Bry2MedSchool

                                                       Bryana Robinson 


 
A.      Who needs money?
Bryana Robinson needs the financial assistances from my family and friends (friends of friends are great too ;-D)

B.      What do you need it for?  
Preparation for Medical School (See details below).

C.      When do you need the money?
 Some I need this month and some I need after I take the MCAT and start college visits.

D.      Where are you right now and how does that impact their needs?
I am getting prepared to submit my application to Kaplan for the MCAT preparation training/testing.  I anticipate my parents & grandparents will help but it would be less stressful knowing that these expenses are behind me.

E.       Why do you need the money being donated?
For test prep. Including books and tutoring, transportation expenses to the prep site, college visit transportation, lodging and meat costs , etc. (See cost breakdown below)

F.      How will the money being donated be used?
The money will be used to cover the costs associated with me preparing and deciding on a medical school and off set the cost of moving.

INTRO
I have been wanting to be a doctor since in middle school, 7th grade. Seriously, you can ask my mom.   Even with that in mind, It is surreal that in May I will be finishing undergraduate school and moving towards the dream that has been playing over and over in my head of applying for and attending medical school.  Click Here For Bio 
However, before any of that can happen I have a few hurdles I need to get over.  Before I explain those hurdles in a budget table, let me take you back a little bit.

My parents instill in me a couple of things:

1.       Work ethic – work hard and give what you do 110% and you will know you have done the best you can do.  Many of you have followed my story most often through my mother’s postings on Facebook.  It is through my hard work that I was in the top 20 graduating seniors of my high school (Pebblebrook in Mableton, Ga) and it is also through that hard work that I received a scholarship to attend the University Of Cincinnati as a Track and Field|Athlete and currently hold records for the school, that I have been selected as one of the top 100 graduating seniors at the University of Cincinnati, the President of the  Minority Association for Pre-Med Students, an Honors College Scholar,  a McNair-Scholar  and having my research published as an undergrad.  Click Here .

Believe me I will carry the concept of hard work with me to medical school and make You proud.

2.       There are ways to pay for college, find them and work towards leaving undergraduate school with no debt.
My parents were determined that they would not pay for my college because there are many opportunities to have it paid for you.  The road I took was Track and Field as a student athlete.  You can get a better idea of why the University of Cincinnati made the investment in me for track by watching this short video. Click Here 

My final year however, due to an injury I declined the athletic scholarship.  This of course created a huge void in my finances and due to my track schedule there were many courses I was not allowed to take to complete my major (organic chemistry, lab, calculus/physics, etc. ) so I would need to cover the tuition, books, apartment, utilities, gas, food, and any miscellaneous things like prescriptions, etc. but with my final year schedule it would be impossible for me to work and maintain the G.P.A. I need to qualify for medical school.  My mom and I found and I applied for academic and STEM scholarship money and along with the help of my parents and grandparents I will leave undergraduate school debt free.

Bryana Robinson

3.       Don’t be afraid to ask for help. 
There is a difference in asking for and hand out and a hand up.

I learned early on the importance of asking the teachers in my life for help.  It was drilled into us kids that the person with the answers stands at the front of the room, ask them.  Sometimes other students would get annoyed with me saying that I was asking too many questions or making the class feel some kind of way.  My parents taught me to tune out the nah sayers and get what you need to succeed.

It is likely that I like most medical students will not be able to fully avoid the $300,000 to $500,000 debt that medical school costs, but along the way there are other expenses/debt I can offset with your help. 
Click Here & on 2018-2019 Tuition  ( Or Click Here )

My family has truly helped me throughout my high school and undergraduate years.  They would be one of the few parents that would follow me across the country and be in the stands (or in my mom's case running in the stands) at my track meets and now they are preparing for my graduation, so they will have the expense of invitations, a class ring, cap and gown, graduation pictures and so much more.  They will also have the expense of hotels and travel expenses back and forth to Cincinnati long before my graduation date of May 4th so they can attend the additional ceremonies I will be given awards in.  For example, on January 24th I will be given an award for being one of the top 100 seniors graduating from University of Cincinnati, May 2nd will be my Honors Student Graduation.  Then throughout April and May I am in line to receive additional awards; the McNair Scholars Banquet/Recognition, Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence and hopefully the C-Ring award and I want them to come and see me receive the awards to know that all they have done for me has paid off,  and therefore I can't expect them to cover all these additional expenses and this is where I need your help, family and friends. That is why this GoFundMe page was established. 

I would appreciate it if family & friends would share this with those we are connected to but, I don't have a social media contact for them.

This is a breakdown of the additional cost I will need your help with. Please note that I am applying for fee assistance, but I don’t want to count on that since I have been turned down for other financial requests.