Stipends

[Doctor Pretty]

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If you are in an ortho program that gives you a stipend, do you still pay "tuition"?

 

[Shingo123]

If you are in an ortho program that gives you a stipend, do you still pay "tuition"?

It depends on the program. Some do some strange stuff where they charge about 30k tuition and give you about a 30k stipend 🙄

Others won't charge tuition but give you a stipend.

There is an Ortho residency somewhere in new york that pays a 50k stipend without the cost of tuition. 😀

 

[EggShaped]

Originally Posted by Shingo123
There is an Ortho residency somewhere in new york that pays a 50k stipend without the cost of tuition.

why dont all programs do this?!
AND it's tax-free 😱

 

[gryffindor]

why dont all programs do this?!
AND it's tax-free 😱

Don't get so excited, it's not tax free. It's not a stipend, it's a salary.

 

[EggShaped]

they should get their terms sort out.. instead of getting little girls like me too excited.
stipends > salary

 

[Shingo123]

they should get their terms sort out.. instead of getting little girls like me too excited.
stipends > salary

Sorry. 🙂

 

[kato999]

Typically only the hospital based ortho programs offer big stipends w/ little or no tuition. There are only a handful of these; most are on the East Coast.

Minnesota offers a stipend but it is just barely enough to cover tuition.

Hope this helps.

 

[Doctor Pretty]

Thanks so much guys. 🙂