in SIS, go to Financials --> To Do List --> (you should see the options to upload them there).
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Application Process - Financial Aid
How to apply for financial aid at the University of Virginia School of Medicinemed.virginia.edu
Federal tax returns and W2s for you and your parents (unless you’re an exception).
Here’s the instructions, you can email or use regular mail. Don’t forget to sign the documents before!
Great thanks so much! When I logged into SIS it was there this time. Question: how are you all signing your forms? They're just online tax forms with no signature line. Are you just adding it? Also do you get a confirmation that they were accepted by the financial aid office or do you just wait and hope for the best?
I got a confirmation email when everything was in.
I was curious about this, too. There were also many prelim surg placements. I know of one MS4 through a friend who failed to match. I don't know what to make of it. There were plenty of good matches so it doesn't deter me, but I am curious as to what happened.
Could you share that post?
The match was rougher than usual this year - normally, the strength of UVA is the clinical training we get and so UVA students normally look really good when doing away rotations (especially in competitive fields); didn't have that this year, so it made it more difficult. Other than that, I believe the number of applicants in general was up across the board which obviously complicates things
That’s so tough! I didn’t even think about not having away rotations changing the competitiveness!
p/f preclinical, ABCDF clinical. I haven't heard of any plans for p/f clinical (although I would love that, clinical grading sucks worse than preclinical grading would)
Do you mind sharing why you would prefer pre-clinical letter grades to stratified grades during clerkships? Thanks in advance!
I have no idea about this/haven’t heard anything
I haven't gotten a merit scholarship but I was just notified of a needs based scholarship yesterday. I assume that means they're rolling things out now.
Congrats! Are you referring to financial aid via the FA office or merit aid? Since people are wondering when merit is being released.
Financial aid via the FA office! Haven't received any merit.
Bruh, you got us all excited
Yeah the need-based aid is pretty much guaranteed at UVA for middle to low income families
Awesomesauce, also congrats dude on all the acceptances! I know you have the pick of the pack to choose from, but obviously you're a stellar applicant and we'd be so welcome to have you in our class cohortBruh, you got us all excited
Yeah the need-based aid is pretty much guaranteed at UVA for middle to low income families
Do you know if the FA is consistent throughout all 4 years, or can it fluctuate if your parents' income changes?Bruh, you got us all excited
Yeah the need-based aid is pretty much guaranteed at UVA for middle to low income families
I'm 95% sure that during the orientation session they informed us that the aid we receive will not decrease annually. It's renewable annually and we can inquire for an increase if we believe our EFC has significantly dropped from the year prior.
Thanks so much! Honestly, UVA is my top choice but there’s another school that has given me way more $$. Keeping my fingers crossed for merit-based scholarships.
Don’t know for sure, you should reach out to the fin aid office for specifics. They’re great! I talked with them a few weeks ago and got all my questions answered.
Yeah I'm rooting for you on that! There's also other programs I think too like the Generalist Scholars Program and the Hook's Scholars. If you applied for GSP I received a decision today so they may get back to you quick
That’s great! I didn’t apply to the GSP bc I’m interested in a specialty that’s not part of the program. But it sounds like you got it!Yeah I'm rooting for you on that! There's also other programs I think too like the Generalist Scholars Program and the Hook's Scholars. If you applied for GSP I received a decision today so they may get back to you quick
I don't see the harm in doing so, they can't rescind your acceptance for asking. I do know they have caps on their need-based aid scholarships for IS (26K) and OOS (32K).
I would’ve since I’ve done it with all my top choices, but at Second look Dr. Marzani said they don’t match offers from other schools.
Hmm that’s weird. Are you basing your EFC off of what FAFSA says? Any one who is applying to grad school will automatically have an EFC of 0 according to FAFSA because all grad students are considered independent. But the EFC that FAFSA reports isn’t the same as the EFC med schools calculate because med schools treat you like a dependent student basically.
Ah yes thanks for explaining! Didn’t realize that FAFSA ignores parent financial info if you are technically an independent student when determining EFC.
This is less specific to UVA and more philosophical (all med schools with tiered clinical grading have these issues), but basically I think that the nature of the preclinical curriculum is such that your grades are more likely to respond to hard work than are clinical grades. In clinical grading, most places try to convert an entirely subjective conglomerate of opinions of the student into some sort of continuous variable in the form of stratified grading. It almost always hurts introverts and minorities more than anyone else. I've seen some extremely impressive classmates get meh clinical grades. Sure, people argue it's best to be used to weed out sociopaths and total weirdos/jerks. But all you need is a narrative eval for that, not a tiered grade, and such a tiered system hurts normal people who just aren't as charismatic (but still compassionate healers) in addition to the weirdos and jerks.
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective!
Same here, although I'm IS so it could be worse I guess.
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This is being a bit of a sour sport.
Eh, I get it. It's hard not to take rejection personally when you've worked your rear off during this process.
