Personal example, I almost did an MD/PhD at BU. Almost every MD/PhD is fully-funded due to the time commitment and presumed loss of 4-5 years of attending-level

Personal example, I almost did an MD/PhD at BU. Almost every MD/PhD is fully-funded due to the time commitment and presumed loss of 4-5 years of attending-level salary. BU's MD/PhD program is not fully funded...you have to pay for your living expenses all throughout the MD years, not an easy price to stomach in Boston (see: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/mdphd/admissions/funding/ https://www.bumc.bu.edu/mdphd/admissions/funding/).