scholarships and a lot of jobs I've been able to pay for my own undergrad.
Now I'll probably be taking out loans for my last years and graduate with ~10K in debt from a private school.
I know I'll get grants, need-based aid, and scholarships (hopefully) for medical school. But I've been looking at these financial aid posts and thinking, "Man can I really dig myself out of ~$150K in debt if I went to Tulane Med?"
Does anyone have some personal stories about people they knew who got themselves through on their own? I know a IM Doc who advises against the mountain of debt often facing private school grads. He went to his state school and still struggled after his residency because he had three kids at the time.
Now I'll probably be taking out loans for my last years and graduate with ~10K in debt from a private school.
I know I'll get grants, need-based aid, and scholarships (hopefully) for medical school. But I've been looking at these financial aid posts and thinking, "Man can I really dig myself out of ~$150K in debt if I went to Tulane Med?"
Does anyone have some personal stories about people they knew who got themselves through on their own? I know a IM Doc who advises against the mountain of debt often facing private school grads. He went to his state school and still struggled after his residency because he had three kids at the time.