How Do Med Students Make Ends Meet?

MiamiDAP
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:17:38 +0000

Working was never an option for my D. at Med. School. Brilliant or not, I do not know, she always refers to herself: “I am not smart, I am hard working”, so she may not be as brilliant as others, but it took her where she wanted to be way back in HS, graduating with her first choice of residency in her pocket. That was her goal and that goal also required more than most students in her Med. School class had to do for their respective goals. The pocket money that she potentially could have earned (how? - I do not know) were NOT worth to risk it. Also, she is definitely longer sleeper than most. That may be another reason why she could not drive to a place of employment after spending some 12 - 15 hours in the hospital during rotations. I can survive easily on 3 hours of sleep and sometimes it is shorter. I am not affected. D’s best option is 10 hours, not sure if she was able to do it even without working. She sleeps easily for 12 hrs during breaks.
D. is also not frugal.
As I said, we are not wealthy. But everybody has some savings and we decided to continue working past retirement age, mostly for fun though. So, it was just a decision made to pay for her Med. School, just as others decided not to pay, while many of them paid a lot for college, which we did not have to do.
As I see, the best option is to ask for family contribution, if not the full amount, then maybe some, every little bit helps.