Do DO schools offer full rides/scholarships?
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AnatomyGrey12
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No. More likely you won't see a penny.
No. More likely you won't see a penny.
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Most MDs are associated with universities that have grants, etc. Since most DOs are private, there's no grant money or scholarship fund
KCU offers a full tuition diversity scholarship to 3 students per year
PCOM offers full and partial scholarships but don't know the criteria to get one
Occasionally.
Not nearly as common as in the MD world.
Not nearly as common as in the MD world.
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deleted936470
Yes, and typically these students also strongly identify with a specific mission statement, agree to practice in the area for 'x' years (typically rural, primary care), and/or otherwise have exceptional and distinctive financial need.
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deleted936470
Yes, but it isn’t a full ride. 20k per year, so up to 80k IIRC. Would go a long way at that school.
No.
Charging you a s**t ton and filling up your curriculum with mandatory bs so you can't fully devote your time to step 1 and you're defaulted to primary care.
That's usually the motto.
Charging you a s**t ton and filling up your curriculum with mandatory bs so you can't fully devote your time to step 1 and you're defaulted to primary care.
That's usually the motto.
There are exceptions to all of this, though! I’m chiming in because I am one of the exceptions, and it is VERY life changing.
GloballyMed
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What DO is it that gave you a full ride? I will gladly attend it over an MD if I receive a full ride 😉
Is that what LECOM offers? i thought you just did not have to pay the 4th years tuition, but that was it.
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The person I know who got the full ride isn’t URM and had a poor MCAT/had to apply a second year.
I received a fantastic scholarship and have 0 practice commitments or military requirement.
Schools sometimes get fantastic donor money, and sometimes it gets earmarked specifically for students. NYU is entirely tuition-free now.
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deleted936470
The Highmark Scholarship is detailed on their website.
TRU, thank god not as much in my school lmao. Although, I have read 'horror stories'.
Not a DO school, but if you are really desperate for a (nearly) full-ride then either you or your parents can go live in Wyoming for 5 years. If you attend U Washington (via WWAMI) you get a full-ride if you agree to practice in Wyoming for 3 years after residency. All Wyoming matriculants receive this deal.
Why would they? DO schools exist not to teach you but to make admin money.
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