jjweathe Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I am a new york state resident who will be starting at PCOM in Philadelphia June 2012. Does anyone know of available scholarships for PA schools? Any info/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Congrats I got accepted there and am torn between there and Pace. Man I love that school though. Why'd you pick that over going somewhere in NYC? Anyway, scholarship, there is one, super competitive though. Short of joining the army, you need to re-focus: loan repayment after school, that's the ticket now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjweathe Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 OKay, thanks for the input. I applied to ten schools and 6 of them were in NYC, but after interviewing with one school I realized how overwhelming and logistically crazy manhattan can be. I decided not to do school in NYC bc i figured the demands of PA school would be tough enough without managing life in a stressfull city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Ah I see. Well PCOM is great, I think it's the better school, but I like the NY school rotations - plus I would love to work at some crazy hospital in Brooklyn after school. Anyways, here is the loan repayment thing I think most people go for: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/ You gotta work somewhere underserved (rural, inner city, etc). Here is the breakdown for full time, tax free: 2 yrs - 60K 3 yrs - 100K 5 yrs - I think 150K? 8 yrs (I think) - repay all that you owe Also, many employers have loan repayment plans, and some states have their own loan repayment plans. The good thing is with loan repayment, you are still making 80-100K a year. So think of this... let's say you owe 200K. If you are willing to work one FT job (80K/yr), and let's say another job you pick up a few shifts a month (25K/yr), so you are making 105K total a year. Now let's call it 90K after taxes. So now let's assume you graduate school and still keep a low profile, don't go out and buy any new car, TV, vacation, etc. If you are living on 40K, that's 50K extra income. If you can do the 2 year loan repayment and save money, that's 160K in 2 years. Then you can relax, work wherever you want, and easily pay off what small amount remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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