Financial Aid Office

We know that deciding how you are going to manage a financial plan for funding your medical school education is a major undertaking that requires solid information and careful planning. We’re here to help you.

This website walks you through the process of applying for financial aid and provides you with a list of all the materials you will need to complete as well as important deadlines. It contains information about available loans and scholarships for students in both the MD and PA programs. We’ve also provided answers to some of the most frequently asked questions, copies of the forms you will need to fill out, debt management information and links to other helpful websites.

We urge you to figure out your financial plan as early as possible, so that it doesn’t become a burden that takes time away from your academic responsibilities.

Remember

• All applicants for institutional aid are required to provide parental financial information.
• All financial aid recipients are required to borrow an annually determined minimum amount—a base loan—before becoming eligible for institutional scholarship funds.
• A debt management plan will help you keep your financial responsibilities from deciding your career path. Our goal is to enable you to choose a career that fulfills your intellectual, emotional and professional needs, regardless of salary.
• Financial aid applications must be submitted annually.

Getting Started

We suggest that you print copies of following forms before you fill them out on line. This will allow you to assemble the information and collect the documents you will need before you get started:

• A Guide for Graduate and Professional Students 2008-2009
• FAFSA
• Need Access Application information
• YSM Application for Financial Aid
• Application information for international students

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Incoming Students

We recommend that all incoming students get started on their financial aid applications as early as possible. The sooner we receive an application, the sooner we can calculate the amount of aid we can offer. Students must have all information into the financial aid office no later than
May 1.

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Returning Students

A financial aid application must be submitted each year, and all application materials must be in the Financial Aid Office no later than May 1.

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Materials received after May 1, 2008 will not be considered except under special circumstance.

(click here to see the list of materials financial aid applicants must submit.)