Vacation time during fourth year

[chronicidal]

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By vacation time, I mean time in which you have nothing on your transcript, time that you are not accountable for anything at school. This can include time protected for interviews but not taking time off in the middle of another rotation.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

At my school, you have 10 weeks off from the get-go (excluding holidays which are approximately another 4 weeks worth of days in total). You can accumulate an additional 8 weeks of vacation by participating in certain activities.

All in all, we receive a maximum 18 weeks of vacation excluding holidays and 22 weeks including them.

 

[J ROD]

At mine, we have 12 weeks off. A rotation known where you do nothing.....so another 4 weeks. A study month......4 more weeks. And then 2 weeks off for Xmas

So, 22 weeks.

There are also a few rotations where you can do them along with another one so that could get you another 4 weeks (26 weeks) or if you are extremely lucky and get both of them, you might could get 8 weeks if you could creatively work it out and technically have up to 30 weeks off.

 

[Psai]

At mine, we have 12 weeks off. A rotation known where you do nothing.....so another 4 weeks. A study month......4 more weeks. And then 2 weeks off for Xmas

So, 22 weeks.

There are also a few rotations where you can do them along with another one so that could get you another 4 weeks (26 weeks) or if you are extremely lucky and get both of them, you might could get 8 weeks if you could creatively work it out and technically have up to 30 weeks off.

You need to get some tuition back

 

[J ROD]

I only took the 22 wk option lol. I am okay with having a month to study and months for interviews (off months). I still got some real medicine in AI in Psy and IM. EM, several Psy electives. Peds elective (mandatory).

 

[AlmostAnMD]

To be fair

the entire fourth year is one giant vacation. I took my sub-I's/aways/boards in the first few months and then it's just straight BS rotations until february, then I'm done till graduation in May.

 

[Cinclus]

Mid-October through January and then Match week through graduation = my time off. I love it.

 

[deleted503015]

3 or 4 4-week blocks out of 13 off, depending on whether you did an elective course in the first two years. Plus a week after the first month (we start in april), plus two and a half weeks for winter break, plus two weeks between last day and graduation. My school used to charge 1/2 tuition for one of the semesters if you stacked a bunch of months off into one half of the year, but we've been told it will be harder to do now... (I'm in a transition year between two different curricula)

 

[PL198]

At mine, we have 12 weeks off. A rotation known where you do nothing.....so another 4 weeks. A study month......4 more weeks. And then 2 weeks off for Xmas

So, 22 weeks.

There are also a few rotations where you can do them along with another one so that could get you another 4 weeks (26 weeks) or if you are extremely lucky and get both of them, you might could get 8 weeks if you could creatively work it out and technically have up to 30 weeks off.

holy crap

 

[swoopyswoop]

we have 5 months of required rotations, the rest is free to use as you please (aka vacation)

 

[Ismet]

Going along with this, do you guys with "included" vacation pay less tuition for 4th year?

We get 2 vacation blocks (4 weeks each) that we can use as we wish, most people use 1 for interviews and 1 for vacation in the spring. There are a handful of easy electives that allow for a ton of free time for interviews.

We also get a week of vacation between MS3 and MS4, and a week off halfway through MS4. These are mainly from administrative purposes (MS3's have stuff to do those weeks, and MS4's have off just to maintain the rotation blocks.)

 

[swoopyswoop]

Going along with this, do you guys with "included" vacation pay less tuition for 4th year?

LOL NO.

 

[Psai]

Prices always go up, they never go down

 

[PL198]

Going along with this, do you guys with "included" vacation pay less tuition for 4th year?

We get 2 vacation blocks (4 weeks each) that we can use as we wish, most people use 1 for interviews and 1 for vacation in the spring. There are a handful of easy electives that allow for a ton of free time for interviews.

We also get a week of vacation between MS3 and MS4, and a week off halfway through MS4. These are mainly from administrative purposes (MS3's have stuff to do those weeks, and MS4's have off just to maintain the rotation blocks.)

that would be logical but of course not

 

[Ismet]

Prices always go up, they never go down

I pretty much knew the answer to my question, just curious. I'd be pretty annoyed if I was paying full tuition for 4+ months of vacation. Might as well learn something if you're going to be paying the big bucks anyway.

 

[NorthOfBroad]

UVa offers a slightly lower tuition for fourth year (~500 dollars off, better than nothing I guess)

 

[CherryRedDracul]

that would be logical but of course not

Precisely. Logic doesn't generate $$$ here.

 

[deleted503015]

Going along with this, do you guys with "included" vacation pay less tuition for 4th year?

My school will charge "part time" tuition if most of your blocks in the second half of the year are free

 

[swoopyswoop]

I pretty much knew the answer to my question, just curious. I'd be pretty annoyed if I was paying full tuition for 4+ months of vacation. Might as well learn something if you're going to be paying the big bucks anyway.

You try and do interviews during rotations. I would have missed 5 days in Oct, 9 days in Nov, 7 days in Dec, and 5 in Jan. Max days off per month is 4 for us.

 

[Ismet]

You try and do interviews during rotations. I would have missed 5 days in Oct, 9 days in Nov, 7 days in Dec, and 5 in Jan. Max days off per month is 4 for us.

We have light electives where you're still learning, but time is flexible, some allow for more missed time, and one is even online so you don't have to be in town. I didn't take a vacation month for interviews.

I'm talking more about the extended vacations in the 2nd half of the year.