I just found out that my Expected Family Contribution for school next year is $15,350. Considering that I am not a dependent and didn't make that much money this year, this seems pretty high...
Well, that's what's so screwy. You're not really allowed to work in medical school. Even at the schools that allow it, it is not expected since the schedule is so rigorous.
43% of my tuition is a lot to be required to come up with. Of course, my man and I plan to cover as much as possible while I'm in school, but I am just surprised at how much it is.
Michael also pointed out that my income is being compared to a lot of students who had zero income last year. Stupid students going straight to grad school... (no offense Mrs-Dragon)
None taken. : ) My FAFSA based loans covered tuition. I made something like a whopping 2K last year. I had to take out private loans for housing, food, etc. In the end, my private loan was for as much as tuition---and that was just my half of stuff. 0_o.
By the time we graduate we will have over 100K in school loans. And that is only that low because my parents covered most of my undergrad costs and I worked and EE's parents paid his undergrad tuition and living expenses and his grad tuition.
We are lucky that we will most likely make enough money to actually pay that off in less than a billion years. But it still hurts.
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43% of my tuition is a lot to be required to come up with. Of course, my man and I plan to cover as much as possible while I'm in school, but I am just surprised at how much it is.
Michael also pointed out that my income is being compared to a lot of students who had zero income last year. Stupid students going straight to grad school... (no offense Mrs-Dragon)
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By the time we graduate we will have over 100K in school loans. And that is only that low because my parents covered most of my undergrad costs and I worked and EE's parents paid his undergrad tuition and living expenses and his grad tuition.
We are lucky that we will most likely make enough money to actually pay that off in less than a billion years. But it still hurts.
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