Our Financial Aid Office, located in the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions, offers financial counseling services and can help you finance your medical education through a variety of scholarships, loans, and work opportunities. Counselors can provide you with a list of student loan lenders specializing in medical school student loans and assist you in completing the loan application process. There also is information about types of aid on the university's Financial Aid web site.

When you apply for financial aid, you are automatically considered for all Boonshoft School of Medicine programs for which you are eligible.

A variety of financial aid is available

Internal scholarships and loans

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine awards scholarships and loans that require no application from you. The selection is made from information gathered from the AMCAS application and/or from the FAFSA. To see examples of available scholarships, click here.

External scholarships

The Financial Aid Office can recommend other sources of support. We encourage you to seek out external scholarships.

External loans

You will receive information on external loans along with your award letter. You do not need to seek out your own loan information. The Boonshoft School of Medicine will do that for you. Federal Stafford Loans available to you as a medical student are:

• Subsidized Stafford Student Loans
  A subsidized loan is awarded on the basis of financial need. The student won't be charged interest before repayment begins or during deferment periods. The federal government "subsidizes" (pays) the interest during these periods.
• Unsubsidized Stafford Student Loans
  An unsubsidized loan is not awarded on the basis of need. The student will be charged interest from the time the loan is disbursed until it's paid in full. If the student chooses not to make interest payments and allows the interest to accrue (accumulate) while in school or during other periods of nonpayment, the interest will be capitalized. This means the interest will be added to the principal amount of the student's unsubsidized loan, and additional interest will be based on that higher amount.

Service Commitment Scholarships

These scholarships provide tuition and living expense support in exchange for a work commitment after residency. The work commitment is for the same number of years as the scholarship. Examples include:

• Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarships (Army, Navy, Air Force)
  
• National Health Service Corps Scholarship

To apply for financial aid

Step 1: Complete your FASFA

To apply for financial aid at the Boonshoft School of Medicine you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the FAFSA renewal application. The Financial Aid Office will use your FAFSA to determine your financial aid award.

We recommend that you provide parental information on the FAFSA , even if your parents don’t contribute to your support. To be considered for internal financial aid in the forms of loans or scholarships, you must provide parental information. Your completed FAFSA should be submitted to the Department of Education electronically at this link:

• FASFA Form
  (Wright State's federal code is 003078)

Federal regulations require the Financial Aid Office to have your FAFSA before processing your loans.

Step 2: Estimate your expenses

The Office of Student Affairs and Admissions has prepared a worksheet that can help you estimate your medical school expenses. Download this worksheet to chart your expenses throughout your four years of medical school.

• Expense Worksheet as a PDF
• Expense Worksheet as an Excel spreadsheet
  

Estimated Tuition & Fees for First Year Students for 2009-2010

Step 3: Access Your Award

You should receive your first financial aid disbursement by the end of orientation week, which will include funds for moving, rent, utility deposits and living expenses for the first 10 days.

• Access your award
  (Instructions on how to access your award)

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact Tussel Conner, Financial Aid Coordinator, in the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions, or call (937) 775-2934.

Financial Information, Resources, Services and Tools (FIRST)

Created by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in collaboration with the medical school financial aid community and the Organization of Student Representatives, FIRST for Medical Education offers a full range of Financial Information, Resources, Services, and Tools for applicants, medical school students, residents, advisors and financial aid officers. The AAMC's goal is to help medical school borrowers expand their financial literacy, make smart decisions about student loans and manage their student debt wisely.

The FIRST program offers:

• An A-Z Reference List
  A list of available tools and resources located on the FIRST Web site
• FIRST Facts
  Fact sheets on a variety of financial aid related topics. Facts are designed to reduce often confusing or complex topics to the basics.
• Resources
  Guides, publications and Web resources to help you understand financial aid.
• Tools
  Interactive Web tools, including financial calculators and an economic hardship deferment worksheet.

More helpful links

Aid available to professional students

College Savings Calculator

FastWeb — National Scholarship Search Service

FinAid!® — Financial Aid for Medical School

Health Insurance for Wright State Medical Students

List of lenders from the WSU Financial Aid Office (for 2008-09)

Loan Repayment/Forgiveness Scholarship Programs Database

Parent and Student Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees

Research and Scholarship Opportunities from the American Medical Association

Student Doctor Network Financial Aid Forum