How to pay for medical school in Costa Rica and other careers available

I will do a general review on each option, if you have questions, feel free to email me.

1. Cash:
If you have dual nationality (American/Hispanic) you can take advantage of this option and pay as a costarrican. (about 30% less on tuition fees)

2.Sallie Mae/ Navient:
This is a private loan based on credit score. You'll need to apply each year to renew the loans. So basically your credit needs to remain perfect throughout the career and on top of that you always need a co-signer with a good job and good credit. Make sure your co-signer understands they need to co-sign EVERY year for you.

The cool thing about this loan is that they give you the flexility to start repaying after you graduate, I believe up to 6 months after. You can also make small payments towards the interest.

3. Federal Loan: (ONLY for pharmacy and psichology)
For this option you'll need to apply for FAFSA every year and be qualified. There's a maximum of $20,500.

For Medicine you can only use the first two options.

More Warnings:
-To be able to pay with a loan you must maintain a GPA above 70%.

-You must finish your career within 150% of estimated time (this means if the career takes 4 years, you must finish it within 6 years)-----> U.S government does not want slackers using education funds!

A lot of students tend to break blocks according to the difficulty of the courses. I will advice you on that later as I advocate for certain courses to be taken separately for the quantity of material and the attention required to pass this classes.

-This is for all students: You can only take a subject three times, if you fail a fourth time, you need to wait one year! This can be very inconvenient, so I advice everyone to start strong from day one because every bit counts. Even the easy subjects, do not underestimate any class. The better grades you accumulate the better chances you have to stay in the medical program if you happen to get stuck in a hard class such as biochemistry.

Available careers in Unibe:
-Medicine
-Pharmacy
-Nursing
-Psychology