Got my MD!

USMCmech said:
There are more than you would think. Maybe 10-15% of the class my wife graduated with had done something between college and med school.

The application process is grueling, but the real challenge is living without any real income for 4 years while attending all the necessary classes. Working your way through is not a real option, nor is part time classes. We wouldn't have made it through without some significant help from our family. We managed to graduate with only a modest amount of debt which we aggressively paid off, but most med school grads are so far in the hole that they will likely retire before paying off their student loans.
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Surprised to hear that about the loans. I knew someone who lived on about half of his income and paid off his loans in 2 years after his 4 year residency. Now he works part time and spends time with the family and lives very comfortably.
 
scoobs said:
Surprised to hear that about the loans. I knew someone who lived on about half of his income and paid off his loans in 2 years after his 4 year residency. Now he works part time and spends time with the family and lives very comfortably.
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We did something similar, paid everything off except our house in 3.5 years after residency while paying cash for my college. Now that I'm done with school and working full time, my wife can cut back to 10 shifts per month.

Meanwhile the guys who bought MD mansions and his and hers BMWs will be paying off their loans for the next 20 years and will not be able to retire until long after they are burnt out.
 
flyinguitar said:
Just under 6 years after leaving my last flying job, I graduated from medical school. I will be doing a 3-year residency in Emergency Medicine. I'm taking advantage of the light schedule this month to brush up my tailwheel skills in a Sport Cub and hopefully tow gliders for a local soaring club.

I hope to be a resource for anyone interested in going this route.... I'm not out to talk anyone out of flying or into medicine, just here to provide info on this particular career change. So far, I'm glad I did it! Definitely lots of pluses and minuses.
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Wow congrats Doctor! And you are the real kind of doctor, not the kind I will be here in a few years if/when I finish my DBA. Amazing accomplishment sir.
 
flyinguitar said:
Just under 6 years after leaving my last flying job, I graduated from medical school. I will be doing a 3-year residency in Emergency Medicine. I'm taking advantage of the light schedule this month to brush up my tailwheel skills in a Sport Cub and hopefully tow gliders for a local soaring club.

I hope to be a resource for anyone interested in going this route.... I'm not out to talk anyone out of flying or into medicine, just here to provide info on this particular career change. So far, I'm glad I did it! Definitely lots of pluses and minuses.
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Looks good
 
flyinguitar said:
Just under 6 years after leaving my last flying job, I graduated from medical school. I will be doing a 3-year residency in Emergency Medicine. I'm taking advantage of the light schedule this month to brush up my tailwheel skills in a Sport Cub and hopefully tow gliders for a local soaring club.

I hope to be a resource for anyone interested in going this route.... I'm not out to talk anyone out of flying or into medicine, just here to provide info on this particular career change. So far, I'm glad I did it! Definitely lots of pluses and minuses.
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Huge congrats! I watched my mom go through med school and residency (which deterred me from the medical field) so I know you worked hard for this!!! She also went back to school in her 30s and said she wasn't the oldest in her class.
Life is short, the Art is long, opportunity fleeting, experience delusive, judgment difficult
-Hippocrates
 
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