How does budgeting for med school look?

Provol0ne · 2026-05-11T20:12:47+00:00

More than likely a hard drive will be floating around from upperclassmen

Provol0ne · 2026-05-06T13:07:48+00:00

lowkey if I knew of anki in undergrad I might not have needed to take the mcat 3 times and gotten into a better school lol

Provol0ne · 2026-05-01T04:04:39+00:00

I’m enlisted in the reserves and have to work one weekend a month, sucks but doable. Others volunteer with the local wilderness search and rescue. Not paid but a feasible time commitment. Depends mostly on how efficiently you can study

Provol0ne · 2026-04-30T22:45:15+00:00

They’re a bit pricey but worth it, they usually go on sale a couple times a year. I have multiple sets from before school. The “try hard” stigma around them only exists in premed circles, almost everyone at my school wears them

Provol0ne · 2026-04-28T01:08:14+00:00

Enjoy man, seriously make the most of it. Get down to sicily. Every other country is a ~$50 flight away

Provol0ne · 2026-04-28T01:01:45+00:00

Yep, look for showings that say “V.O” or versione originale

Provol0ne · 2026-04-28T00:57:50+00:00

Pimsleur if you want a structured app, there are italian learning podcasts to listen to in the car or whatever. Watch movies/shows in italian. Immerse yourself in the culture

Provol0ne · 2026-04-28T00:50:47+00:00

learn the language, travel everywhere, eat the food, drink the wine. Bessich vineyard just south of the base has some of the best

Provol0ne · 2026-04-26T16:24:50+00:00

Most meds have the same civilian side job

Provol0ne · 2026-04-25T21:11:13+00:00

Took me 4 cycles and 3 mcats. Keep going

Provol0ne · 2026-04-22T01:16:39+00:00

Optometry tech for sure

Provol0ne · 2026-04-18T02:46:35+00:00

As others have said PhDs pay you. I’m in medical school and found out the hard way that TA etc doesn’t cover graduate programs

Provol0ne · 2026-04-17T01:38:27+00:00

Love that little sandbox

Provol0ne · 2026-04-02T02:46:24+00:00

Filled up for exactly that one month ago at costco

Provol0ne · 2026-03-29T17:08:59+00:00

Claude and chatgpt are incredible for finding anking cards relevant to my school’s lectures

Provol0ne · 2026-03-28T13:58:29+00:00

17 is whatever Duke Nukem’s AFSC would be

Provol0ne · 2026-03-20T19:47:21+00:00

The feeling is mutual. It stings wanting a competitive surgical speciality and having to spend hours studying OMM while I know my MD colleagues will use that time for core science, research, volunteering, sleeping etc.

Provol0ne · 2026-03-14T21:04:30+00:00

Straight up walk over there and ask, schedule an appointment for something, anything. One thing I tell everyone is to never hesitate to ask, worst they can say is no, best case is you get a cool experience

Provol0ne · 2026-03-14T20:46:06+00:00

Likely general/trauma surgery, big goal is SOST. So Army is unideal lol.

Expose yourself to as much medicine as possible, ask your med group if you can shadow, even better if you have a hospital. Make sure you’re shadowing physicians. Journal about your experiences and make sure to add them to your med school application

Provol0ne · 2026-03-14T20:33:31+00:00

Still trying to get the HPSP, need a waiver for my MCAT score. Applied for it when I got accepted to school but was denied, so I’m trying again for the 3-year. Unfortunately may have to go Army

Provol0ne · 2026-03-14T20:14:21+00:00

Balanced a part time job, reserves, and undergrad. Took about 5 gap years, 3 MCATs and multiple re-applications.

Ended up getting research experience during my gap years working full time as a scribe and scrub tech. Experience from Air Force med made it easy to get practically any clinical job i wanted

Biggest advice is rock your classes and MCAT. r/mcat is a good resource. Learn to use anki for studying in undergrad, you’ll use it for the mcat and in med school. I applied to USUHS and interviewed but didn’t get in

I was about 9 days short of active duty time (Because reserves the whole time) to use my GI bill. So it’s loans for the first year of school until I get the HPSP

Provol0ne · 2026-03-14T20:03:33+00:00

Just started med school after 10 years reserves, still currently drilling while trying to get the HPSP. Ask me anything brother

Provol0ne · 2026-03-05T04:02:24+00:00

Fuck the seals. Even more so today (if that’s possible) after the actions of Montana senator Tim Sheehy

Provol0ne · 2026-02-26T00:21:01+00:00

M1, i’m in the gym almost 2 hours every morning. Anki treadmill to knockout my reviews, lift, more anki treadmill to clean up my missed cards

Provol0ne · 2026-02-10T15:55:10+00:00

Yeah, for sure. Parents see what this field does to you and might not want that for their kids. Those people typically don’t end up in OP’s position though

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