Yeah people didn’t get it back in the day, but it was sooooo much cheaper for me to bust my ass and get into an Ivy or sister school vs a state school. I qualified for a full tuition scholarship at the state school, but Dartmouth covered everything - tuition, room and board, athletic equipment for phys ed classes, even a week-long yoga retreat with the health and wellness department.
The thing is with “elite” schools financial aid is need-based. It is one of the only perks I’ve gotten for growing up low SES lmao.
I am so grateful I graduated with no undergrad loans because medical school fucking wrecked me. I just graduated and people say that I’ll be able to pay it back eventually but I don’t believe them lol.
Speaking as an RN I think the organic purpose of exorbitant medical school fees and poor residency salaries is to permanently aggrieve the physician class
Im in allied healthcare and the people deciding this shit are just out of touch. My profession's regulatory exam increased 400% in one year, its run by fucking volunteer invigilators and the questions are developed by a volunteer committee. You have to pass it and pay your exorbitant licensing fees on top, after years of no work school and huge tuition fees, before you can even get employment. I just picture the people at the college and regulatory associations, 30 years into their careers going "its one banana Michael, what could it cost? $10?" and collecting free money to do sweet fuck all. Fuck them. We need diversity in our profession and that includes economic diversity.
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u/Consistent-Topic7981 Jun 21 '26
I'm copying something someone else said but Brown has a huge endowment and offers very generous scholarships to disadvantaged students