Financial Aid Counseling and Support

The College of Osteopathic Medicine provides its students with counseling and support to assist them with understanding financial aid eligibility requirements, application processes, and debt management including:

• A presentation on available financial aid and our application process is scheduled for all applicants during interview days.
• Incoming and continuing students are encouraged to meet with the financial aid staff to go over available financial aid programs, application processes, and budgeting. In addition, all students are contacted by the financial aid staff before the second disbursement of funding to discuss refunds and possible return of projected refunds to lower debt loads.
• All students receiving loans must complete online entrance counseling at studentaid.gov. Entering students are also required to attend an orientation where an in-person loan entrance counseling program is given.
• Continuing students are referred to studentaid.gov for a review of loan totals.
• Graduating students complete an exit interview at studentaid.gov and are given an in-person exit interview. During the interview, an AAMC representative will speak about loan repayment and a financial advisor will discuss budgeting and investments.

For further information, please contact the financial aid office at 516.686.7960.