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I would say about half of my friends taking gap years are living with their parents. It seems to be a fairly common occurrence to help save costs, particularly if the activity you're pursuing is close to home.
 
nverqrui said:
So I got a job as a scribe for my gap year and I'm also doing a bit of volunteering, but I will also be living with my parents during my gap year. When they found out, I could tell that they were disappointed, even though they did their best to hide it. Do people taking gap years usually move out? Similar anecdotes are appreciated.
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My mother was not half as disappointed as I was when I informed her I did not have the financial means to move out during my gap year 🤣
 
nverqrui said:
So I got a job as a scribe for my gap year and I'm also doing a bit of volunteering, but I will also be living with my parents during my gap year. When they found out, I could tell that they were disappointed, even though they did their best to hide it. Do people taking gap years usually move out? Similar anecdotes are appreciated.
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Not sure what's the norm, but you can make it less disappointing by being extra tidy and contributing to chores like laundry, cooking, buying groceries, etc!
 
after you graduate medical school with all that debt ...... you just may find yourself living with your parents again 🙂
 
My parents were disappointed when I tried to get my own place and insisted I live with them, granted home is California for me so it'd be silly for me to live on my own. Most of my friends doing gap years have either moved back home or continued living in the same ****ty undergrad housing situation in the place they went to school.
 
On my scribe salary, I could not afford to move out, and pay all the application/travel fees. I am happy to live at home, but I do contribute to the chores, dinner prep, etc. Saving up a lot of dollars to start med school. Lots of my friends working in full time careers are still living at home. No shame or stigma to it, especially with the cost of living versus our salaries in pre-professional jobs.
 
nverqrui said:
So I got a job as a scribe for my gap year and I'm also doing a bit of volunteering, but I will also be living with my parents during my gap year. When they found out, I could tell that they were disappointed, even though they did their best to hide it. Do people taking gap years usually move out? Similar anecdotes are appreciated.
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Dunno about others, but I'm living with my parents. It's more financially stable this way and just less stressful in general for me.
 
nverqrui said:
So I got a job as a scribe for my gap year and I'm also doing a bit of volunteering, but I will also be living with my parents during my gap year. When they found out, I could tell that they were disappointed, even though they did their best to hide it. Do people taking gap years usually move out? Similar anecdotes are appreciated.
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I'm currently in my gap year and living with my parents to save money before school starts. I imagine a lot of pre-meds who take gap years do the same.

Who knows, I may be living with my parents during residency too...😕
 
As a basket weaving major in UG, I put my skills to good use and made a wicker basket large enough (electricity via an extension cord) for me in my parents' backyard to live so I have some autonomy. #noshame
 
It varies by your parents I guess, after I graduated my parents did not want me to move out as they said I need to save all the money that I can. It isn't something that is looked down upon, and if someone is looking down on you for trying to save money then they are about as mature as a pre-teen.
 
If your parents seemed disappointed, why not live elsewhere? A year of independent living after college can be pretty wonderful.
 
jokersmiles said:
after you graduate medical school with all that debt ...... you just may find yourself living with your parents again 🙂
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Or he can just live on his own during the few years it'll take to pay it all back... Then he could probably buy his parents a house to thank them.
 
OP, I had to move back in with my parents after I left the military. As others have said, I just go out of my way to help with dishes, cooking, taking care of the dog, groceries etc. Take this chance to spend time with your family before you're super busy!
 
I'm in my gap year and living at home. Parents don't care that I moved back and would probably get offended if I moved out before matriculating lol it's a pretty sweet deal because everything is paid for and my mom is a stay at home housewife so I don't have to do chores either (she thinks I'll ruin the house/dishes/food etc). Now I can save up for other stuff like concerts, travel etc
 
I just graduated a couple weeks ago and am living with my sister until medical school. I pay only like $250 per month compared to the average $800. Any family you can stay with?

Or if money is a factor with your parents, I know it would be with mine, maybe you could offer to pay like $100-$200 per month in rent? that way your utilities are covered.
 
Like @Rainbow Zebra there is no way I could have afforded to move out on my hourly scribe salary. There are a few scribes who share apartments and somehow get by but almost all of them have to have financial support from their parents to even do that.
 
I've lived with my parents throughout undergrad, and I'm a very social person. It depends on you, and your parents - but its very possible
 
I'm willing to bet there's 99.9% chance you don't have brown parents, I honestly can't relate at all.

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Oh my gosh you all have such nice parents, that they let you live at home! When one of my cousins tried to move back home after college, my aunt changed all the locks on their house so he couldn't get back in. Pretty sure my parents would do the same. Not that I'd ever want to move back home, you couldn't pay me to live with my parents for an extended period of time.
 
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