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...income financial aid offerings were the only way to pull those students away from attractive offers from in-state schools. The heightened attention to financial aid for middle-income families has corresponded with a push to increase aid across the board—including for those students at the low end of the economic spectrum. The Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, created in 2004, requires no contribution from families that make under $60,000 and a greatly reduced contribution from those with incomes under $80,000. Last year, the College gave non-loan aid to 1,081 undergraduates?...
...These costs, unfortunately, aren’t just a minor inconvenience—they’re a significant barrier to entry. These exorbitant fees effectively discourage students from low-income backgrounds from becoming doctors, reducing both the diversity and size of the applicant pool. This is a problem that disproportionately affects blacks and Hispanics—minorities that are already grossly underrepresented in health care...
...Furthermore, with admission rates to top medical schools hovering at a discouragingly low 5 to 10 percent, students often have good reason to apply to more than the FAP maximum of 12 medical schools. Some students, who evidently have the cash to spare, apply to as many as 40. But even if 12 were enough, the FAP does not cover secondary application fees, which by themselves can total thousands of dollars, or the hefty travel expenses for interviews, which include the cost of airline tickets, ground transportation, and hotel stays...
...Students from low-income backgrounds may also seek financial assistance from their respective colleges—the Harvard Financial Aid Office, for example, provides aid in the form of loans. There’s no reason that students should have to take out additional loans, however, when medical schools could simply lower their application fees, or, at the very least, be more generous in giving waivers...
...eliminate the so-called “processing fee” that students have to pay simply to apply. The first school to get rid of these fees would surely benefit from the publicity and a more diverse applicant pool that would also include a greater number of talented low-income students. Harvard Medical School, perhaps, should take charge and set an example for other schools to emulate...