Yalies at the School of Medicine discuss efforts to support first-generation students
Two medical students told the News about various forms of support they said that the medical school offers to students in overcoming challenges.
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Two medical students told the News about various forms of support they said that the medical school offers to students in overcoming challenges.
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January 20, 2021 by Abigail Roth Yale School of Medicine (YSM) students have led the effort, on campus and nationally, to advocate for first-generation and low-income (FGLI) students in medicine, creating organizations and developing resources to help students access and navigate medical school. This includes working to end the default perception that FGLI students are high-risk in medical school, and replace it with the recognition that their diverse perspectives significantly enhance medical education and will improve how health care is delivered. YSM fifth-year MD-PhD student Mytien Ngu...
Colleges all across the country that have pledged, they have said listen, we do not want to burden the next generation, we'll create a financial aid package for you that is entirely free of student loans or at least reduced greatly reduced student loans and we're talking really great schools all across the country, from arizona state to yale, stan nord is on the list, princeton university, harvard, et cetera, so some top colleges all across the country and frankly i think this is another thing that families are looking at a lot more closely because they're trying to make the cost of higher edu...