Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt

Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by mbreese on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:12PM (#5545064)

And that's not even considering the interest that accues while you are in residency.

Also, I'm fairly certain that the military (Army?) will pay for your medical school costs, but you still have to go (and be admitted) to a normal medical school.

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by djloche on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:26PM (#5545105)

There are two military options - you can have the military pay your medical costs at a non-military (public/private) school, after which you owe the military x years of service as a doctor in the military. The other option is to go to the military medical school - you're paid standard officer salary to go to school for the y years it takes, and then owe the military x more years service as a doctor.

If you look at it as "getting paid to go to medical school" + "guaranteed employment for x years following medical school" it looks like a pretty sweet gig.

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by tsotha on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:34PM (#5545128)

I don't know how much value that "guarateed employment for x years following medical school" is. From what I can tell there aren't a lot of doctors out there hustling for a position.

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by nilkn on Sunday April 14, 2013 @02:44AM (#5546149)

The military will do so, but you are obliged to work as a military doctor afterwards, and the pay is considerably lower.

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