"Preparing for the Marathon": resources for the new application cycle

[Mr.Smile12]

We'll likely be reprinting the text of the article in a few weeks into the Premed forums, but I wanted to give people a chance to let me know if I'm missing any essential advice for those about to start the application process.

Training for the Marathon: SDN Resources to Submit Your Best Application - SDN

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[Big Time Hoosier]

let me know if I'm missing any essential advice for those about to start the application process.

I didn’t see anything in there about not applying to schools that will leave you $500,000+ in debt…

Big Hoss

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I didn’t see anything in there about not applying to schools that will leave you $500,000+ in debt…

Big Hoss

Someone should put that in a comment to the article... 😉

(Waiting for med school COA calculations to get to that level before enough people think we're not scaremongering... )

 

[Big Time Hoosier]

Waiting for med school COA calculations to get to that level before enough people think we're not scaremongering

Every once in a while there will be someone on the med forums complaining about their student loans. I’ll tell them to be grateful that they’re not at a dental school that will leave them $800,000 in debt. Invariably they’re blown away by the mess some future dentists are getting into.

Big Hoss

 

[Big Time Hoosier]

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp1310778

To answer the fundamental question of this article, the answer is a resounding yes! And, this was published over a decade ago. Have things gotten any better since?

Predents, you had better do your homework…

Big Hoss

 

[Mr.Smile12]

This was published over a decade ago too!

A Report of the ADEA Presidential Task Force on the Cost of Higher Education and Student Borrowing

www.adea.org

https://www.adea.org/uploadedFiles/ADEA/Content_Conversion_Final/publications/Documents/ADEACostandBorrowingReportMarch2013.pdf

 

[Big Time Hoosier]

Every once in a while there will be someone on the med forums complaining about their student loans. I’ll tell them to be grateful that they’re not at a dental school that will leave them $800,000 in debt. Invariably they’re blown away by the mess some future dentists are getting into.

Big Hoss

Spreading the good word…

Vandy vs. Einstein

Hey everyone! I am extremely grateful to have received so much support on SDN throughout the cycle! I am also thankful for being admitted to both Vanderbilt and Albert Einstein. It has been difficult to decide between the two schools, so I hope I can get some of your feedback! Vandy (COA =...

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Big Hoss

 

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Spreading the good word…

Vandy vs. Einstein

Hey everyone! I am extremely grateful to have received so much support on SDN throughout the cycle! I am also thankful for being admitted to both Vanderbilt and Albert Einstein. It has been difficult to decide between the two schools, so I hope I can get some of your feedback! Vandy (COA =...

forums.studentdoctor.net

Big Hoss

What do you say to the person pursuing a career as a dentist, and is only accepted at schools with 500,000+ loans? (They love the field, can't see themselves doing anything else, don't mind being poor but finding a meaningful life through the field etc.)

 

[Big Time Hoosier]

What do you say to the person pursuing a career as a dentist, and is only accepted at schools with 500,000+ loans?

They love the field, can't see themselves doing anything else, don't mind being poor but finding a meaningful life through the field etc.

At some point, this “passion” will turn into “just a job.” And, then what?

Big Hoss