NYU's decision to go tuition-free has other top medical schools grappling with how to attract the brightest students

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• NYU's announcement that it will make medical school tuition free has other top schools across the country grappling with how they can stay competitive to land top students. 
• Business Insider spoke with several private, top-ranked medical schools to gauge their reaction to NYU's decision. 
•  But barring a large gift and mandate from a donor to provide medical school tuition-free — as was the thrust of NYU's program — most med schools have to find other ways to keep education costs down. 

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Tuition-free medical school is becoming less of a pipe dream and more of a reality for future medical students. 

New York University made a bold move in August when it said it would offer free tuition to current and future medical students.

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