UNC or Notre Dame for a future med student?

frugaldoctor
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:41:04 +0000

Be careful with medical school placement rates. Many times premed students are weeded out and diverted to other majors. This allows the placement rates to be falsely elevated. I can tell you that a placement rate of 80% doesn’t impress me at all! Those numbers have nothing to do with you. I am more impressed that you love the school and that is extremely important.

Minimize your loans. There is no guarantee that today’s money will be there for you tomorrow. The only guarantee you will have are the loans that you owe. I work a lot harder now than I did 10 years ago and I make a lot less.