If you borrow £36,000 (£9000 a year for tuition fees) - you could end up re-paying over £75,000+
I don't think that is a good deal at all. Maybe it is relative to other loans (albeit mortages are better!) - tuition fees only used to be £3,000 a year .... Not only are we paying three times the amount, the interest rates on what is a large amount of money is terrible anyway.
That said, there is not much we can do about it if you want to go to med school, although we are still paying £75,000 + for a £36,000 loan, for what used to cost £12,000 only 2 or 3 years ago!