Short version: I'm 40, finished all but one prereq, and everything about my application looks great but I don't have the money to apply and need advice.
Long version: Sorry to ask a new version of a question I already posted here, but things have more or less fallen apart. I "look good" on paper with my GPA and ECs and so on, but I don't have enough research experience, which is the minor problem, and I can't afford the application process at all, and if I do, I can afford to pay for school if I get in, but there's no way I'd even be able to afford to move to whatever city I'd need to.
I don't have any family or friends or credit cards or, most importantly, savings. I'm on SSDI. I need an extra year of school in order to make a pretty good shot at acceptance a *really* good shot, but I hit my loan ceiling. I don't have great credit so I can't afford any more school, I can't afford a car, can't afford travel expenses if I got any interviews, can't afford moving expenses if I got into school, and can't afford anything else I was told would "work out" when I was just told to focus on academics.
I'm not giving up and never will, I just have *no idea* how to rescue things. My only chance at earning any decent money is the long shot gamble of selling another book or two in the next three or so years. I have $700 in savings but I can't even pay my rent right now, so things seem grim but again, I'm writing because you're smarter at this than I am, and more experienced, so you can probably give me the good ideas and kick in the pants I need. My estimate for how much I'll need for applying to med schools (even with FAP assistance) and getting an extra year of classes is about $25k, $15k of which is a year of school. (The physics course I'm taking costs $3k on its own while a full semester costs $5500 so if I have to cough up magical money I might as well do things right.)
Even if it takes another five years, or ten, I'm GOING to do this because I very passionately want to be a doctor for the right reasons (which for me are opportunities to help others through meeting patients, through research, through public health and charity initiatives).
Anyway, ramble over. Long story short: I'm dirt poor. Except for research I'll be doing over the next year anyway, and a shortage of LORs from science professors (I have one really passionate one and two possible tepid ones), everything else is solid. Advice?
Long version: Sorry to ask a new version of a question I already posted here, but things have more or less fallen apart. I "look good" on paper with my GPA and ECs and so on, but I don't have enough research experience, which is the minor problem, and I can't afford the application process at all, and if I do, I can afford to pay for school if I get in, but there's no way I'd even be able to afford to move to whatever city I'd need to.
I don't have any family or friends or credit cards or, most importantly, savings. I'm on SSDI. I need an extra year of school in order to make a pretty good shot at acceptance a *really* good shot, but I hit my loan ceiling. I don't have great credit so I can't afford any more school, I can't afford a car, can't afford travel expenses if I got any interviews, can't afford moving expenses if I got into school, and can't afford anything else I was told would "work out" when I was just told to focus on academics.
I'm not giving up and never will, I just have *no idea* how to rescue things. My only chance at earning any decent money is the long shot gamble of selling another book or two in the next three or so years. I have $700 in savings but I can't even pay my rent right now, so things seem grim but again, I'm writing because you're smarter at this than I am, and more experienced, so you can probably give me the good ideas and kick in the pants I need. My estimate for how much I'll need for applying to med schools (even with FAP assistance) and getting an extra year of classes is about $25k, $15k of which is a year of school. (The physics course I'm taking costs $3k on its own while a full semester costs $5500 so if I have to cough up magical money I might as well do things right.)
Even if it takes another five years, or ten, I'm GOING to do this because I very passionately want to be a doctor for the right reasons (which for me are opportunities to help others through meeting patients, through research, through public health and charity initiatives).
Anyway, ramble over. Long story short: I'm dirt poor. Except for research I'll be doing over the next year anyway, and a shortage of LORs from science professors (I have one really passionate one and two possible tepid ones), everything else is solid. Advice?