financing the interview trail

[dotcb]

Does anyone have any ideas on how to pay for going to all these interviews other than using my credit card? school loans will only award $$$ up to the cost of attendance, so I can't borrow any more from that perspective. does anyone have any links to programs or resources? what have people done in prior years? Visa? or Mastercard?

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[turtle md]

Citibank offers a residency relocation loan (up to 12k). This is a private loan, but can be awarded above the cost of tuition, etc. You can always borrow this to help... (Sorry, I couldn't find the link.)

Other sites to look at are:

https://www.key.com/html/H-1.33.b7.html

http://www.accessgroup.org/Student-Loans/find-a-loan/student-loan-finder.htm

http://www.residencyxpressloan.com/

 

[doctawife]

Sorry, the credit card is pretty much the way most people go. Or the relocation loan. That's about it.

 

[deleted109597]

Sometimes you can take out other loans through the school.

I was planning on robbing banks and hooking it in the cities I am interviewing in.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Parents are essential. Plead, beg if you have to.

 

[SoCuteMD]

Parents are essential. Plead, beg if you have to.

Damn. The Bank of Mom and Dad closed the day I started med school.

 

[EM2BE]

Damn. The Bank of Mom and Dad closed the day I started med school.

That bank closed the day I got a job in high school.

 

[doctawife]

That bank closed the day I got a job in high school.

Yeah, I was supposed to 'make my own way.'

Little did they know, I just found the way to the bank, not to some pulled-up-by-the-bootstraps kinda job. The bootstraps and med school don't get together all that often anymore. More's the pity!

 

[turtle md]

Remember, there's always medical research. They pay their subjects a decent amount (but for what long-term outcomes ... )

 

[basementbeastie]

or simulation actors for medicas students to perfect their physical exam skills....pays very well...

"no that is Not the prostate...it is higher up...."

 

[GeneralVeers]

or simulation actors for medicas students to perfect their physical exam skills....pays very well...

"no that is Not the prostate...it is higher up...."

There's always sperm donation......

 

[Bent Aub]

I'm living just fine off of one hemisphere of my brain. Maybe you could give up one and get a good price!