Free Medical School!

[nitro]

Quote from TraderZones:

"All 40 students of this charter class that begins Monday have received full scholarships totaling $7 million, donated entirely by members of the community -- including individuals, hospitals, banks and law firms."

I think this OP misrepresents the intent, based on this article. It was the charter class only, and the school did not make it free, the $$ came from donations.

I agree that I may have misled. It is more akin to a scholarship than "free" education.

 

[TraderZones]

Quote from slacker:


The U.S. should offer the same type of exam based system for free to anyone who wants to take the tests. You can spend the money and go to college or take the tests. I would bet that many who attend the traditional schools would have a hard time passing the subject tests. Probably not going to happen soon.

Good luck,

We already have a bunch of diploma mills that will "grant you credit for life experience."

One way to test out of some courses, is through CLEP exams...

 

[electrickoolaid]

some genius kid in a rice paddy in Thailand can get an MIT education via a town internet connection? sounds like a Hollywood movie.

think about all the wasted genius in the world. it's a numbers game.

 

[slacker]

Good article on the thread subject of free education and the MIT program.

Also some good resources at the end of the article.

http://www.popsci.com/freeschool

Another resource on free education is

http://itunes.stanford.edu/

Great interviews of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. All the lectures can be downloaded to an ipod using itunes for free.

Good luck!