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Everyone is always talking about the schools that they apply to. If you get into the best med school do you just go 200,000 in debt or go to an instate school?
JDWflash44 said:I worked with a well-known orthopod/shoulder specialist for a year and his advice to me was go where it is cheapest (in US, allo). He went to SUNY buffalo because he got a full scholarship, he also got into Northwestern and Brown. He says as long as you kick a$$ at any school and do good on your exams you can get the residency you want. He was from buffalo originally and did his undergrad at Northwestern. He got a residency at Syracuse i believe, then did his fellowship with Jim Andrews at American Sports Medicine in Birmingham, AL. Just his $.02.
tigress said:Personally I would go to a cheaper school, if possible, because we already have debt from my husband being in med school, and double the debt is double the worry. It factors in so much that I'm applying to a school I sort of don't want to go to just because if I got in I would have a full tuition (plus books, computer, etc.) scholarship. I just wouldn't be able to turn that down, even though it would require moving and figuring out a way for my husband to transfer for third year, and it wouldn't be my top choice otherwise. Unfortunately my top choice, Drexel, is really expensive. I just spent the entire afternoon reading about loans!
Luckily, I probably won't even get in to that school because my stats aren't good enough ...if I do, it's going to be an excruciatingly hard decision to make.
tigress said:I would choose the least expensive school. If it were a significant monetary difference, I would even go to a school I didn't like nearly as much as another choice. Facing debt from med school for both my husband and me is a slightly overwhelming prospect.