Are we losing Health Xpress too?

[ReckonerMD]

HealthXpress just dropped SMU and SABA as of April 08 http://www.valuemd.com/st-matthews-u...drops-smu.html

..and students are stating they dropped 3 other Carrib schools. Having received a letter last week from SABA financial aid stating that one of their lenders is going to be making "changes" soon and that to avoid disruption, to apply by Nov. 1 and secure a year of tuition, I'm curious to know if SABA was one of the other schools, too.

[drjohnwebb]

I believe so.. in fact.. I just went on the site and it looks like you can't choose by school anymore, just by state.

I think they pulled out of all Carib schools..

[ReckonerMD]

Originally Posted by drjohnwebb

I believe so.. in fact.. I just went on the site and it looks like you can't choose by school anymore, just by state.

I think they pulled out of all Carib schools..

I just called HealthXpress and Saba has been dropped as of 4/18/08. Anyone starting in May, 08 (like myself) will have to default to TERI. This is teh suck.

[maserati]

Originally Posted by ReckonerMD

I just called HealthXpress and Saba has been dropped as of 4/18/08. Anyone starting in May, 08 (like myself) will have to default to TERI. This is teh suck.

Did they drop all Carib schools? Or just a select few, SABA included?

[ReckonerMD]

Originally Posted by maserati

Did they drop all Carib schools? Or just a select few, SABA included?

I didn't ask, certainly SABA and SMU.

[summerwind]

Originally Posted by drjohnwebb

I believe so.. in fact.. I just went on the site and it looks like you can't choose by school anymore, just by state.

I think they pulled out of all Carib schools..

I just went to the site and you have to choose "Foreign Country" from the drop down box. I took a quick look and did see Caribbean schools listed.

[golfman]

I just got off the phone with both health xpress and the financial aid people at Gardner. We are losing health express as of April 18, 2008. Any current students that have applied for health express loans will receive their disbursments for the Jan. semester. We will not receive any other disbursements after that. The people at Gardner are trying to change the disbursement date for the Summer term to April 17, 2008. If they can do this, we will also recieve the money for that term. In short, it looks like Teri is the only option for now. I am sure the school will work on other loan options but that is it for now.

This is just a side note and please take it as only my opinion. If I were trying to consider where to go to medical school I would look at the schools that get federal loans. Although they cost alot more, your loans are secure. I am very happy with the level of education here but I am very unsure about the loan status for the university. You also will get alot lower interest rate at those schools. I will stay here at SUSOM because I love the island and I like the school. If they get the loan stuff taken care of then I would recommend this place to anyone.

[LqdPls]

Originally Posted by golfman

If I were trying to consider where to go to medical school I would look at the schools that get federal loans. Although they cost alot more, your loans are secure. I am very happy with the level of education here but I am very unsure about the loan status for the university. You also will get alot lower interest rate at those schools..

Are you kidding, you guys have one of the best programs in the Caribbean. Great student/ teacher ratio and a clinical program that is not plagued by an incongruity between supply and demand. Furthermore, one day those federal loans will be just a thing of the past.

[BTH]

Salutations:

Yep, just talked to the financial aid office and it seems that Health Xpress is pulling out of all caribbean medical schools. Something to do with the mortgage crisis so they are hesitant to lend out money to caribbean students. In either case, the school is working hard to get another loan provider besides Teri. Give them some time and they will come up with something.

For any incoming students, make sure you get your loan application filled out by October 31, 2007! After this date, you can no longer apply for healthxpress loans. I just hope that this situation is solved as soon as possible because I would hate to see a fellow student have to worry about financing their education on top of learning all that material. Let's all hope for the best.

[bhs2a]

Are they pulling out of all Carib schools or just the ones owned by Equinox Capital?