i've heard this before too and although i understand it, i find it frustrating and discouraging. i know there are many reasons why med schools are interested in what your parents do but i can't help but think this is one of them. (financial reasons i mean.) sure, applicants who come from a family of doctors have seen the lifestyle firsthand. but just as importantly, they will also be able to pay the bills for medical school. i hate being stuck in this weird middle place where my parents arent really financially supportive, but not quite broke enough to qualify me for economic disadvantage either. i'm late on my credit cards this month* so i could submit my primary- with only four schools
i'll have to keep adding them (and paying my bills) as i work.
i dont think my bad credit will keep me OUT of med school entirely but it does make me mad to know it could affect the outcome at some schools. i also hate thinking about how hard its going to be to get loans.
although i thought i remembered hearing that a lot of medical students have to get their parents to co-sign with them in order to get approved. is this true? this might help me out. if i could convince them to do it . . .
*for the record, my credit card debt is all from a stupid, aimless few years in UG . . . they've been cut up long ago. now i'm just still digging out of the hole. but i plan to pay it all off before i start back to school . . . i'll defer a year if i have to!