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If you want to try for free tuition, why don’t you have NYU, Einstein, and Johns Hopkins on your list?
Kaiser, at least for this cycle? USUHS?
No HPSP or NHSC? Those are your best chances for full COA scholarships so you can apply to any school. Then your in-state public UConn.
There are extremely few merit scholarships unless you express a sincere mission fit. Be smart with your strategy. Most of the in-house COA scholarships are need-based.
Otherwise we can question your true motivation to be a physician.
No HPSP or NHSC? Those are your best chances for full COA scholarships so you can apply to any school. Then your in-state public UConn.
There are extremely few merit scholarships unless you express a sincere mission fit. Be smart with your strategy. Most of the in-house COA scholarships are need-based.
Otherwise we can question your true motivation to be a physician.
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I'm not behind the desk at Penn, but most of the students there get some form of financial aid.
Penn unlikely to follow NYU in covering medical school tuition
Although New York University became the first top United States medical school to cover tuition for all students over two years ago, a December 2019 survey deems the model
www.thedp.com
Search the forums on the Penn 21st Century Scholarships, especially in X vs. Y.
It also doesn't sound like you would do MD/PhD.
That's why your in-state options are your better choice financially and to fulfill your educational goals for primary care or emergency med. It also makes sense for Einstein, NYU, and any other medical school you could apply to. I don't get a sense of why medicine is your purpose from any of the responses below, but I'm sure your answer is required to get a 21st Century Scholarship or a similar Dean's Scholarship.
I saw UMiami give full scholarships to applicants with your stats last cycle.
Mayo Clinic gives significant scholarships as well.
However, I would change your expectations such that you’d be pleasantly surprised to simply get into more than 1-2 of these T10-T20s regardless of financials. They are incredibly hard to get into even in your stat range.
As others have said I would add NYU Hopkins and Einstein
Mayo Clinic gives significant scholarships as well.
However, I would change your expectations such that you’d be pleasantly surprised to simply get into more than 1-2 of these T10-T20s regardless of financials. They are incredibly hard to get into even in your stat range.
As others have said I would add NYU Hopkins and Einstein
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I recommend you apply to schools like USF Iowa Indiana and Hofstra, which like high stat OOS applicants
You're pack fodder at these top schools. Merit scholarships are very much a crapshoot; it seems nobody really knows much about them except they're a crapshoot. Often, truly stellar applicants - by top 20 schools' stratospheric standards - will be offered them to lure them away. Think URM Green Beret West Point grad deciding on a career in medicine at 29. Maybe after rehab from losing a leg to an IED. Olympic athletes. People with multiple papers in top journals who chose to pivot to medicine. These people are platinum-grade, maybe unobtainium-grade rock stars. While you stand a fair chance of being admitted to a top school if you interview well, you are not the type of person that these schools are salivating over and eagerly offering you interviews right and left.
Think about doing PSLF, make payments in residency and as an attending, get on an income based repayment plan. Good luck with everything. You are quite a strong candidate, but you aren't at the very tippy top of the food chain.
Edit: You definitely should apply to top-20 schools. You're a solid candidate at any school in the country.
Think about doing PSLF, make payments in residency and as an attending, get on an income based repayment plan. Good luck with everything. You are quite a strong candidate, but you aren't at the very tippy top of the food chain.
Edit: You definitely should apply to top-20 schools. You're a solid candidate at any school in the country.
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UCLA has full rides (not just full tuition), but they use it to recruit high caliber applicants, beyond just their stats. Yes, you have the stats, now focus on how to present your story.
