Scholarships

[podpod]

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this thread might get a little cocky, but i wanted to know what kind of range scholarships pod schools tend to offer.

if ur comfortable, please say when u got accepted and how much scholarship money u were offered.

(i really want those at Temple to chime in)

 

[mathlegend]

For CSPM: (I asked the associate admissions director recently)

Presidential Scholarships (currently offered at $12, 500/Year): Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, Science GPA of 3.0 or higher, and MCAT of 25 and higher.

Deans Scholarship (currently offered at $7,500/year):- Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, science GPA of 3.0 and higher, and MCAT of 22 and higher.

 

[dropfoot]

For CSPM: (I asked the associate admissions director recently)

Presidential Scholarships (currently offered at $12, 500/Year): Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, Science GPA of 3.0 or higher, and MCAT of 25 and higher.

Deans Scholarship (currently offered at $7,500/year):- Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, science GPA of 3.0 and higher, and MCAT of 22 and higher.

&**&^, i picked the wrong school, but i did get the AAA discount.😡

 

[mathlegend]

AAA discount? Where did you choose?

 

[dropfoot]

AAA discount? Where did you choose?

It was a joke, there is no triple A discount, and my scholarship is fine.

 

[mathlegend]

Psh, how'd I know? 🙁

 

[dropfoot]

Psh, how'd I know? 🙁

Okay, OCPM offers a $5,000 for a 3.5 gpa and a half tuition scholarship for the truly elite. I do not know how the MCAT factors into this, but maybe someone else can help.

 

[mathlegend]

Half tuition...that sounds good

 

[damhsoir]

Scholl offers 5K for a 3.4 GPA and half tuition for a 3.6GPA. And now I'm shooting myself in the foot because I'll have a 3.59 after this semester. This would make a good FML, no? 😛

 

[mathlegend]

Scholl offers 5K for a 3.4 GPA and half tuition for a 3.6GPA. And now I'm shooting myself in the foot because I'll have a 3.59 after this semester. This would make a good FML, no? 😛

Daaaaaaang. Yep it would

 

[Kraggen]

I'm going to Temple next year and got an entry 12k scholarship and my girlfriend got a 6k. We both have similar stats but applied at different times. I was told these scholarships were only for the first year, but afterwards if your in the top half or twenty of the class you get somewhere between 2-5k. Don't know anything about the private scholarships though.

Hope this helps

 

[dropfoot]

Scholl offers 5K for a 3.4 GPA and half tuition for a 3.6GPA. And now I'm shooting myself in the foot because I'll have a 3.59 after this semester. This would make a good FML, no? 😛

It is very likely that they will round up your GPA👍

 

[roninishya]

Sounds like I'd be screwed for scholarships if I had applied this year with my undergraduate GPA (3.3)....

 

[Feli]

Make sure you guys are looking at not only annual scholarship award amount... but also renewability criteria. Ask for renewability in terms of hard numbers that are written down for you (gpa cutoff, class rank, etc) and not just something ambiguous ("well, you'll probably get the scholarship again for second year if you do well first year").

When all is said and done, $5k/yr easily renewable and kept all 4yrs is actually much better than a 10k/yr scholly that you got first year but then lost since you had to be top 3-5 in your class to keep it for subsequent years.

 

[AnkleBreaker]

Make sure you guys are looking at not only annual scholarship award amount... but also renewability criteria. Ask for renewability in terms of hard numbers that are written down for you (gpa cutoff, class rank, etc) and not just something ambiguous ("well, you'll probably get the scholarship again for second year if you do well first year").

When all is said and done, $5k/yr easily renewable and kept all 4yrs is actually much better than a 10k/yr scholly that you got first year but then lost since you had to be top 3-5 in your class to keep it for subsequent years.

Good to know, I'm in that category. But regardless, I'm trying to shoot for higher if I can...just doing my best.

 

[Future DPM 2013]

Feli is absolutely right. One must consider the renewable aspect of a scholarship.

However, my final decision does not include the two schools that gave me renewable scholarships, since I turn them down (NYCPM -$5K/yr and OCPM's Presidential Scholarship of $10K/yr).

For DMU, their scholarships are like $2-4K.
For Scholl--I got the Distinguished Student scholarship --1/2 tuition for just the 1st yr.

I still have my interview at Temple this Thursday, so hopefully, I can get a hefty scholarship just like Kraggen did of $12K. By the way Kraggen, when did you interview? I'm just wondering b/c I am afraid that they will run out of $$$ for me....haha assuming I can get a piece of it!

 

[chober]

I think nycpm offered 16k and temple offered me 12k

 

[abraham917]

is the scholl half tuition scholarship baed on overall gpa or science gpa?

 

[JEWmongous]

Feli is absolutely right. One must consider the renewable aspect of a scholarship.

However, my final decision does not include the two schools that gave me renewable scholarships, since I turn them down (NYCPM -$5K/yr and OCPM's Presidential Scholarship of $10K/yr).

For DMU, their scholarships are like $2-4K.
For Scholl--I got the Distinguished Student scholarship --1/2 tuition for just the 1st yr.

I still have my interview at Temple this Thursday, so hopefully, I can get a hefty scholarship just like Kraggen did of $12K. By the way Kraggen, when did you interview? I'm just wondering b/c I am afraid that they will run out of $$$ for me....haha assuming I can get a piece of it!

OCPM's scholarships are not renewable...first year only.

 

[podpod]

i was shocked to learn that western and midwestern offer no merti based awards... prolly cuz no alumni have finished to give them money

 

[chocolaterie]

i was shocked to learn that western and midwestern offer no merti based awards... prolly cuz no alumni have finished to give them money

I'm really curious about this. I've been combing the internet to find out about merit based scholarships for midwestern. And the admission's dept. hasn't returned my message. Did you find out from an admission's rep?

 

[PoddyMan]

i was shocked to learn that western and midwestern offer no merti based awards... prolly cuz no alumni have finished to give them money

Western University College of Podiatric Medicine does offer merit-based scholarships.

 

[podpod]

I'm really curious about this. I've been combing the internet to find out about merit based scholarships for midwestern. And the admission's dept. hasn't returned my message. Did you find out from an admission's rep?

yea the financial aid lady during the interview day said there is no merit based $$. all of our jaws dropped