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I'm pretty new to SDN. I was told by one of my readers to come here and share my experience on how to manage student debt since I'm a mere pgy1 who's unfortunately attended the #2 most expensive medical school in the US but fortunately with a current net worth of -28k and a total student loan of $733 dollars.
I attended an Osteopathic Medical school, tuition/fees alone cost more than 230k, plus high cost of living in the area I attended college and medical school.
I did not win the lottery.
I simply was highly motivated to not be trapped in student debt and started managing/miminizing student debt even before starting medical school. I have a young child as med student, and worked 2 jobs but I think what helped me the most was staying on top of / actively managing my debt from day 1 of medical school.
I learned from Wingedscapula that website/blogs are not allowed on SDN, but he asked me to share my experience by posting/answering messages individually as he believes this a topic that needs to be addressed more on SDN, and in general.
I hope that my experiences and lessons learned could be helpful to some of you. I believe that since we have already chosen a consuming career, that demands our focus, energy, and youth; we, least of all people, should be burried alive with high interest student debt.
I hope that we all put our information and tips together and help one another to rise above these stifling financial burdens that no doctors in other countries have ever faced.
I'm willing to share what I have learned and found helpful in mimizing student debt and building positive networth. I am also excited to hear what you have done to control your debt and live a normal life
I'm currently a pgy1, preliminary medicine intern @ an university hospital. I love what I do and will love what I do next year even more, because that's my true passion. I have dreams and ambitions outside of medicine as well and would like to secure financial freedom in the next decade or two...
So that one day I can work for free and spend more time with my family. Call me a dreamer, but so far I've exceeded every financial goal I have set since 2007.
I think if I can manage to have nearly no student loan, anyone else can too.
I attended an Osteopathic Medical school, tuition/fees alone cost more than 230k, plus high cost of living in the area I attended college and medical school.
I did not win the lottery.
I simply was highly motivated to not be trapped in student debt and started managing/miminizing student debt even before starting medical school. I have a young child as med student, and worked 2 jobs but I think what helped me the most was staying on top of / actively managing my debt from day 1 of medical school.
I learned from Wingedscapula that website/blogs are not allowed on SDN, but he asked me to share my experience by posting/answering messages individually as he believes this a topic that needs to be addressed more on SDN, and in general.
I hope that my experiences and lessons learned could be helpful to some of you. I believe that since we have already chosen a consuming career, that demands our focus, energy, and youth; we, least of all people, should be burried alive with high interest student debt.
I hope that we all put our information and tips together and help one another to rise above these stifling financial burdens that no doctors in other countries have ever faced.
I'm willing to share what I have learned and found helpful in mimizing student debt and building positive networth. I am also excited to hear what you have done to control your debt and live a normal life
I'm currently a pgy1, preliminary medicine intern @ an university hospital. I love what I do and will love what I do next year even more, because that's my true passion. I have dreams and ambitions outside of medicine as well and would like to secure financial freedom in the next decade or two...
So that one day I can work for free and spend more time with my family. Call me a dreamer, but so far I've exceeded every financial goal I have set since 2007.
I think if I can manage to have nearly no student loan, anyone else can too.
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