How Do Med Students Make Ends Meet?

jym626
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:27:54 +0000

. So, while initially she was planning on attending the cheapest of her acceptances, she ended up attending the most expensive (which also happen to be her “dream Med. School” way back in HS. So, she is graduating in May debt free in our apperication of her wise decision choosing her UG.

This is a little hard to follow. How does saving around $40K in a free instate tuition scholarship for undergrad equate to justify spending $300K on 4 years of medical school? Wouldn’t it have been wise to consider some of those less expensive but very good medical schools? Were the other medical school costs only around $10/year less than the school attended (which could justify reallocating the $40K saved in undergrad) or was the price discrepancy higher? Its certainly an individual (family) choice as to how to spend one’s money, and some choose to do this for undergrad (pay for the most expensive out of pocket) when they do not anticipate any grad/professional school costs. All in all, a family is fortunate to be able to have the luxury of making these decisions and absorbing these costs, allowing their child to be debt free. This is a wonderful gift.