augustacrimsontide
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I'm sure this question gets posted a million times so my apologies in advance for starting a 1000th thread on it.
Basically unless I get off the waitlist for my in-state school, I'll be attending UAB as an OOS student (~$107,000/yr total cost). I'm potentially interested in specializing someday but not until after a couple years of normal practice after dental school. I grew up in a rural area and would not be opposed to living in a place like that again unless it was some god-awful place like Ohio or whatever.
Given the recent uptick in interest rates for federal grad loans and my $400,000+ potential debt (not even factoring in loan fees & said interest), is HPSP or NHSC something that I should be pursuing, no question? (From what I understand, NHSC is becoming even more incredibly competitive than HPSP scholarships).
I've also seen people say that stats factor into the distribution of HPSP scholarships and wanted to know if that's actually true? 4.0 GPA/sGPA, 26 DAT.
Thanks
Basically unless I get off the waitlist for my in-state school, I'll be attending UAB as an OOS student (~$107,000/yr total cost). I'm potentially interested in specializing someday but not until after a couple years of normal practice after dental school. I grew up in a rural area and would not be opposed to living in a place like that again unless it was some god-awful place like Ohio or whatever.
Given the recent uptick in interest rates for federal grad loans and my $400,000+ potential debt (not even factoring in loan fees & said interest), is HPSP or NHSC something that I should be pursuing, no question? (From what I understand, NHSC is becoming even more incredibly competitive than HPSP scholarships).
I've also seen people say that stats factor into the distribution of HPSP scholarships and wanted to know if that's actually true? 4.0 GPA/sGPA, 26 DAT.
Thanks