Be a doctor for money!

Bigredmed
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:14:20 +0000

I’m willing to bet that if you end up going to one of the Ivy league schools or other elite East coast schools that are a favorite of the Investment Banking firms, that the odds of you ending up getting such a job and earning a lot of money are far higher than getting into medical school. Considering that even if you don’t make the top salaries in IBanking, you’ll be making money at a comparable rate to most physicians without having accrued 4 years of debt and a subsequent 3-7 years of residency at salaries that are start most places about 44k. Radiology is a 5 year residency, so even as a 5th year resident, you’ll only be making about 52-55k for that year…Given that you’ll be working about 80 hours a week (maybe not as a radiology house officer, but other medical specialties for sure), going into IBanking is going to be a much higher wage/hour worked.