How does the whole military thing work with medical schools?
It's not exactly like you think. As I did not go this route, but considered it, I can tell you what I know. But someone who is actually enlisted would be better. 1. You don't join the military and become a doctor, you apply and get into medical school and then can apply to the military under the Health Professions Scholarship Program. Each branch has differing requirements and pays a little bit differently but to answer question #2...2. Yes, they do pay 100% of your tuition in medical school plus a stipend per month. In turn, you are obligated post training to active duty with that branch for a minimum 1 year for each year of support with a minimum 3 years active duty. 3. You can go to any accredited medical school in the US. 4. It differs in that you would enter the military match (vs. NRMP) and match a little earlier in your last year of medical school. 5. Pros: no debt, monthly living allowance. 6. Service obligation and possibly limitations on your specialty choice (for instance, I recall that the AF was only looking for primarily care physicians.)7. Depends on now old you are when you start this process. The service obligation equals the years (or min of 3) in which you received support so add four years to whatever your residency timeframe would be (eg 4 + 5 for surgery.)8. As far as I know, you do have some service obligations while in med school, but someone else may be able to clarify. 9. You'd only be an Army doctor if you joined the Army. Remember there's Navy and Air Force, too. Check the websites. Here are some links to start you out:http://www.militarygme.orghttp://m.goarmy.com/amedd/educat...http://www.airforce.com/pdf/hpsp...http://www.navy.com/joining/coll...Hope that helps. :)
Can I use the GI Bill to pay for Medical School?
I want to become a surgeon after the navy. I plan on getting my degree while on active duty for the navy, because they'll pay for it. So I just want to know if I can use the GI Bill to pay for medical school?
Does the military pay for medical school?
The GI Bill pays for 36 months of full-time college. That can be three years with taking summer classes, or the tradition 4-year, 9-month schedule. If you get some classes done while serving so that you have some GI Bill money leftover after your undergrad, you can apply the leftover to med school. Or, if you would like to continue serving after becoming a doctor, you could use the HSPS to get the military to pay for med school. It's very competitive though. http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/education/hp...
Can the army pay for pre-med and medical school?
The Military will pay for a premed degree if you qualify for a ROTC scholorship. If you are accepted into med school, The military has several programs to pay for the cost of med school. You would owe the military 10 years of service after med school and your internship. If you went the ROTC route for your premed degree, and failed to get accepted into med school, you would owe the military 4 years if you were a scholorship receiptant, 3 years otherwise.
Will the military pay for my medical school?
I would like to be a doctor. However, the amount of debt that I would have to take on would be MASSIVE. A friend of mine told me that if I go see a Navy or Army recruiter, he will tell me about a plan in which I would work for the military for 4 or so years and in return the US gov will pay for all of my education. Can this be true? Does this plan exist?? Before I talk about this with my parents, it'd be helpful to know if this was even real. Also, if this plan does exist and if I do choose to accept, is there a list of universities that gov requires you attend? Any other requirements? Thanks. I'm crossing my fingers that this plan is real!!!
Can the military pay for me to go to Medical School?
I want to go to medical school after I finish college, I have the grades, but my family and I are poor and can't fund it. I would have to take out loans to fund the entire thing, and I've already taken out a bunch of loans for my undergraduate education. I heard if you join the military/navy, they will completely pay for medical school. How does it work?
What's it like to work for the military after medical school/have the military pay for medical school?
I have not done what you're asking, but I can give you part of the answer. There are several ways to fund your education with military money. The most common way is using some form of the GI Bill. You serve and you earn educational benefits that you use in the future (or god forbid, during your service via online, for-profit schools. Sorry, I digress). Other options are available for people already serving. A friend of mine who has already been enlisted in the Navy about 15 years decided that he wanted to get into Healthcare Administration. The Navy has a need for HCA officers, so he applied through one of the Navy's post graduate education programs to get his Masters in HCA. After he was accepted, he enrolled in school using those benefits, and is also paid a monthly room and board stipend (similar to our BAH). Soon he'll have his masters and get commissioned as an officer. Now, regarding your concerns about risk. As an officer in the medical corps or medical service corps, you will be providing care to thousands of personnel whose job (and duty) it is to serve wherever and whenever to whatever is needed. You could spend your entire career in the San Diego or Norfolk area, legitimately doing good work, supporting the fleet, doing annual exams and treating injuries and illnesses, etc. Especially if you're a specialist. Not much risk unless the Bureau of Medicine makes a call and tells you that you're needed elsewhere. You could also work at the Role 3 hospital in Kandahar Afghanistan tending to the injuries sustained by special forces operators in the Afghan mountains. Extremely redeeming work that does carry some risk of being targeted by insurgent activity, and some PTSD. You could also serve shipboard, tending to sailors at sea and the major and minor injuries they have. Plus the annual check ups, too. Ultimately, the amount of risk to which you are subjected reflects how much success you want in your Navy career. Take on the hard challenging jobs, and you will reap the benefits. But if your goal is to serve long enough to get the money and run, then I suspect that you'll survive. You may have some regrets down the line, but who doesn't? Good luck.