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Hi all,
I have read through the stickies and have seen the cons of taking the hpsp (deployment, bureaucracy, skill atrophy, gmo, no control over where you live).
I recently got into a solid state MD school but it will still cost me 160k for 4 years without factoring in living expenses and I have 30k in undergrad loans gaining interest and it gives me a ton of anxiety so I am thinking of taking the hpsp.
I sort of know the suck of the military, as my brother was an officer and I would take joy in caring for our soldiers although I would also take joy in caring for a civilian.
I could live with a deployment, bureaucracy, living somewhere that sucks etc because I know that is what I'm signing up for. What I cannot live with is being qualified to do a specialty that I want in the civilian world and having the military not giving me a deferment for it or letting me do it with them. Does anyone have hard data on match % in the navy? How likely is a GMO coming from a solid MD school with a solid resume?
My thoughts for what I can see myself doing in life are EM, pain magenemt either through anesthesia or Pmr (I know military doesn't train Pmr for some reason) or some type of surgical specialty like urology or ENT. I'm just a dumb pre med though so this can all change.
I know the military can totally screw you according to these threads but how often do they actually do that and not give what you want even though you would be able to match as a civilian?
I have read through the stickies and have seen the cons of taking the hpsp (deployment, bureaucracy, skill atrophy, gmo, no control over where you live).
I recently got into a solid state MD school but it will still cost me 160k for 4 years without factoring in living expenses and I have 30k in undergrad loans gaining interest and it gives me a ton of anxiety so I am thinking of taking the hpsp.
I sort of know the suck of the military, as my brother was an officer and I would take joy in caring for our soldiers although I would also take joy in caring for a civilian.
I could live with a deployment, bureaucracy, living somewhere that sucks etc because I know that is what I'm signing up for. What I cannot live with is being qualified to do a specialty that I want in the civilian world and having the military not giving me a deferment for it or letting me do it with them. Does anyone have hard data on match % in the navy? How likely is a GMO coming from a solid MD school with a solid resume?
My thoughts for what I can see myself doing in life are EM, pain magenemt either through anesthesia or Pmr (I know military doesn't train Pmr for some reason) or some type of surgical specialty like urology or ENT. I'm just a dumb pre med though so this can all change.
I know the military can totally screw you according to these threads but how often do they actually do that and not give what you want even though you would be able to match as a civilian?