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Unemployment While In Med School
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No.
They'll find out you're in medical school and that it is the reason why you can't work.
Unemployment benefits are not reserved for people in your case.
They're for people who actually need it.
And say you do end up receiving benefits through some loophole and they find out that you're a medical student- you'll be ordered to pay all of the money back to the state.
GL
They'll find out you're in medical school and that it is the reason why you can't work.
Unemployment benefits are not reserved for people in your case.
They're for people who actually need it.
And say you do end up receiving benefits through some loophole and they find out that you're a medical student- you'll be ordered to pay all of the money back to the state.
GL
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Agreed. Technically your employment status will be "student" not "unemployed".
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LOL r u srs
No, you are not deserving of unemployment because didn't hold a full time job for the MSI year you were studying, nor were you terminated from any such position by your employer.
You're a full-time med student, you either take out loans or have third party funding. Being broke is par the course for most, find a job if you don't want to take out loans during summer. Though, if you value your sanity/future you'll either relax, or gun it and do research.
On a different tangent separate from kdmed (I don't know your background):
I really think many med students I've met would have been better served working a low-level full time job after their bachelor's before moving into medicine, perhaps in healthcare with patient contact (like PA's). Their work ethic 3rd year through residency wouldn't be such a shock for them and most pompous attitudes of the rest of the healthcare heirarchy would be in check before they were even admitted into medical school. I'm NOT implying all physicians are like this by any means, just less perhaps may slip through the cracks.
Who is this guy and where does he get the idea that he can question the work ethic of medical students? It was a simple question. I pay taxes, I've worked a "low-level job" after my bachelor's, and I'm concerned about my finances over the summer. Go back to Rehab.
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You have to budget for the summer. I just took the amount they gave me for 1st year and divided by 12 under the assumption that I wouldn't have a job that summer. It was more than enough to get by. Although I did end up teaching MCAT courses for Princeton Review that summer which gave me fun money.
Plan ahead and scrimp/save, find a job or ask your parents for money. There is no other way to pay for that summer.
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depends on laws in your state.
there are a LOT of people in need of unemployment right now that cant get it on technicalities and such. just remember that.
Every state has different unemployment laws, so I can't speak for all states... however I was on unemployment once in between jobs and I know that in order to qualify for unemployment you usually need to have been working for an extended period prior to your termination (~6 months if I recall), the termination had to be involuntary on your part (i.e. "reduction in work force") and you need to certify every week that you are actively looking for unemployment. So, unfortunately full time students wouldn't qualify (nor is it the ethical thing to do, anyway).
