The cost of applying to medical school can be overwhelming, but the AAMC Fee Assistance Program exists to make the process more affordable for aspiring physicians. This program offers financial assistance to help offset expenses and ensure that financial barriers don’t stand in the way of your medical school dreams.
Here’s a look at what the 2025 AAMC Fee Assistance Program offers and how you can take advantage of it.
- The Fee Assistance Program includes an Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) benefit.
If you are approved for fee assistance during the 2025 calendar year, you will receive the following:
- MCAT Official Prep Online-Only Bundle.
- Reduced MCAT exam registration fee of $140. (usually $345).
- Complimentary 2-year subscription to the Medical School Admission Requirements online database. ($36 value)
- Waiver for all AMCAS® fees for one (1) application submission, covering up to 20 medical school submissions. ($1,049 value)
- Discounted AAMC PREviewTM professional readiness exam registration fees.
- A 60% fee discount on up to 50 applications when you apply for residency with the ERAS application.
Read the complete list of benefits.
- To be eligible for the Fee Assistance Program, applicants are required to fulfill three requirements.
- You must have a U.S.-based home address. Please note the requirements for the submission of documentation for proof of address must include applicant’s full name, applicant’s current U.S. address, all identification (such as an ID) must be current and not expired, and all documentation must be issued within the last 60 days of the date you submit your application.
- Each household reported on your application (yours and your parents, if applicable) must have a 2024 total family income that is equal to or less than 400% of the 2024 national poverty level for that family size.
- You must be preparing to apply to medical school. Specifically, applicants for AAMC Fee Assistance must not be currently accepted or enrolled in any medical school; have graduated from medical school; nor be preparing to apply for residency.
- You must have a U.S.-based home address. Please note the requirements for the submission of documentation for proof of address must include applicant’s full name, applicant’s current U.S. address, all identification (such as an ID) must be current and not expired, and all documentation must be issued within the last 60 days of the date you submit your application.
- Parental financial information is NOT required for applicants aged 26 and over.
You will not be required to submit your parental financial information if you are 26 on the day your application is submitted. Your income eligibility will only depend on your finances and your spouse (if applicable).
- Benefits are not retroactive.
If you are awarded fee assistance, you cannot apply your benefits to previous registrations or purchases. For example, if you register for the MCAT exam, PREview exam or purchase MCAT prep products before receiving your fee assistance benefits, you will not be reimbursed for the discounted rate. Similarly, you will not be able to use your awarded medical school designations if your AMCAS application was submitted before your Fee Assistance Program application was approved.
- Some medical schools waive secondary application fees for fee assistance recipients.
Schools include this information in their Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) profiles. Fee assistance recipients have received other benefits during their medical school application process. Learn more about these additional benefits and tips for completing your Fee Assistance Program application from current medical students: How the Fee Assistance Program Supported My Premed Journey.
The 2025 Fee Assistance Program application opens Monday, Feb. 3. Before beginning your application to the AAMC Fee Assistance Program, please visit our website and be sure to read the AAMC Fee Assistance Program Essentials!