Your financial future is important, and we want to help prepare you for your life beyond these walls.  The Financial Wellness Center offers many resources including continuing fiscal education.

We partner with AAMC First, an online platform that provides financial wellness tools, educational content, newsletters and more.

Students will create a free account at AAMCffinancialwellness.com to access personal finance planning tools, online course, articles, and videos.  This is open to all students, across all four years and both medical and dental schools.  If you have already registered an account there is no need to do so again.

As part of our $1,000 Debt Scholarship program each term we assign three courses.  Topics will vary, including credit, insurance, home buying and more.  Coursework takes between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.  Completion of at least two courses during the term will satisfy the standard challenge and open up all the bonus challenge opportunities.  Students will only satisfy the standard challenge requirements for completing the assigned courses.

Student’s participation is tracked so there is no need to notify us of completion.

The assigned coursework is posted to the office’s Facebook page, as well as the office’s website  All three courses will assigned at the start of the term so students can complete them at their earliest convenience.  No courses are assigned during the summer term.

COURSEWORK WILL BE ASSIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 1

In partnership with the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Medicine, the Office of Student Financial Aid Services is pleased to announce the availability of two $1,000 scholarships each semester (fall and spring). One scholarship will be awarded to a dental student and one to a medical student who participate in the Financial Wellness Program.

Key details:

• Eligibility: Students must have loan debt for the current academic year (University Loan, Primary Care Loan, Federal Direct Loans, or Private Loans).
• Selection: One dental and one medical student will be randomly selected. Students may only receive this scholarship once per academic year.

How to Participate:
The Financial Wellness Program consists of a series of optional challenges, such as:

• Completing assigned AAMC courses
• Attending AAMC webinars and seminars
• Submitting budget paperwork

Each completed challenge earns you one entry into the scholarship drawing. The more challenges you complete, the more chances you have to win.

Challenge Tiers:

• Fall: Must complete at least two assigned AAMC courses to qualify for bonus entries. Additional AAMC coursework and webinars earn more entries.
• Spring: Must complete either (1) one assigned AAMC course and attend the AAMC loan repayment seminar, or (2) two assigned AAMC courses to qualify for bonus entries. Additional coursework and webinars also count.

Bonus Entries:

• Complete 3 bonus challenges → +1 extra entry
• Complete 6 bonus challenges → +2 extra entries
• Complete all 9 bonus challenges → +4 extra entries

Each challenge includes specific instructions, and some require you to upload proof of completion. Please read each carefully.

👉 Visit our newly designed Financial Wellness Page for complete details and to get started.

We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity—not only to strengthen your financial skills, but also for the chance to receive a scholarship award.

On August 28th at 2PM the AAMC will hold its next AAMC First webinar.  This will include representatives from the National Health Service Corp and will focus on their scholarship opportunities as well as their loan repayment options so you can minimize your student loan debt.  You can join this free webinar here!