SCHOLARSHIP

medical school, unlike undergraduate school, gives few scholarships

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Where do you want to study medicine?

There are two different ways to study medicine. In the United States, medicine is a post-graduate degree program. That means you must first complete an undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree, usually in some field like biology or chemistry.

 

Then you apply to medical school, which takes four years to complete PLUS an internship and other professional requirements after that. People can be around 30 years of age (or older) before they complete medical school in the US and often they are thousands of dollars in debt as a result, since medical school, unlike undergraduate school, gives few scholarships under the assumption that doctors make a lot of money and will be able to pay back their loans and then make lots of money after that.

 

 

 

In other countries, much of Europe and the rest of the world among them, students can go study medicine directly from high school (if the proper high school and good grades). In Germany, for example, tuition is free, so there are few if any scholarships.

 

 

The assumptions in much of Europe is that medicine is not a super-highly paid profession so it needs social support like many other careers.

Here is a link to some information on medical scholarships around the world. These scholarships, for the most part, do not cover all the costs of the education, but are meant to supplement. Read the fine print carefully.

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