I can't believe I'm thinking this...

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I have been doing a lot of hard thinking lately... I am honestly thinking about after I finish my CCP class and obtain FP-C, to go to nursing school. Then once I'm a nurse working full time to obtain a BS degree and enter medical school with the goal of becoming an EM MD. I just honestly cannot believe I am even thinking this. I still don't know if I can even do this... but I think I'm gonna set it as a goal for myself.
 
If you want to go to medical school, don't waste time with nursing school. Just get the pre-reqs done and start medical school. The longer you wait, the worse medical school is going to be.
 
JPINFV said:
If you want to go to medical school, don't waste time with nursing school.
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Money is the only reason I'm even considering my ADN. I can make more as an RN than I can as a medic.
 
I've done the math, it isn't worth it. Especially if you are taking out loans for the nursing classes.
 
Aidey said:
I've done the math, it isn't worth it. Especially if you are taking out loans for the nursing classes.
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Lol that is the part I can pay for out of pocket. It's that I don't know if I could get loans for medical school. The other option for medical school would be to do a repayment to the state and work in an ungodly rural area... which I would actially be ok with
 
TransportJockey said:
Money is the only reason I'm even considering my ADN. I can make more as an RN than I can as a medic.
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Very very few people work during medical school, and the amount of time to save up money to pay for tuition plus living expenses for 4 years is going to be time prohibitive. This is especially true during third and fourth year. I just got done averaging somewhere around 70-80 hours a week for 4 weeks during surgery. It was literally get up at 3:30, at the hospital around 5 to preround, work till 5-6pm, go home and sleep at 9pm. During 4th year, you're going to be traveling around doing away rotations for a few months straight for audition rotations and then traveling around more for residency interviews.
 
TransportJockey said:
It's that I don't know if I could get loans for medical school.
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The only reasons why I think you wouldn't be able to get federal loans (Stafford and GradPlus) for medical school is because you're ineligible (drug conviction or failed to register for the Selective Service when you turned 18), or because you maxed out on your loans (which I'm not sure the maximum is anyways for medical school... or if there is a maximum like other fields).
 
JPINFV said:
Very very few people work during medical school, and the amount of time to save up money to pay for tuition plus living expenses for 4 years is going to be time prohibitive. This is especially true during third and fourth year. I just got done averaging somewhere around 70-80 hours a week for 4 weeks during surgery. It was literally get up at 3:30, at the hospital around 5 to preround, work till 5-6pm, go home and sleep at 9pm. During 4th year, you're going to be traveling around doing away rotations for a few months straight for audition rotations and then traveling around more for residency interviews.
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Money for my BS degree and any additional classes. I know working during medical school will be almost impossible, hell even trying to keep my paramedic cert will be hard (I know it's silly, but I am proud of that stupid gold patch and how hard I worked to get it, and want to keep it). Hence the idea of the state paying for school
 
JPINFV said:
The only reasons why I think you wouldn't be able to get federal loans (Stafford and GradPlus) for medical school is because you're ineligible (drug conviction or failed to register for the Selective Service when you turned 18), or because you maxed out on your loans (which I'm not sure the maximum is anyways for medical school... or if there is a maximum like other fields).
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That makes me feel a litlte better anyways :)
 
Also... one good thing from Obama Care...

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF): CCRAA authorizes a new "public service" loan forgiveness program, effective July 1, 2009. Physicians will be eligible for the program after 10 years of loan repayment while practicing in a "public service" job. The definition of "public service" includes 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, faculty in "high-needs areas (as determined by the Secretary of Education), and service at private organizations providing "public health" or "emergency management" services. HEAO clarifies the definition of public health to include "full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health care support occupations, as such terms are defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics." Only Direct Loans are eligible for forgiveness, but borrowers may consolidate other federal loans under a single Direct Consolidation Loan. Physicians that participate in IBR could save over $160,000 on their total loan repayment.
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https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/meded/79048/student_loan_repayment.html

IBR= Income Based Repayment
 
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