is it possible to recieve a full tuiton scholarship for med school?
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I also think it is pretty rare.  It may be possible to get outside scholarships from a local source or "contest" type scholarship.  Most merit based scholarships I know are not near full tuition at all.  Every bit helps though.  Financial based aid is usually not in the form of scholarships, but loans.\n\nThe military medical program may be an option.  Also, I've seen programs (and I can not remember where online) that offer to repay your med school loans if you do residencies in understaffed areas or fields.  I'm going to look for that again
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Try: Fastweb.com....they have tons of scholarships ranging from different amounts of money...
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Go to fastweb.com good source for scholarships for anyone, based on the info you provide.
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You have a good chance of being accepted, but academic scholarships to such schools are ultra-competitive. There are probably plenty of people applying who have a 3.9 or 4.0
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You can do it several ways.\nStudent loans.\nScholarships.\nRegular loan from a bank.\nLoan from your relatives.\nMilitary scholarship(You have to promise to serve in the military after your residency for a certain amount of time. I think it's less than 4 years.)\n"Under-served" area scholarship.(You promise to practice again for a certain numbers of years in an area where there's shortage of doctors-which at this time and for a foreseeable future, just about everywhere!!) There's national shortage of doctors now.\n\nUnless you are super smart and don't have to sleep but couple hours a day, you could have a part time job. But advise against this\n\nI went to medical school free because my father is a disabled veteran and got a child for disabled veterans scholarship. You can only use it 4 years and I didn't waste it on college. \n\nIt's kind of sad but most medical school graduate has about 60,000-120,000 debt.\n\nBut they predict huge shortages of doctors for a long time. So it's an excellent field to go into.\n\nWith the money you'll make ,if you really tighten your belt for 2-3 years you can easily pay off $120,000.\n\nRight now the smallest bonus just to go to a practice or hospital is $20,000.  And for some specialists they can get as much as $80,000 bonus.\n\nGood luck.
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I used PELL GRANTS to go to college.  And you DON'T have to pay them back.  These grants are given by private business and "RICH" families that want to donate scholarship monies as tribute to a family member.  Look on the computer for PELL GRANTS.  She how they want you to apply for them.  And I am very proud of you. Go to med school  and be a great Dr.  I hope this works for you.  GOOD LUCK !!!!!
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Contact the schools admissions offices.  Most private schools offer their own financial aid programs and scholarships.  Also, look in to the Knott Scholarship programs.
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Check with your University. They should be able to give you the needed scholarship applications.
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Alot of scholarship awarding agencies are available. British council, UCAS, and Fullbright. You can find details at www.admissionglobal.com
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Apply.\n\nNo, really.  Apply.  It is the first step in getting ANY scholarship.\nTalk to your school guidance councellor, and he or she will show you where to apply.
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No, I would be leary of websights offering scholarships. Anyone can make a webpage and steal your information when you give it to them, sighing up for what you think is a scholarship. Be careful and be leary of "winning" anything online\n\nRemember....  if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Maggie,\n\nThe short answer is that there are a few scholarships.  Your experience as a diabetic may help you get into some careers where there are more scholarships and tuition reimbursement related to your career. \n\nThe long answer is:  I liked your question so much that I blogged on it at http://www.mydiabetesinformation.com.  \n\nAnother quote:\n\nFrom the journal "Diabetes Care,":\n\nIt behooves\nthe student to contact local resources and\ntheir educational institution to see\nwhether any scholarship money might be\navailable to them. At times, a benefactor\nmay set up a scholarship fund at a college\nor in a local community for someone with\na specific diagnosis such as diabetes.\nThese scholarships may not be advertised\nand may go unused during the years that\nno one applies for them.\n\nHere is a narrow niche, if you play tennis competitively: http://www.wtt.com/charities/default.asp\n\nMaybe you could learn really fast!\n\nSeriously, I like the first suggestion better.  If you do some scholarship searches, you may find a scholarship for students with diabetes.  \n\nThanks for the blog idea.  \n\nMatt
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I don't know about UK but in U.S you have to finish pre-medicine course before applying to medical school. You cannot apply from high school.\n\n- For pre-medicine course, you apply to any college or university in U.S (undergraduate school), majoring in biology or chemistry or biochem or microbiology... \n\n- At the end of your junior year (undergraduate school) take MCAT (Medical School Admission Test)\n\n- At your senior year, apply for medical school\n\n+ the requirements for medical school in U.S is extremely high, I don't major in medicine, but I know that my school require G.P.A 3.5 (over 90% grades) for being admitted + high MCAT test score.\n\nmedical schools usually don't offer scholarships (even for U.S citizens), but loan (this understandable because when you finish medical school, you will have a bright future).  Remember $1 loan = $2-3 for paying back. For example, if you loan $200, 000 for 4 years in medical school, you will have to pay $400, 000-$600,000 when graduation some years.\n\n------- because of these requirements, about 75% students who first apply for pre-medicine have to change their major, in order words about in 100 students intend to apply for medical school, 75 have to give up----
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The possibility of securing a scholarship through Yahoo answers is very, very small. You need to explore the scholarship granting foundations or institutions. Good luck!\n\ncc
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hi :\ninternational students can get full american universities scholarships according to requirements of each university\nso in order to get an scholarship u should pursue the following steps:\n\n1-check the university rankings (in ur field of study) through diffrent websites\n\n2-check the associated university websites for conditions \nto apply for phd program\n\n3-fill the application form and prepare other requirments (which may include TOEFL & GRE ) and dont limit urself to\none university only apply for as many as u can offer the registartion fee (namely 100 $ ).\n\n4-all other steps including getting american visa should be conducted after the university's approval.\n\n\ngood luck
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Two things come to mind here.  First, specific schools often have "local" scholarships which are available to specific categories of students.  Sometimes these relate to field of study; sometimes they relate to some aspect of the student--ethnicity, sex, birthplace/hometown; sometimes they are based on need.\n\nThe second possibility, if you are in the U.S., is with the Bureau of Health Professions (of the Health Resources and Services Administration, within the Department of Health and Human Services).  At the link below, you will find that they sponsor grant programs, as well as loan repayment programs.
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Well, if you're interested in medicine, i would strongly encourage you to try it. Results shouldnt be a problem judging by what you said. If you worry about the cost, why don't you apply for a scholarship? \nBiotech is a good option too. It basically involves the bio in actual research. As suggested by the word technology, this is science for a practical use eg to create vaccines,new medicine etc. Its a great option because of its importance to the world now, and the rarity of such students. Which means to sae, you would find job opportunities aplenty. However, to be successful in biotech, you would have to have the patience and perserverance in doing research because research involves lots of tedious and sometimes repeatative processes!