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26 years old Finance guy who now wants to become a doctor... |
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Some input |
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01/04/2002 |
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I'm 26 years old and getting closer to 27. I graduated college with a business degree and quite frankly, business sucks. Over the last couple of years I've considered the idea of actually going back to school to become a doctor. I would have to go through at about of year of post-bac classes and take the MCAT. Then, I'd have to wait a year before getting into a school. I'd then have 4 years of Med School, and finally the 3 years of residency. This puts me at age 35 before I start making a true living as a doctor. I'm currently involved with a woman my age (26) who has a 7 year old child. Marriage and such is a definite option for our relationship. Here's my question...
Does anyone out there have experience about starting a family while in med school? How hard is it to do? What do you do about money? What does the stress of medical school and doctoring do to a relationship? Any advice would be greatly appreciated... |
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Here is my experience, I left a position as an engineer with a great salary to go into the health profession. I decided that dentistry fit my personality but I am in year 2 of 4. I am currently 27 and I am going to tell you it is hard to leave a salary for 4 years. I am not saying don't do it but determine why you want to do it. As you can tell I sometimes have second thoughts about my decision. The worst part is when your co-workers tell you about their promotions when you are in school making next to nothing for money. But it can be done.
I know both med and dental students with families. Many of them live in family housing at the University (cheap). Some are heavily subsidized by their family others are not. The ones that are not do it through loans or the wife works. You can take up to $50000 in loans a year with a family. Or you can apply for a military scolarship which pays for your school, books, and stipend (~1200/mnth). The downside to the last option is you have to work as a doctor in the military for 4 years which get paid less then in the private sector but you have no loans.
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