What does it take to get a scholarship in the US to study Medicine?
There is a huge financial challenge associated with the dream to practice medicine in the United States. Medical school tuition is a well-known and costly affair, but you do not have to be in debt to mark your future. Find a large scholarship, and you can relax and make your career decisions. We have the […]
The USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Era: What Program Directors Look for Now
The shift in the medical training environment was a tectonic change. The USMLE Step 1 was changed to a Pass/Fail scoring direction. The three-digit Step 1 score has been used as the main filter. The objective measure of what program directors (PDs) use to sort through the thousands of residency applications every year. That quantitative […]
Loans vs. Service Commitments: Calculating the True Cost of the NHSC Scholarship
The extreme high price of schooling in medicine; usually around 250,000 dollars, compels the future doctor to turn into a financial planner. The offer to wipe out that debt in exchange for service made by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) looks like a clear win. Does the service commitment really conceal a cost that […]
The National Resident Matching Program (The Match)
You finished medical school. You faced the exams. This is the most important of the medical careers you have ever lived, The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), also referred to as The Match. The key to your future is in this high stakes and complicated system. It sets your specialty and decides where you are […]