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Does the HPSP program pay for any loans you incured as an undergraduate? If I enter medical school with 15K in loans from my undergrad days, does HPSP pay that off or am I stuck with it?
rob14599 said:Does the HPSP program pay for any loans you incured as an undergraduate? If I enter medical school with 15K in loans from my undergrad days, does HPSP pay that off or am I stuck with it?
UncleRico said:I would easily take on $250K in loans if I were released from my 7 year USUHS commitment. I would actually come out several hundred thousand dollars ahead financially. Plus, I would be freed from a broken GME and medical system that UNDERUTILIZES its physicians and therefore wastes the government dollars spent to train them.
Take out loans. There are many ways to pay them off. Many private practice groups will often pay all or part of them as part of your signing bonus. Joining the military is a poor financial and professional decision for most people. The possible exception may be thoseprior service folks who will be near retirement after doing their payback; these guys should have their own forum because their situation is so different from the typical non-prior service person thinking about signing up.
UncleRico said:I would easily take on $250K in loans if I were released from my 7 year USUHS commitment. I would actually come out several hundred thousand dollars ahead financially. Plus, I would be freed from a broken GME and medical system that UNDERUTILIZES its physicians and therefore wastes the government dollars spent to train them.
Take out loans. There are many ways to pay them off. Many private practice groups will often pay all or part of them as part of your signing bonus. Joining the military is a poor financial and professional decision for most people. The possible exception may be thoseprior service folks who will be near retirement after doing their payback; these guys should have their own forum because their situation is so different from the typical non-prior service person thinking about signing up.