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What’s Up Doc? Medical Schools Expand as Economy Retracts
19 March 09 03:15 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Looking at the growth of medical schools in the United States you’d never know America is in the middle of a recession. Even as the economy continues its downward spiral, medical schools are expanding, says Dr. J. James Rohack, the president-elect of the American Medical Association. Read More...

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Medical Residents Losing Ability to Defer Student Loans for 'Economic Hardship'
10 June 08 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Beginning next year, medical school residents will no longer be eligible to defer their federal student loans because of new criteria the government will use to determine “economic hardship,” according to an article in the American Medical News (“ New Read More...

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Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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Entire First Class of New Medical College to Receive Full Scholarships
07 May 08 09:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The new University of Central Florida College of Medicine , scheduled to open in 2009, will be the first medical school in the nation to extend full four-year scholarships to all 40 members of its inaugural class, writes Katherine Mangan of The Chronicle Read More...

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