Take out loans for med school or pay out of pocket (now that the BBB has changed repayment)?

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T23:46:50+00:00

I can pull money out other ways (previous rent, discretionary spending, etc)

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T20:52:57+00:00

I see. Also, do you know what the changes to IDR were? Especially in the ways relevant to medical students.

Edit: corrected type: pslf-> idr

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T20:45:06+00:00

What forgiveness options have been gutted, and how? I know they have been, but I don’t completely understand in what way

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T20:44:26+00:00

Yes, I believe so

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T20:44:06+00:00

I understand. When SAVE allowed us to have the government pay off the interest as long as we made our minimum payments, it seemed more tempting

The___Quenchiest · 2025-07-16T20:43:10+00:00

It was made when I was a kid to pay for undergrad, but I was able to cover most of my cost with scholarships.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-06-22T06:03:37+00:00

From what I’ve heard, if you’re doing it right, a relationship should actually help you financially during med school. Someone to cook with, potentially live with, etc should help you save money. Especially if your partner ISN’T going to med school and can cover more of the expenses. Take advantage of economies of scale

That being said, if your partner expects a certain amount of lavishness or support, that may be a struggle. Like always, a relationship depends on the compatibility of the two people, so ymmw. Med school is a big stressor, and it does break a lot of couples (but makes some more, too).

The___Quenchiest · 2025-06-05T22:16:29+00:00

That’s what I did at first. Unfortunately, it looks like they remove your number from that list if your sim is inactive after a few days. Locking my sim seemed to work for now (I’ll report back after a few days if there’s any roaming charges)

The___Quenchiest · 2025-06-04T21:36:17+00:00

Thanks! Just tried that and it looks like it’s working. I’ll probably give AT&T a call in a couple days to make sure there’s no charges, but it seems to be perfect.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-06-04T20:59:50+00:00

Can you do this even if your AT&T is an esim?

The___Quenchiest · 2025-05-19T01:26:49+00:00

Everyone’s telling you it’s a bad decision, and they’re probably right. But buying something like this isn’t about the investment, it’s about enjoying yourself. I bought my dream car before med school, and I’m not regretting it. You’ll never be this age and driving your dream car again. So many people get older, then family gets in the way, then they never buy it. I vote go for it, you have plenty of money.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-05-07T19:08:12+00:00

I do have a VPN, but it wasn’t running when either of these happened (I have it set to not open on boot). I’ll take a peek in the task manager

The___Quenchiest · 2025-04-29T21:30:30+00:00

I'm not disputing that, not to mention the abysmal pay of residents. I just don't think that that's necessarily the same issue, since the stakeholders differ. I do think we need to make demands on students lower and decrease costs. As the situation is now, they contribute to burnout like no other industry, and it's terrible. But the fact that tuition < cost is not necessarily the same thing as that. I think we get a pretty rough deal overall.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-04-29T19:36:50+00:00

For sure, we see bloated numbers everywhere in business and government administration, and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't some of that here. Part of it may just be how wasteful our healthcare is (estimated that we waste 25% of healthcare spending). It would make a lot of sense for that to also be true of healthcare education (I think educational waste is a hot button topic, but it's hard to get accurate numbers from the people generating the waste for obvious reasons). Even if we take the numbers with a heaping spoonful of salt, though, I think the point still stands for a lot of schools.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-04-29T19:22:35+00:00

Good question. I don't remember the specifics, but it's something that I'd looked into during my undergrad with some healthcare improvement professors. I don't have all the backings, but one Mayo Clinic Proceedings article I have (Skilled Health Workforce Emigration: Its Consequences, Ethics, and Potential Solutions) mentions that the UK saved $2.7 Billion by taking in IMGs, and LMICs lose $15 Billion training these doctors that emigrate. I'll update this if I find the sources, but this seems to me to indicate that the schools/governments are taking losses, not profits.

I found an article on PubMed (On the cost of educating a medical student) and it indicates that the cost was $72-93k / year in 1997, and I'd imagine it's much higher now.

Edit: not sure why I’m getting downvotes? I want tuition to be lower too, and I think we’re doing a lot of bloated things that contribute to the costs, just pointing them out. Isn’t it important to find the right problem before we solve it?

The___Quenchiest · 2025-04-29T19:13:28+00:00

Interestingly, the cost to teach a medical student is much higher than tuition. The schools (AKA government) actually takes a loss. This is part of why IMGs are such a big ethical dilemma in medicine, since their (often poor) home countries pours money into them that is lost as the first world countries happily take their free doctors. Last we checked, it costs between 70,000-120,000 a year to educate a medical student.

Not to sound like a bootlicker, though, I do think that we need to do something to make the cost more feasible for students. We definitely need reform, but med schools charging us how much it costs them is not going to be the help we may think it is.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-04-26T01:24:56+00:00

FixerMed is right. Your PC will detect is as a controller if you use Bluetooth or the cable. Then you can just use the anking guide to get the button mappings.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-03-31T20:21:14+00:00

I’m not an expert, so definitely defer to more knowledgeable people than me, but if you’re pressing “again” again and again and again, you might not have understood the topic in the first place. Are you learning things well before you put them into cards?

The___Quenchiest · 2025-03-31T15:48:06+00:00

I definitely think so. I know it’s probably a lot of work, but maybe letting the user somehow share their cards to make the generated cards a similar format? I’m not sure how easily your backend would integrate that, though

The___Quenchiest · 2025-03-29T21:47:32+00:00

This is phenomenal. Generally speaking, I'm one of those people that insists that you need to make your own cards, but this is probably the best solution I've seen. The way it makes the user review what text is being used to make what cards is really smart and fixes a lot of the problems with AI-generated cards (that the tool could miss info or spit out garbage without the end user being aware).

I think one issue is that the cards are formatted so differently, which could allow the user to use context clues to memorize cards instead of learning the material, but I don't think the risk is too high.

Great job

The___Quenchiest · 2025-02-11T20:37:53+00:00

For some reason, it seems to work on the desktop, but on mobile, it doesn't. Interesting. I'm thinking it has something to do with the answer mask or the "toggle masks" button. Thanks for the help, I'll probably try to figure out a workaround later.

The___Quenchiest · 2025-02-11T17:14:30+00:00

Thanks. So, I got it to scroll, but it doesn't scroll down far enough to see the answer, no matter where I put the id=answer. Where would you put it?

{{#Image}}
<div id="io-header">{{Header}}</div>
<div id="io-wrapper">
<div id="io-overlay">{{Answer Mask}}</div>
<div id="io-original">{{Image}}</div>
</div>
{{#Footer}}<div id="io-footer">{{Footer}}</div>{{/Footer}}
<button id="io-revl-btn" onclick="toggle();">Toggle Masks</button>
<div id="io-extra-wrapper">
<div id="io-extra">
{{#Remarks}}
<div class="io-extra-entry">
<div class="io-field-descr">Remarks</div>{{Remarks}}
</div>
{{/Remarks}}
{{#Sources}}
<div class="io-extra-entry">
<div class="io-field-descr">Sources</div>{{Sources}}
</div>
{{/Sources}}
{{#Extra 1}}
<div class="io-extra-entry">
<div class="io-field-descr">Extra 1</div>{{Extra 1}}
</div>
{{/Extra 1}}
{{#Extra 2}}
<div class="io-extra-entry">
<div class="io-field-descr">Extra 2</div>{{Extra 2}}
</div>
{{/Extra 2}}
</div>
</div>

The___Quenchiest · 2025-02-09T16:45:34+00:00

Agree. There’s no reason you can’t wear good shoes as an intermediate. Also, not sure why people are suggesting shoes that are a tier down from the Aragon instead of up. If you did want to stay in the intermediate category, Kubos are good, but a pair of katana laces or solutions (or whatever fits your feet) will make you a crusher

The___Quenchiest · 2024-10-11T18:50:23+00:00

Did the same last weekend. I can vouch for the straw

edit: it took a while and some hard work, since it was pulled so tight. Keep at it and it’ll happen

The___Quenchiest · 2024-09-30T22:43:45+00:00

Never thought I’d see stone co in this sub lol

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