This is how I think the loan programs would work.

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Here is a preliminary calculation of borrowing, debt and repayment of debt. This calculation assumes that all debts can be paid off over 30 years and:

a) Med Students can borrow $8,500 per year under the subsidized Stafford loan at 6.5% and interest on the subsidized Staffords does not begin accruing until the end of residency;

b) Med Students can borrow $38,500 per year under the unsubsidized Stafford loan at 6.5% and interest on the subsidized Staffords begins accruing upon disbursal at the beginning of the school year; and

c) Grad Plus loans accrue interest at 8.5% per year upon disbursal.

With subsidized Stafford loans total indebtedness upon graduation from med school and residency would simply equal the sum of med school borrowings. Due to the non-accrual of interest in med school and residency the debt owed upon the end of residency would at the maximum be $34,000 and monthly payments over 30 years on that debt would be $214.90 or 2.53% of the annual borrowing of $8,500.

With unsubsidized Stafford loans total indebtedness upon graduation from med school would equal (assuming interest accruing at 6.5% and steady borrowing through med school) 4.69 times annual borrowings. Upon graduation from a five year residency program total debt would equal 6.43 times annual borrowings. If you borrowed $38,500 under the unsubsidized program you would owe $180,705 upon graduation from med school and $247,582 upon graduation from a five year residency. The monthly payment over 30 years would be $1,142 or 2.97% of the annual borrowing of $38,500.

With Grad Plus loans total indebtedness upon graduation from med school would equal (assuming interest accruing at 8.5% and steady borrowing through med school) 4.93 times annual borrowings. Upon graduation from a five year residency program total debt would equal 6.75 times annual borrowings. If you borrowed $20,000 under the Grad Plus program you would owe $98,507 upon graduation from med school and $134,964 upon graduation from a five year residency. The monthly payment over 30 years would be $757 or 3.79% of the annual borrowing of $20,000.

Please tell me if I am wrong about this. 😕
 
Hi Obnoxious Dad,
Thanks for joining us over here. I'm sure you can provide a lot of super helpful information. 🙂

Anyway, I'm not a wiz at doing interest calculations, and I'm assuming you're doing it right. The one minor correction I'd make is that you can borrow $40,500/year total in subsidized loans when you're on a 9 or 10 month schedule, $8500 of which can be subsidized. So assuming you get awarded that full $8500 in subsidized loans (almost everyone does), you'd borrow $32,000/year in unsubsidized staffords. Also, you can borrow around $5k more dollars in unsubsidized staffords your 3rd and 4th year since you're on a 12 month schedule. So an average student would borrow the $34k in subsidized loans and about $138k in unsubsidized loans.
 
Hi Obnoxious Dad,
Thanks for joining us over here. I'm sure you can provide a lot of super helpful information. 🙂

Anyway, I'm not a wiz at doing interest calculations, and I'm assuming you're doing it right. The one minor correction I'd make is that you can borrow $40,500/year total in subsidized loans when you're on a 9 or 10 month schedule, $8500 of which can be subsidized. So assuming you get awarded that full $8500 in subsidized loans (almost everyone does), you'd borrow $32,000/year in unsubsidized staffords. Also, you can borrow around $5k more dollars in unsubsidized staffords your 3rd and 4th year since you're on a 12 month schedule. So an average student would borrow the $34k in subsidized loans and about $138k in unsubsidized loans.

I was told by the financial aids office at our local med school that the stafford yearly maxima (9th grade Latin) are $8,500 subsidized and $38,500 unsubsidized. The total Stafford would therefore be $47,000.

BTW these calculations are fairly easy to do in EXCEL.
 
I was told by the financial aids office at our local med school that the stafford yearly maxima (9th grade Latin) are $8,500 subsidized and $38,500 unsubsidized. The total Stafford would therefore be $47,000.

BTW these calculations are fairly easy to do in EXCEL.

Hmm, maybe they said it wrong. As someone who's getting the maximum, I can attest that it's $32,000 in unsubsidized and $8500 in subsidized. Now if you don't qualify for subsidized loans, you can get the full $40,500 in unsubsidized loans. I wish it were $47,000. 🙂

Vanderbilt gives a nice explanation of the totals.

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/finaid_for_med.php

Also, the $40,500 total is new for the 2007-08 year. Last year, it was $38,500. If a school is giving you the $38,500 total, their information is a little dated. A lot of schools haven't updated their websites yet with the change, so if you do a search, you'll come with lots of places giving the $38,500 total.
 
Hmm, maybe they said it wrong. As someone who's getting the maximum, I can attest that it's $32,000 in unsubsidized and $8500 in subsidized. Now if you don't qualify for subsidized loans, you can get the full $40,500 in unsubsidized loans. I wish it were $47,000. 🙂

Vanderbilt gives a nice explanation of the totals.

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/finaid/finaid_for_med.php

Also, the $40,500 total is new for the 2007-08 year. Last year, it was $38,500. If a school is giving you the $38,500 total, their information is a little dated. A lot of schools haven't updated their websites yet with the change, so if you do a search, you'll come with lots of places giving the $38,500 total.

I went to the Vanderbilt website and it appears that you are correct. The max for unsubsidized is reduced by the amount of the subsidized Stafford loans taken.

I don't think Oklahoma will beat Kansas in the Big 12 Championship, however.
 
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