flotation_demice
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This cycle has been both exciting and disappointing for me. I am very lucky to have received acceptances from vet schools except for my IS school (waitlisted, but unlikely to get off). My other struggle is that I need to report my parents' salaries based on my age, but I will not be receiving any financial assistance from them. I will be financially completely independent, but my financial aid will be based on their combined salary which will not qualify for financial aid. I already used all my savings to pay off my student loans from undergrad so I will have close to nothing entering veterinary school. All scholarships I have seen are based on need which I understand, but I won't qualify right now because they won't recognize me as paying for my own education.
Why do they assume that parents will help with grad school education? What can I do to ease my financial burdens in the future? I'm very grateful to be in my position, but I'm extremely anxious and feeling hopeless about all the debt I'm about to be in. Any advice would be super helpful.
Also, I hope to specialize in the future. Is it better to work first then specialize or go straight in, suck it up for a few yrs and then pay it off with a higher salary?
Why do they assume that parents will help with grad school education? What can I do to ease my financial burdens in the future? I'm very grateful to be in my position, but I'm extremely anxious and feeling hopeless about all the debt I'm about to be in. Any advice would be super helpful.
Also, I hope to specialize in the future. Is it better to work first then specialize or go straight in, suck it up for a few yrs and then pay it off with a higher salary?
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