Med Schools With Scholarships?

[amg_la]

I have yet to take my MCAT (May 18th) but i have pretty good metrics currently. Finances play a great deal into my med school choice but I would also like to go to a highly ranked school. Does anyone know about schools that offer scholarships or heavy financial aid. Im definitely not trying to take out 300k in debt
GPA: 3.92
Science: 3.91

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I have scored a 506 on my latest practice test and am shooting for at least a 513,

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[avocado3]

merit based scholarships are quite rare... are you URM?
i would mainly focus on getting into medical schools first.

 

[amg_la]

merit based scholarships are quite rare... are you URM?
i would mainly focus on getting into medical schools first.

what are your thoughts on texas medical schools, their instate tuition is often times astoundingly low

 

[Frogger27]

what are your thoughts on texas medical schools, their instate tuition is often times astoundingly low

They are very cheap. You must be a texas resident. If you would like to move and become a resident that is a viable option.

Merit scholarships are rare. If you are URM, you have a much higher chance (speaking from someone who got merit scholarships as an average student)

 

[hat]

If you haven't already, buy the MSAR and look at the financial section for schools you are interested in. You can see the in-state and out-of-state tuition there. They also have an "average indebtedness" section - if the average debt is way lower than you would expect based on the tuition, that indicates they give good aid. Mayo immediately comes to mind, and I think Wash U and Duke. Although you may need a higher MCAT than a 513 for those schools.

Do you know about the Fee Assistance Program? You might be eligible if finances are a real obstacle. You would get the MSAR for free as well as free application to 16 med schools and a lower MCAT registration fee.

 

[avocado3]

what are your thoughts on texas medical schools, their instate tuition is often times astoundingly low

not from texas so i don't know much about the schools although i do know that they prefer IS (heavily biased) if you're from texas, you will have some great options (hopefully) but as an OOS, it won't be as much of a plausible option

 

[candbgirl]

not from texas so i don't know much about the schools although i do know that they prefer IS (heavily biased) if you're from texas, you will have some great options (hopefully) but as an OOS, it won't be as much of a plausible option

They aren't biased for IS, they are mandated to accepted 90% IS.

OP do you have any clinical work?


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[ScreenName23]

Merit scholarships are not common in medical school admissions. There many students with 4.0 GPAs and 520+ MCATs and great ECs that do not get merit scholarships. Part of this is that there are not safety schools. So a school where your MCAT and GPA are exceptional may not even interview you in order to yield protect. The competition at highly ranked schools is stiff. Students have high stats and great ECs. Often merit scholarships are based on the student bringing something unique to the table that the school wants to have represented in their class. There are also many highly ranked schools that only give need based aid IIRC.

Moving to a state with low in state tuition and gaining residency is a good way to try to cut down costs but certainly does not guarantee anything as you still may not be accepted to your state schools.

Try not to get too wrapped up in the finances if possible. Be sure to check out cost of attendance at all of the schools you plan to apply to before applying as some of them have exorbitantly high tuition (especially state schools for oos students). Don't apply anywhere that you absolutely would not go to because of the tuition cost. Just expect to pay full price and be pleasantly surprised if someone throws merit $$ your way.

Good luck with your MCAT!