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I will have to watch this at home, sadly.
Apparently the army doesn't like Youtube.
Hey! Where you at? I got a buddy over in South Carolina at Fort Jackson.
200k in debt club
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Hey! Where you at? I got a buddy over in South Carolina at Fort Jackson.
Whoever mentioned the 70K debt from undergrad, Cheers to that!
And what is this Residents making 40K business? Is this an exaggeration?
That's less than I make and I'm in my undergrad/med school interim job. Tell me it isn't true!
And what is this Residents making 40K business? Is this an exaggeration?
That's less than I make and I'm in my undergrad/med school interim job. Tell me it isn't true!
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That emoticon was meant to signify the opposite of that...hahaha
I know, but as soon as I seen it I was like..."Hehe, O-Face."
It is an awesome movie.
I would also like to note that my responses are usually meant for the posts about 4-5 responses above mine...for some reason, this thread is so hot right now that I can't keep up with my slow typing...maybe I should stop doing my work altogether and just concentrate on SDN.
That's right! Get your priorities straight!
Have you tried quoting the post you intend to respond to?
Well, right now I'm hunting for papers, so it's not that much better.
Tomorrow I resume my harvest/gel-running duties, though...
Or do what I do..
Mirco on audio and SDN at the same time.
Better than micro in vivo!
..well, not really. I have a lot of fun working with these bugs.
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Well, right now I'm hunting for papers, so it's not that much better.
Tomorrow I resume my harvest/gel-running duties, though...
1 o'clock: no change, 2 o'clock: mild change, 3 o'clock: moderate change...lunch....5 o'clock: 😱
I get 2 lines on my proposal done and you guys are 10 posts down the line
Haha...I am in a tiny offic with 5 other people...it'd be funny if all of us used that.
I would just be king as use it, and anyone else who wanted to also do so would have to answer to the Rancor!
Someone has to get stuck with the $300k school. So either you're right and the OP could have avoided it, but someone else would be in his position, or you're wrong and you're just making him feel bad. What's the point of that? EDIT: by OP I think I meant andrewnwi.
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OP I'll make a deal with you if you get the 300k school and I get the 200k one...we'll trade! 😀
I think the average resident salary is 45,000
Also what happened in this thread? I went to class and in 3 hours the thread gained like 40 posts.
This scares me. How are we supposed to pay back that $200K debt?
"Obama would pay for the expansion by trimming tax breaks for the wealthy and tightening payments to insurers, hospitals and physicians, according to a senior administration official."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022502587.html?hpid=topnews
Maybe this is naive, but why don't we start a bunch more medical schools and increase the supply of doctors rather than cutting their salaries and expecting them to work even more (treating the 47 million who will now be insured after this wonderful plan is successful)?
"Obama would pay for the expansion by trimming tax breaks for the wealthy and tightening payments to insurers, hospitals and physicians, according to a senior administration official."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022502587.html?hpid=topnews
Maybe this is naive, but why don't we start a bunch more medical schools and increase the supply of doctors rather than cutting their salaries and expecting them to work even more (treating the 47 million who will now be insured after this wonderful plan is successful)?
Easier said than done, man. Also, don't listen to what that one guys said. That was my whole point of arguing him! Anyways, it is possible to pay off the loans after you graduate. Like I said don't let the money discourage you, just bust through the work and worry about later. Good luck!!
If you don't go to medical school, chances are you will never have money as you are always in debt from paying off a house, paying for a car, having a family, etc, etc. If you go to medical school, you will have to pay back student loans for a decade or two and still have no money. Big deal! I have never had more than a couple of hundred dollars in my pants pocket or checking accout (after the months bills are paid) and I never expect to have much in the bank account. So what though. You can't take the money to heaven with you when you are dead.
Seriously. Going into $200,000 of debt is a serious issue and will end up being more like $350,000 after it is all paid off. If you need to pay that much back, I would assume it would cost you around $2,500 to $3,000 a month. If you make $125,000 a year, you will spend roughly $24,000 - $30,000 a year paying back your loans (with the lowest payment each month). I would think you would still take home around $90,000 or so after taxes (for 12 months worth of checks). So you will still have more than the average American HOUSEHOLD makes in a year to pay for a family, a house, a car, etc. So you won't become rick, what shocker. Welcome to reality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some doctors will make bank and some won't. In the end, you become a doctor to serve your community, not your bank account when you are 75 years old and no longer able to think straight or able to walk without a cain.
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I nominate this for Post of the Thread.
this club sucks...even moreso that im in it.
my debt from 4 years at Penn State will be approx:
$240K
before interest starts accruing.
hopefully, by the time I retire, I'll have all debts paid off 😳
my debt from 4 years at Penn State will be approx:
$240K
before interest starts accruing.
hopefully, by the time I retire, I'll have all debts paid off 😳
welcome.
I would like to be head of internal affairs.
I shall find and expel those people who try to sneak into our club who don't have a projected debt of over >200k by the end of medical school.
Yes, I expect it to be hard job, especially considering the high profile and awesomeness of this club, but I think I am the right man for it.
I shall find and expel those people who try to sneak into our club who don't have a projected debt of over >200k by the end of medical school.
Yes, I expect it to be hard job, especially considering the high profile and awesomeness of this club, but I think I am the right man for it.
Of course! We need to expel those people but first steal all of their money. Then perhaps--just perhaps--we can call ourselves the 199k in-debt club.
Consider yourself nominated.
Excellent
Now, I am going to need everyone's financial aid forms by the end of march.
😀
Look, everyone. For a good 99% of Americans there is no way to escape debt. Debt is a fact of life. In fact, debt is what allows our country to be strong (aka becoming rich via creditors).
If you don't go to medical school, you are bound to make around $25,000 - $100,000 range. Very few, and I mean very few people will make more than that without going to law school, not having an MBA, not going to medical school, not having a master's degree in some engineering degree, not being a pilot for a big airliner, not being a big shot accountant, etc (this is all now known as "the degree creep." Degree creep is real and it is already here. There are plenty of careers that COULD provide you with a salary of around $40,000 - $70,000 range. But to get over that hump is very hard. Most everyone that wants to get over that hump has to go many years with little to no income and going into major debt. There is no escaping it unless you are one of the lucky ones that come from a well-off family. Sure you can go to tech school and become a dental hygienist and marry another dental hygienist and have a combined family income of around $140,000. But is that the job you really want the rest of your life? This is my point, a salary is a number. Passion for a specific type of job will lead to life satisfaction, not the numbers that are electronically calculated in the checking account. I'm being dead serious here folks.
If you go to medical school, like I already touched on in this thread, you WILL be in debt for a good decade or more, if you are even lucky enough to be out of complete debt. Some new attendings will go and purchase that brand new house, that expensive new car, have a family (if not already), and so many more other life expenses. About the only way to escape debt is to big a gold digger or pay off all your debts here in the United States, save up a whole years worth of salary and move to a 3rd wold country were you would be one of the richest people in the country for the rest of your life.
If you don't go to medical school, you are bound to make around $25,000 - $100,000 range. Very few, and I mean very few people will make more than that without going to law school, not having an MBA, not going to medical school, not having a master's degree in some engineering degree, not being a pilot for a big airliner, not being a big shot accountant, etc (this is all now known as "the degree creep." Degree creep is real and it is already here. There are plenty of careers that COULD provide you with a salary of around $40,000 - $70,000 range. But to get over that hump is very hard. Most everyone that wants to get over that hump has to go many years with little to no income and going into major debt. There is no escaping it unless you are one of the lucky ones that come from a well-off family. Sure you can go to tech school and become a dental hygienist and marry another dental hygienist and have a combined family income of around $140,000. But is that the job you really want the rest of your life? This is my point, a salary is a number. Passion for a specific type of job will lead to life satisfaction, not the numbers that are electronically calculated in the checking account. I'm being dead serious here folks.
If you go to medical school, like I already touched on in this thread, you WILL be in debt for a good decade or more, if you are even lucky enough to be out of complete debt. Some new attendings will go and purchase that brand new house, that expensive new car, have a family (if not already), and so many more other life expenses. About the only way to escape debt is to big a gold digger or pay off all your debts here in the United States, save up a whole years worth of salary and move to a 3rd wold country were you would be one of the richest people in the country for the rest of your life.
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If this is your way of trying to become club president, it's not working.
What on earth are you talking about?
I nominate him for Historian.
