Originally Posted by
splash333
Another idea you might consider is becoming a Physician Assistant, I don't know if your familiar with it but this is something I've been thinking about for a long time. The benefit of this is the program is usually about 2 years, although you must meet prereqs. There is no residency, thus less debt. Also many jobs and you can work in any area of medicine. You won't make MD money, but you would start around 80k and go up to 6 figs. Just something to consider. I like the idea of making money in 2 years as opposed to 4 years of med school, which means 2 less years of paying and 2 more years you are making money,
The local university here has a program in this. But it is notoriously difficult to get into. First, they require an equivalent of 3 years of paid experience of direct patient care prior to even applying for the program, on top of the prereqs. They had 800 ish applicants to the program last year, interviewed 90, accepted 45.