I'm caring for an elderly parent with a severe physical disability who cannot work and who makes well below the federal poverty guideline in disability benefits each year. There are no welfare housing options where we live and the wait list stopped taking applications over a decade ago; thus, I would be taking my parent with me to medical school. Does anyone know if I could get a cost of attendance adjustment to cover the cost of living off campus and for a two bedroom apartment or to rent a house? I'm not looking for institutional aid to cover it or even reduced rate Stafford loans - I'm fine with higher interest grad plus or private student loans. I just want to know if medical school would be financially viable with a dependent. Also, if additional loans are not available, can anyone think of schools where the housing prices are low enough to allow me to survive by "splurging" on housing while skimping on other areas of the budget.