Repayment for non-NIN funded slot in MSTP

[echod]

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Hello there,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of the policy for repayment after dropping out of a MSTP program for students that are funded through internal sources? That is, the program is MSTP, but the particular student who drops out is funded by the medical school and not NIH. Will this student have to pay back tuition for the first two years of medical school? Thanks a lot.

 

[Neuronix]

In theory a program can really do whatever they want. Whether the NIGMS is going to enforce its desires on a program for one incident is questionable. Whether it will for this purpose is unlikely to be answered definitively on this board for your institution.

The only way to get this question answered is to ask your program and/or the MSTP director at the NIGMS.

 

[Scottish Chap]

Hello there,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of the policy for repayment after dropping out of a MSTP program for students that are funded through internal sources? That is, the program is MSTP, but the particular student who drops out is funded by the medical school and not NIH. Will this student have to pay back tuition for the first two years of medical school? Thanks a lot.

A friend of mine had to pay back two years of tuition plus stipend after he dropped out of our school's PhD phase of the MD/PhD program (internally funded). They threatened him with litigation because he effectively did not honor a signed contract. Fortunately his parents were wealthy.

 

[mrsanator]

he effectively did not honor a signed contract.

That's the trick. Some schools make you sign a contract, some don't.

There isn't a universal rule. While some program directors will attempt to shame you into repaying, if there isn't a contract there is no requirement to repay. Definitely worth reading what you're getting into before you take the $.

 

[Neuronix]

As always, I wish posters would name the names of these student unfriendly programs.

 

[Scottish Chap]

As always, I wish posters would name the names of these student unfriendly programs.

Not sure who you're referring to but here's my opinion: short of an advisor leaving the institution at a point where it makes it impossible for you to finish without them and they won't take you, you gotta pay up if you break the contract. Some of us still feel that honoring a commitment made is just the right thing to do but, in any case, it's a professional obligation on any level.

 

[Neuronix]

Not sure who you're referring to

You. I and the NIGMS disagree with your opinion, but I doubt you're going to change your mind.