text: can you get a scholarship to medical school? i'm graduating high school and thinking about the future.  my mom said that you can't get merit based scholarships for medical school but i don't know.  please answer with as much information about paying for med school as possible. there are tons of scholarships that go unclaimed each year. many $400, $500 or $1000 scholarships never even get applied for because people think it's chump change and not worth applying for. well, get a few of those $500 scholarships and it'll really make a dent in your tuition bill.  do a search on scholarships, search your major, your ethnic heritage, your town, your parents employers, your employer, hobbies, high school, local chamber of commerce/rotary/ lion's club etc. left-handed? there is a scholarship out there for you! older woman returning to school? there are scholarships out there for you. do combined searches on more than one criteria "hispanic women aviation scholarships" etc.  go to the library and ask the reference librarian for a reference book on scholarships. they usually have more than one. there are all kinds of scholarships out there, you just have to start applying yourself and make it your summer career to send out letters everyday for scholarships. good luck!