For those accepted into private schools and plan on going, what is your plan on paying for it?
How are you going to pay for school?
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First of all: HPSP, not HSPS...
Second: what kind of work study allows you to make 70k/year while still managing to have time to even think about passing dental school? selling crack? come on...
Third: most popular answer is going to be loans, but I'm sure there are parents out there who are funding all/part of dental school...where's that option?
Second: what kind of work study allows you to make 70k/year while still managing to have time to even think about passing dental school? selling crack? come on...
Third: most popular answer is going to be loans, but I'm sure there are parents out there who are funding all/part of dental school...where's that option?
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I don't know of any scholarships/grants that are available to cover dental school to a significant extent in the way that money is available for undergrad. The only things I've seen available are $1000 here, $500 there. Insignificant by comparison (though definitely worth seeking out).
Anybody know of any scholarships or grants available to an otherwise ordinary, affluent, white male?
Whoops, sorry about HPSP spelling, made this poll quick. I was just curious to see how many people were doing that scholarship. So if you go straight up loans, aren't we lookin at 85K a year (50K tuition, 10K instruments, 25K living expenses), so 340K for 4 years??? Wow...
But they are sure cheaper. I'm going to UDM, tuiton's 53K a year. I'm going to come out with 340K of loans compared to maybe 200 K for a public school, which is much doable when you pay it back for 10 years but 340K is much harder...
Don't forget to tag on the cost of an undergrad education...hehe
and after doing all that calculation If you still feel that education is too expensive, how about ignorance...😕
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I still don't know many people with 200k in the bank to drop on dental school.
I agree, totally. I wish I could have gotten into my state school (U of M) but got rejected...I'm really just wondering how I'm going to pay this off...I've talked to a lot of dentists and they are done with loans within 5-7 years bc tuition was much cheaper 15-20 years ago.
I have a friend who went to IU and graduated with a net total of 400k (this included his wife's debt) he has a comfortable life and has been managing to pay down his debt fairly aggressively. Don't let the fear of debt deter you. I was accepted to UDM also and plan to attend. I'am married and have 3 children
plus 57k in undergraduate loans. Where there is a will there is a way. I think it is good that you are thinking about it and planning. I am interested in this discussion also. I was under the impression that there was enough aid available just to cover school and that living expenses were to be covered by us ? It mentioned that somewhere on UDM's website. But that is probably a very general statement that does take into consideration other sources ?
plus 57k in undergraduate loans. Where there is a will there is a way. I think it is good that you are thinking about it and planning. I am interested in this discussion also. I was under the impression that there was enough aid available just to cover school and that living expenses were to be covered by us ? It mentioned that somewhere on UDM's website. But that is probably a very general statement that does take into consideration other sources ?
For me, I don't want to be in debt all my life. It looks like for us, microbio, if you saw on your acceptance package, the total cost is like 87K a year. I'm sure there is enough aid to cover tuition and instruments, etc, but we'll eventually have to pay that back. I'm married too, but with no kids (yet). I wonder if I do the HPSP what my wife can do while I'm doing my time. We'll have to be moving around. She wants to go back to school but if I'm in the Air Force, she'll just have to stay home because we'll be moving around. OR, I've have to be in debt for the rest of my life. It seems that my choices are slim. I think public school tuition, etc is reasonable, but UDM, my gosh, I wonder how people plan on paying for it.
Texas Public Education Grants - Dental: $2,500 per yearI don't know of any scholarships/grants that are available to cover dental school to a significant extent in the way that money is available for undergrad. The only things I've seen available are $1000 here, $500 there. Insignificant by comparison (though definitely worth seeking out).
Anybody know of any scholarships or grants available to an otherwise ordinary, affluent, white male?
