How much money did/are you spending on the application cycle?

[swman]

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Title says it all. For those who applied in recent years, rougly how much money did you spend on everything including ERAS, flights, hotels?

Thanks!

 

[IzzyMD09]

First time applying, already spent over 5000 dollars, thats without any interviews in derm yet

😱

 

[SkinNerd]

First time I applied, I spent a total of $6500 - $7000: applying to 84 derm programs and 12 prelims/tys, did 10 derm interviews and 7 ty interviews. I even stayed with friends over a hotel when I could, and had some multi-city trips rather than separate flights....

This time around I'll probably spend even more since I'm applying to most programs. save your pennies kids!

 

[Cheebs09]

~$1700 application fees (applied to >60 derm and 8 tranny and 9 prelim)

I went on 18 of the derm interviews and probably ~8 internship, can't remember exactly, it was a blur.

~$3200 airfare, hotels, and gas
7 hotels I paid, few programs paid, lots of nights with friends/family
13 one way / round trip airfare (many trips were sequential) - planned ahead well by using interview schedule on DIG website to optimize travel
Use Southwest Airlines - they had $0 flight change fees which came in handy!
1 rental car out of town, lots of driving from home/relatives - 3000 miles of driving

total $4945.78
worth every penny to match at #1 choice!!

 

[Dral]

This thread depresses me. lol.

I guess a 'little' money now is worth it in the end though!

 

[N-Surge]

A bit over $2000 in ERAS. Hope they used it well. 🙂

DO NOT SKIMP. THIS IS YOUR FUTURE!

 

[IzzyMD09]

No...

what will be depressing is that after all of this, we dont match

that is depressing

 

[Dral]

You guys will match. Positive thoughts!

 

[xyzyx]

How do you spend over $5000 already? I thought ERAS was $2500 total. Oh... are you counting all your flights for Prelim/TY?

First time applying, already spent over 5000 dollars, thats without any interviews in derm yet

😱

 

[Dermguy]

I applied to something like 70 programs and definitely spent something on the order of 7-8 thousand once flights, hotels, car rentals, etc. were all totaled. I do not regret a dollar I spent. I matched at my number 2 place (out of 10 interviews).

 

[sore eye asses]

approaching $5K without any derm interviews yet. Applied to >100 derm progs. Anticipate >$12K once it's all said and done. Makes me queasy just thinking about it. plus, i take step 2 smack dab in the middle of interview season. disaster time.

 

[swman]

bump, (as the only thing left to spend on now is celebratory drinks)

Money well spent, congrats Izzy