{"id":1897,"date":"2025-08-15T22:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:22:41","slug":"usmle-fee-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/bulletin\/2025\/08\/15\/usmle-fee-assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"USMLE Fee Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Class of 2027, Class of 2028<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USMLE Fee Assistance Program<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <div class=\"meta\">\n        \n                  <span class=\"date\">August 15, 2025<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    \n        \n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Hello all MD students!<\/p>\n<p>The National Board of Medical Examiners has opened their fee assistance program for the United States Medical Licensing Examination!<\/p>\n<p>The fee assistance program helps medical school students with financial need receive an $680 award to help cover registrations cost of the USMLE.<\/p>\n<p>Please take a look at their following criteria:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Are U.S. citizens, permanent residents or have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) approval.<br \/>\n\u2022 Are eligible to take the USMLE and are currently enrolled in an LCME- or COCA-accredited medical school in either the United States of America or a designated medical school in the Caribbean.<br \/>\n\u2022 Have registered for the USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 CK exam between the dates of January 1 and December 31, 2025.<br \/>\n\u2022 Have taken the USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 CK exam between the dates of January 1 and December 31, 2025, prior to applying for the award.<br \/>\n\u2022 Are able to provide a valid USMLE ID number.<br \/>\n\u2022 Have not been referred to a disciplinary committee and found to have engaged in Irregular Behavior or otherwise found to have violated any policy related to any USMLE or NBME exam.<\/p>\n<p>Application for this current cycle will remain open until August 24th.<\/p>\n<p>The next application cycle to apply will be November 14th, 2025- January 4th,2026.<\/p>\n<p>For any further information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.nbme.org\/news\/nbmes-fee-assistance-program-usmle-opens-applications?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=email-mktg&amp;utm_campaign=NL-2025-08-14-C3_email&amp;mkt_tok=NTUyLVFIQy0wNDYAAAGcR6WMApHDiMkfpsn89IPy8_1RU9hQlC3V0xnMCcFbh88DSNrKpvPDsdDxuEBwE0NiMYT7VwT8snj0nOJfhRi0a9eFKZwD-T-AMkS8M2nO__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!sY5LVv722fGUn2BlX4xXfWGDU4oQ3KXR0x2UoIr9tM-C8ed_cAHzXFfJAi4t9tDJeJnq-F8JUwY8yZWEwHCuAlrqs3EiWq2mfSQq3VGi1EgcUQ$\">NBME\u2019s Fee Assistance program for USMLE opens applications | NBME page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kind Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Orozco-Garcia<br \/>\nFinancial Aid Counselor II<br \/>\nMD Financial Aid<br \/>\nKeck School of Medicine of USC<br \/>\n1975 Zonal Avenue KAM 110A<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90089<br \/>\nPhone: 323-442-0945<br \/>\nmelissa.orozcogarcia@med.usc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of-2027","category-class-of-2028","tag-md-fao"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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