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Find financial aid to help defray the cost of medical school.

Specific Fellowships

• The Soros and Truman can be used for medical school, to the extent that the candidate's goals fulfill the other requirements of the program.
• The honor society, Alpha Lambda Delta, offers fellowships that can be used for med school. www.aamc.org/students/considering/financial.htm.
• The National Italian American Scholarship can be used for medical school.
• The Tylenol Scholarship provides funding for students pursuing careers in healthcare.
  http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml
  ?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc.
• The Honor Society Scholarships -- Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi -- may be for medical school.
• The M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical Fellowship (for women).
  www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/wellfs.html.
• The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Scholarships.
  www.chci.org/chciyouth/scholarship/
  scholarshipawards.htm
• AAMC Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).
  www.aamc.org/research/dbr/mdphd/programs.htm

Other places to search

• Local community foundations.
• The armed services have programs that will pay for medical school (and pay a generous stipend while one is in school) in return for a specified length of service.
• Ethnic American organizations, such as http://www.camsociety.org/programs.htm
  (Chinese American Medical Society scholarships).
• Join the American Medical Student Association. There are opportunities posted by this group not found in many other places. Pre-med students can join.
  http://www.amsa.org