Full Ride

[angeleyez]

Is there anything like a full-ride scholarship to med school?? if there is what r some of the things you need to have to get this?

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[OCallag]

First question: Yes, but they're rare.

Second question: Be ridiculously awesome.

 

[MassTransport]

Sounds like OCallag's got everything covered.

 

[jochi1543]

I know WashU offers full rides for sure.

 

[Rud42]

A full-ride scholarship to medical school only happens, for the majority (99.9%) of people, in their dreams.

Unless you get accepted MD/PhD- full ride plus stipend.

 

[Napoleown]

HPSP, join the military = full ride

 

[njbmd]

Is there anything like a full-ride scholarship to med school?? if there is what r some of the things you need to have to get this?

Yes, there are full-ride tuition scholarships for medical students. I was the recipient of one of these. These scholarships are usually based on incoming undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores (yours versus other folks in your class). I was also required to maintain a very high average during medical school in order to keep this scholarship. Do be aware that your incoming grades have be be pretty high and your MCAT score has to be pretty high. Take a look at the averages on the AMCAS website for matriculating students and see where you fall in terms of undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores. That information should give you a rough estimate of whether or not you are going to qualify for a merit scholarship.

You need to fill out that FAFSA, your schools financial aid forms and any additional forms requested by the financial aid folks. My award letter came with my acceptance letter (I had been very proactive about getting my forms done and finalized early).

Scholarship money in general goes to students based on merit and need or some combination of the two. If you are in the "need-based" category and 99% of medical students fit this category, you should make sure that you schools have as much financial information as possible as early as possible. In the financial aid system, early is always best for scholarships and grants.

 

[mcpremed]

Go Navy HPSP.

but don't join if you don't want to be in the military.

 

[QofQuimica]

Is there anything like a full-ride scholarship to med school?? if there is what r some of the things you need to have to get this?

Yes, there are merit-based full scholarships at several medical schools. Like njbmd said, these scholarships are generally awarded to a very small number of matriculants with outstanding apps. That includes, but is not limited to, people having very high stats (GPA and MCAT). Other more subjective factors will often be taken into consideration, such as the school's belief that you will add diversity to their class. "Diversity" is a very broad, ill-defined category that encompasses many attributes. It includes the obvious ones that most people think of (race and ethnicity), but it also includes things like geographical or national origin, nontraditional status, nonacademic accomplishments before and during med school, and economic or educational disadvantage. There is no formula to follow to become competitive for a scholarship other than to make yourself as strong and well-rounded of an applicant as you possibly can. to you.

 

[MediocreAtBest]

Yes, I know of someone who got into Columbia, with a very financially disadvantaged status who got a full-ride also.

 

[Auron]

Full ride to medical school...I'll do whatever it takes to get it. I'm pumped.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

Full ride to medical school...I'll do whatever it takes to get it. I'm pumped.

Full rides are very, very rare - after all, it's professional school and you're expected to do quite well when you're in practice. Plus, you'll go fairly far into debt covering your books and living expenses. My medical school paid essentially all of my tuition for first year, and for second year they're paying about half (first year was a recruiting tool). I'm doing very well for a state supported school.

 

[Catalystik]

I know WashU offers full rides for sure.

I've heard Wash U offers 6 full-ride scholarships per year, theoretically based on merit. However I know a student with an MCAT of 43 and GPA 4.0 who was accepted there and did not receive the full ride. He elected to go elsewhere where he got a grant of $20,000/year X4 years.

 

[sunset823]

Full rides are not as rare as you think...the Michigan schools (Umich and Wayne, at least) do have them, as I know people who have gotten them;

there are two things to keep in mind; to get a full ride at a place like UMich, you have to be a ridiculously good candidate, and any school that gives you a good chunk of money to go there is pulling you away from another, "better" school; so, if you think you can get into Hopkins, apply there, and maybe Gtown will give you some money...

 

[littlealex]

I know UPenn offers full rides for sure. The girl who got it had ridiculously strong research.

 

[j-weezy]

I've heard Wash U offers 6 full-ride scholarships per year, theoretically based on merit. However I know a student with an MCAT of 43 and GPA 4.0 who was accepted there and did not receive the full ride. He elected to go elsewhere where he got a grant of $20,000/year X4 years.

WashU has the Olin fellowship that gives a full ride to about 6 women in any graduate program offered at WashU - i'm friends with a recent recipient...she's pretty awesome

 

[154465]

I know a girl that got a full ride at George Washington with a 29 mcat. It gives me (false) hope. It also makes me wonder how the hell she did it.

 

[hp540]

I know someone who got a full ride....but she's got the stats and ECs that'll pwn 99.9% of all applicants so it's not surprising.

 

[jochi1543]

I know someone who got a full ride....but she's got the stats and ECs that'll pwn 99.9% of all applicants so it's not surprising.

Prolly the same person I was referring to.

 

[SigurRos]

Do any of the SUNY schools offer full rides that you know of? Their average MCAT and GPA seem be around 30-31 and 3.6 - 3.7 respective, and I exceed both of these. Of course, the first hurdle is ACTUALLY getting in.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

Do any of the SUNY schools offer full rides that you know of? Their average MCAT and GPA seem be around 30-31 and 3.6 - 3.7 respective, and I exceed both of these. Of course, the first hurdle is ACTUALLY getting in.

I'm not sure about full rides for SUNYs but I do know they definitely offer merit scholarships. It isn't very much (but then again what is besides a full ride? Anyway, of the SUNYs, Upstate gave me the most with about 5k merit and 10k need based.

 

[Hyperstudyosis]

Vanderbilt's website advertises several full-tuition scholarships that they have available.

 

[shantster]

If you're into research and wouldn't mind the extra year for school, Pitt has two research programs that offer full tuition.

The PSTP (Physician Scientist Training Program) is for basic science research and the CSTP (Clinical Scientist Training Program) is for clinical research.

 

[Arc]

If you were the top 1% at West Point I think its possible. At leasat that's what Ive heard.

 

[Arc]

...or you can find the cure to aids. Or a cure for cancer. That's guaranteed to get you to a full ride.

 

[mvenus929]

Orrrr... you can go into one of those 'serve a rural or underserved area for a min of 5 years after residency, and we'll pay your medical school costs'. Same sort of deal as the HPSP.

While it's not a full ride, I know UM-Twin Cities offers scholarships that bring the cost of attendance for OOSers down to the cost of attendance for ISers.

 

[OCallag]

...or you can find the cure to aids. Or a cure for cancer. That's guaranteed to get you to a full ride.

Dude, if I cured AIDS I sure as hell wouldn't be applying to med school.

 

[cruz21]

I know a girl that got a full ride at George Washington with a 29 mcat. It gives me (false) hope. It also makes me wonder how the hell she did it.

WOW i've never heard of anybody getting a full ride at GW. it's such an expensive school---that's amazing that they offer full rides. wow. just..wow.

 

[melissainsd]

Yes, there are full-ride tuition scholarships for medical students. I was the recipient of one of these. These scholarships are usually based on incoming undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores (yours versus other folks in your class). I was also required to maintain a very high average during medical school in order to keep this scholarship. Do be aware that your incoming grades have be be pretty high and your MCAT score has to be pretty high. Take a look at the averages on the AMCAS website for matriculating students and see where you fall in terms of undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores. That information should give you a rough estimate of whether or not you are going to qualify for a merit scholarship.

You need to fill out that FAFSA, your schools financial aid forms and any additional forms requested by the financial aid folks. My award letter came with my acceptance letter (I had been very proactive about getting my forms done and finalized early).

Scholarship money in general goes to students based on merit and need or some combination of the two. If you are in the "need-based" category and 99% of medical students fit this category, you should make sure that you schools have as much financial information as possible as early as possible. In the financial aid system, early is always best for scholarships and grants.

I just wanted to say that not all schools require the same things. I didn't have to fill out a FASFA or any fin aid forms, and I have no grade requirements (but then again we are P/F). You should look into each schools policies.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Dude, if I cured AIDS I sure as hell wouldn't be applying to med school.

No ****.....I'd be living off the income from the proceeds of the drug. Hell, I might even buy myself my own jet just so I can live it up even more. I mean if I save the lives of several million people, many of whom contribute absolutely nothing to society, I figure they owe me at least an EMB-170.

 

[nick_carraway]

No ****.....I'd be living off the income from the proceeds of the drug. Hell, I might even buy myself my own jet just so I can live it up even more. I mean if I save the lives of several million people, many of whom contribute absolutely nothing to society, I figure they owe me at least an EMB-170.

Wow you went all out with your choice of aircraft. Better get some fighter escorts to go with that just in case some of the people you saved want in on the action.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Wow you went all out with your choice of aircraft. Better get some fighter escorts to go with that just in case some of the people you saved want in on the action.

How would the Africans even know?
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_is_our_wealth_hurting

Actually, given my choice, I'd get a B-52. I have this thing for carpet bombing, especially with incendiaries. I would post my now infamous napalm motivational posters, but I don't want to get banned.

 

[Arc]

lol, I don't even think the company will give you 1% of the earnings coming from the drug. But If it was me living it up, I'd have a mansion bigger than Hugh Heifner's and a nice yacht.

...And a 10 car garage.

 

[LucyGoose]

My friend got a full-ride at one school but didn't even get an interview at Harvard...go figure.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

So? Even 0.025% of $1.9 billion (one years worth of Viagra sales as an example) is still $47.5 million. That's a buttload of money and enough to make me turn my back on clinical practice (or at least just do it part time).

 

[Summer Sweet]

Is there anything like a full-ride scholarship to med school?? if there is what r some of the things you need to have to get this?

Yes.
I know a classmate that was offered full rides by 2 top tier schools, but it didn't include housing. Picked the higher ranked/more well-known school, but the financial package was still pretty frickin' awesome.

 

[entranced]

this might sound like a silly question, but arent pretty much all med school students in need of financial aid? i mean i would say that a very small percentage of students have their parents pay for grad school. i know i plan on taking out loans. so, im not financially disadvantaged currently but i know i will be for the next four years since med school=debt for me. so to classify as requiring need-based aid, u have to be classified as need-based in your college years as well?

Yes, there are full-ride tuition scholarships for medical students. I was the recipient of one of these. These scholarships are usually based on incoming undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores (yours versus other folks in your class). I was also required to maintain a very high average during medical school in order to keep this scholarship. Do be aware that your incoming grades have be be pretty high and your MCAT score has to be pretty high. Take a look at the averages on the AMCAS website for matriculating students and see where you fall in terms of undergraduate GPA/MCAT scores. That information should give you a rough estimate of whether or not you are going to qualify for a merit scholarship.

You need to fill out that FAFSA, your schools financial aid forms and any additional forms requested by the financial aid folks. My award letter came with my acceptance letter (I had been very proactive about getting my forms done and finalized early).

Scholarship money in general goes to students based on merit and need or some combination of the two. If you are in the "need-based" category and 99% of medical students fit this category, you should make sure that you schools have as much financial information as possible as early as possible. In the financial aid system, early is always best for scholarships and grants.

 

[Arc]

So? Even 0.025% of $1.9 billion (one years worth of Viagra sales as an example) is still $47.5 million. That's a buttload of money and enough to make me turn my back on clinical practice (or at least just do it part time).

Honestly thats enough for me to say f___ school ( or at least switch to an easy money major like buisness)

 

[Rud42]

Honestly thats enough for me to say f___ school ( or at least switch to an easy money major like buisness)

Forget business. I would go become a brewmaster at one of the better companies just so I would have learned to make beer (as a hobby) and get plenty of free beer while getting paid.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

this might sound like a silly question, but arent pretty much all med school students in need of financial aid? i mean i would say that a very small percentage of students have their parents pay for grad school. i know i plan on taking out loans. so, im not financially disadvantaged currently but i know i will be for the next four years since med school=debt for me. so to classify as requiring need-based aid, u have to be classified as need-based in your college years as well?

Not a silly question. Once you reach medical school, you'll be classified as an "independent student" regardless of your circumstances. At that point, unless you're independently wealthy, you won't have any problem receiving aid. Since I had been a CPA in hospital administration for many years before I went to medical school, my "expected contribution" for my first year was very high. Since I wasn't going to be working anymore, I had no problems having the financial aid office reduce the expected contribution to zero. The worst that could happen to you, if you had a lot of free cash (more than somewhere around $15-20K or so) is that you won't qualify for the annual $8,500 in subsidized Stafford loans - but that can be made up with unsubsidized Stafford. Note that your equity in your primary residence and your 401(k) (for the non-trads) are excluded from the net worth calculation for subsidized loan purposes. About 85% of medical students receive aid, primary in the form of federally-guaranteed loans - so you're certainly not alone.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Forget business. I would go become a brewmaster at one of the better companies just so I would have learned to make beer (as a hobby) and get plenty of free beer while getting paid.

And put those organic chemistry classes to good use, eh?

 

[CCLCMer]

Is there anything like a full-ride scholarship to med school?? if there is what r some of the things you need to have to get this?

CCLCM offers full rides to several students, some with stipends. Eventually, they plan to make the tuition free for everyone.

 

[Jolie South]

And put those organic chemistry classes to good use, eh?

More like microbiology. Add the yeast and hops,etc then sit back and relax.

 

[michigator04]

More like microbiology. Add the yeast and hops,etc then sit back and relax.

That is my dream for retirement. Ahhhh.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

If you're into research and wouldn't mind the extra year for school, Pitt has two research programs that offer full tuition.

The PSTP (Physician Scientist Training Program) is for basic science research and the CSTP (Clinical Scientist Training Program) is for clinical research.

What are the average stats for people getting into that though?

 

[DropkickMurphy]

More like microbiology. Add the yeast and hops,etc then sit back and relax.

I've joked about running a microbrewery out of my on-campus apartment. I think the school would be a little pissed, even if the idea came from our endowed chair of chemistry. His suggestion was for a distillery to make whiskey and vodka to be named after a former prof and his STD ridden Russian grad assistant/piece of ass. We were going to call them "Ol' Splinterdick Whiskey" (a play on the prof's name) and "Clap Trap Vodka" respectively.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

CCLCM offers full rides to several students, some with stipends. Eventually, they plan to make the tuition free for everyone.

*collapses*

 

[Jolie South]

I've joked about running a microbrewery out of my on-campus apartment. I think the school would be a little pissed, even if the idea came from our endowed chair of chemistry. His suggestion was for a distillery to make whiskey and vodka to be named after a former prof and his STD ridden Russian grad assistant/piece of ass. We were going to call them "Ol' Splinterdick Whiskey" (a play on the prof's name) and "Clap Trap Vodka" respectively.

haha, in that case yes would need organic chem techniques in addition to the microbiology. i suspect that you could make off with some of the org. chem. lab apparti and no one would be the wiser, but your batches would be pretty small. If it's high proof though, that might just work.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

haha, in that case yes would need organic chem techniques in addition to the microbiology. i suspect that you could make off with some of the org. chem. lab apparti and no one would be the wiser, but your batches would be pretty small. If it's high proof though, that might just work.