A question about applying

[thewzdoc]

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About how much does it cost to apply to a Med School? (Total cost not including travel and accommodations, of course).

 

[ForensicPath]

A lot of money. I'm applying to approximately 20 schools and it will end up costing me around $2000 before I even start traveling to interviews.

 

[thewzdoc]

Originally posted by ForensicPath
A lot of money. I'm applying to approximately 20 schools and it will end up costing me around $2000 before I even start traveling to interviews.

That's a lot cheaper than I though it would be. Only $100 per school?

 

[PianoGirl04]

That seems about right...AMCAS costs $30 per school, and each school makes you pay between $50 and $100 with your secondaries. Of course, you probably will have to pay through the nose for your premed committee to write a composite letter, and the MCAT costs a decent amount, and we're not even mentioning travel/accommodations for interviews yet. Bottom line: es muy caro.

 

[ms. a]

Do most people have to pay for their composite committee letter? That's crazy! The only thing I have to pay for is $3 per letter sent, and I haven't even been a student there since 2001.

 

[PianoGirl04]

Well, maybe it's just Cornell...they make us pay an arm and a leg for everything else anyway. We had to pay $185 or something like that. We don't have to pay per distribution unless we have over 22 schools that we're sending letters to.

 

[missbonnie]

paying for committee letters? I just had to pay for postage..about $1.08 per secondary...

 

[SMW]

See Who's spent the most $$$ so far? It's not a real pretty picture. 😱

 

[PianoGirl04]

Originally posted by SMW
See Who's spent the most $$$ so far? It's not a real pretty picture. 😱

Yeah, I didn't realize how much I actually spent until I posted in that thread! And this is pre-interview!

 

[Naphtali]

Woah... I didn't even have to pay for postage for my committee letter. Or do any other work. I just gave them a list of addresses.

Of course, that's not counting all the years of ass kissing I had to do to get to that point. 😀

Naphtali

 

[Amy B]

Originally posted by ms. a
Do most people have to pay for their composite committee letter? That's crazy! The only thing I have to pay for is $3 per letter sent, and I haven't even been a student there since 2001.

I can't believe you all have to pay anything. For that matter, I can't believe my school doesn't make us pay anything at all. I end up feeling a bit guilty that they are paying for postage and envelopes.

Wow, my undergraduate school is nice😍