A Difficult Quandary...Any Parents Available?

curmudgeon
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:47:48 +0000

mafool:

Do not underestimate the freedom that would come from graduating from med school debt free.

You would not find yourself selecting specialties and employment based, in part, on the ability to pay your loans. You could choose to work with Doctors Without Borders or the Peace Corps if you wanted to. You could work in a clinic in an under-served area without worrying much about finances if that is where your heart leads you.

mafool, are you sure my D hasn’t co-opted your account? ;)

Although “no debt” is a lovely pipe-dream for my D after med school, substantially less debt is a reality that she can count on.

I do think the rules shift for the dreaded pre-professional kid . The economics are different, why shouldn’t the strategy be different, too?