med1234med Posted November 14, 2020 Report Posted November 14, 2020 Just wondering is it possible to get awards or scholarships in medical school to pay for it? What is the most amount of money do you think students can get? Queen's is my top school so more info about how much money I could get there would be awesome. Quote
blah1234 Posted November 15, 2020 Report Posted November 15, 2020 When I went to medical school (which was years ago) there were minimal scholarships and bursaries. Most people get some token amount of bursary money but nothing that would be life changing (e.g. <$10k). I think there was one bursary for people with disadvantaged backgrounds to cover the whole tuition but I don't think most students would qualify. There may be scholarships outside of the institution that could help but I'm not as familiar with that. I'm not sure how Queen's is specifically so maybe someone else can chime in but the majority of students have to heavily utilize their LoC in Ontario. Quote
medicallyricalmiracle Posted November 16, 2020 Report Posted November 16, 2020 OSAP offers a lot of money for the vast majority of students, and a substantial amount of it is grants (i.e. you don't pay it back). This could be anywhere from $3K-$8K of the total funding based on students I've talked to. They also have additional scholarships you can apply for. They're hard to get, but not impossible and every bit helps (even though tuition is expensive, winning thousands of free dollars in any other context is literally winning the lottery lmao) Quote
Psych Posted November 16, 2020 Report Posted November 16, 2020 I'll echo what others had said- scholarships for med school are minimal, but some do exist, although most are relatively small. uOttawa has a decent amount that you can apply to at the start of each year but most are only a few thousand, and they're quite competitive. OSAP and an LOC are the ways most people fund their education- these will more than cover the cost, the only question is how much debt you'll be in when you finish. Obviously this isn't ideal, but even with a lot of debt (150-200k+) most people can pay it off within a few years of staff work Quote
Curiousaboutapps1 Posted November 20, 2020 Report Posted November 20, 2020 You get reasonably significant tuition support/scholarships if you pursue MD/PhD at most schools. It also comes with the tradeoff of spending 3-5 extra years doing a PhD. Quote
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