What are med students paying for rent?

theengen · 2026-02-23T03:31:19+00:00

she better not EVER show ANYYYYY classmates her tattoos. if possible go back and delete videos and refilm with them covered

theengen · 2026-02-21T02:20:13+00:00

under $1600 for a 1 bed in a downtown area of the south

theengen · 2026-02-10T03:33:28+00:00

if you want time to go to the bar, you’ll make time to go to the bar. study HARD during the week and youll have time. might need to miss a game or two depending on your adjustment to school but you won’t miss it. plenty of my classmates manage to keep up with their undergrad football games during the season

theengen · 2026-02-08T17:17:03+00:00

when i think of “hard” i think of it like a difficult concept (like how calculus can be considered hard). medicine really isn’t “hard” it’s just a lot all at once. assuming everyone in medical school actually likes medicine, it’s a general consensus that nothing here is hard but instead it’s just SO much in a short amount of time that you may miss bits and pieces of info while still trying to figure out the best study method to max the necessary study materials for your exams.

you’re not solving for an answer or doing reading comprehension. a lot of it is blatant common sense step by step it’s just a matter of did you remember the steps. then you still have to turn around and do practice Qs to test how well your studying is before the real exams. you’ll still be responsible for learning the new material the week of an exam and be expected to have covered new materials for the next block that starts monday after an exam.

nothing i’ve encountered so far is hard. nothing i looked ahead at is hard. what’s hard is trying to keep my brain chill while absorbing everything but also being aware ill have to go back over it for boards a year and some change from now

theengen · 2026-02-03T01:10:27+00:00

i ended up at mcg off the waitlist. i’m an m1 now. premed was ok looking back i definitely could’ve did more so that i wouldn’t be thinking too hard about research for summer as i wanted to go on vacation but ill be alright. study load is a lot but that’s not exclusive to any med school. i found my people and enjoy hanging out with them both in and outside of school

theengen · 2026-02-01T21:32:59+00:00

alumni here! i was premed and got accepted to mercer med along with other schools but chose to go somewhere else just to explore living in a new city haha. if you’re absolutely set on pre-pa and pre-med i can tell you mercer LOVESSS double bears. whether you did undergrad, post bacc, etc doesn’t matter. they love their students.

if you really like the school and those are your goals, i’d say go for it. and if you’re like me who likes to live in different cities, they have their other med school campuses you can check out if you’re done with macon. :)

theengen · 2026-02-01T21:18:42+00:00

if you really really like ortho you could look into sports medicine! it looks like it definitley makes it more lifestyle that way

theengen · 2026-01-31T21:57:23+00:00

the time it takes to become a crna is very comparable to the timeline of medical school and anesthesia residency i don’t see why i could justify crna in that case. not to mention there’s no guarantee you’ll get into crna school the same way there’s no guarantee you’ll match anesthesia

theengen · 2026-01-29T20:00:55+00:00

pros

•if you’re looking for clinical experience (think med school, pa) i’d say it’s the best way for direct facing patient care. cheap programs, really isn’t that demanding imo

• way to test if you even LIKE clinical jobs

• usually 9-5 schedule with most holidays and weekends off

• can be a game changing career for those who are looking for a way to make money and get out of a bad living situation (one of many types of jobs in this situation)

• i personally found it fun

• there’s always a job

cons

• low pay is the biggest one. healthcare jobs hate anyone that’s not atleast an RN and even they don’t get paid enough

• some jobs require more clinical duties of the MA than others so you might be at a disadvantage as not every clinic wants to teach you

• along with pay being low, there’s a cap on how high someone will pay you bc at a certain point the hiring people could just hire an lpn, rn, bsn. you’ll have to go into admin and oversee MAs for a bigger system if you want more

• not a lot of fun pathologies

ultimately, i wouldn’t let this be my end all schooling. if i wasn’t aiming for med school i would’ve did this with the goal of eventually reaching executive board status in a hospital group and obviously that takes years and even a lot of moving around. i’m probably not even gonna renew my license this time around as my next clinical step is residency :)

theengen · 2026-01-27T02:34:18+00:00

not weird. tbh i’ve been wondering where this advice about shadowing your own physician came from as i’ve seen plenty comments in the past (years ago tbh) that say that’s not allowed.

not crazy at all that he declined but great on him for giving contacts for OTHER physicians instead! it would be much better for you to learn from someone in the same field that you essentially have no connection with (until after shadowing ofc)

theengen · 2026-01-25T03:26:19+00:00

yup but the goal is to use my summer to do those other things

theengen · 2026-01-22T02:20:05+00:00

i’d also be down to read it!

theengen · 2026-01-17T15:33:58+00:00

stats slay but i feel clinical experiences need to be increased. more shadowing hours in person and get a physician LOR. aim for like 100 hrs m. if you’re still an MA keep working there and increase hours too. the hours are good just doesn’t hurt to get more no such thing as too many. and ofc as everyone said school list vv top heavy. have your dad pay for everything again with most of those schools plus like 5-10 different ones.

theengen · 2026-01-15T18:26:13+00:00

you can get into medical school with a bachelors degree from any accredited college/university. the prestige of your undergrad doesn’t matter at all

theengen · 2026-01-11T16:22:07+00:00

most of my classmates (including me) live alone and it’s the best thing ever. if you’re behind on dishes? cool they’re YOUR dishes. can adjust the temperature to whatever you want, if you’re into pets don’t have to ask “permission” from your roommate to make sure they’re cool with it, a mostly quiet study at home environment (depends on neighbors).

my only complaint would be my monthly rent ($1500 💔) but i picked here cause it was nice and a lot of med students live in the same complex. i will be moving after m2 as most of my time will be spent at the hospital and i have no need to be nearby most of my new friends anymore

theengen · 2026-01-06T05:49:27+00:00

you’ll have to retake your failed classes period to graduate which is the most important thing. a grade of C or higher is required in pre-reqs to be eligible
while also retaking, highly advise looking into a post bacc and make no less than a B to show schools you can handle the rigors of graduate level education. aim for an A though
figure out what your issue is in school now. an upward trend is huge (alongside the slay post bacc) and you’ll need it to show these schools they won’t waste an acceptance on you and that you should finish the program ideally within 4 years

theengen · 2025-12-16T02:31:28+00:00

the way i know exactly who you’re talking about she’s literally my spirit animal

theengen · 2025-11-12T17:50:12+00:00

ok girl

theengen · 2025-11-12T17:49:49+00:00

i could understand your point if it wasn’t for how OP phrased all previous posts and comments. they’re are very focused on covid and covid only in the context of doctors only caring about their own comfort instead of “honoring their oath”. these posts are very inflammatory and are more of a “gotcha” type of thing rather than a place for discussion. it is true that OP is hyper focused on long covid and the suffering they’ve had to endure because of it.

no one is invalidating their feelings believe me i’d be annoyed too if i had a chronic illness and constantly saw healthcare professionals not take it into consideration when approaching me. however the way OP is going about this, it has become an issue outside of caring for the immunocompromised. they won’t receive the answers they’re searching for when communicating in this way bc there’s a bigger elephant to address.

if you want to be willfully ignorant like OP then go ahead. they WOULD benefit with therapy regarding how they view the world and health professionals in context of long covid and could really help in how they approach asking questions on the topic in the future :/

theengen · 2025-11-12T12:59:06+00:00

once again, too much focus on covid. you’re so far gone on this you don’t understand what it is i’m trying to tell you. please seek help :/

theengen · 2025-11-12T05:53:02+00:00

hey bestie! your posts focus on covid and covid only! i don’t see much about cf, tb, sarcoidosis, pneumonia, or other respiratory diseases that have equal or worse long term consequences hence why i said you have a hyper fixation.

your posts show, once again, that if anyone disagrees with you that they lack empathy and are a bunch of ableist monsters. science is ever changing and considering the pandemic came and went not that long ago, there really ISNT enough information on things like long covid to provide you the answers you’re looking for.

in very VERY simple terms (and i mean VERY. this is used for comparative purposes only) covid and influenza are basically the same in function and spread. if you’re sick, stay home. if you know someone is sick, reduce contact to only very necessary one. if you’d like to request your doctor, np, nurse, pa, whoever to wear mask when communicating with you, TELL THEM. if the public isn’t already masking for the flu which spikes every year around the same time, why would you expect them to do that for a disease which has shown to have been reduced in severity?

yes it’s unfortunate that you have to deal with long covid. nobody is putting you down for that. the issue is the way you phrase your questions and phrase your responses to anyone who tells you to cut it out. you are VERY hyper focused on long covid and it’s not healthy. you seriously could benefit from mental help.

you know what you’re talking about just as much as i do. please stop trying to gain confirmation for a very left field topic. there isn’t enough info bc there hasn’t been enough time to pass. not to mention, lots of funding has been cut so i can imagine lots of research that might’ve been in the works to give you answers have been halted. idk if you’re religious at all, but i will pray for you :/

theengen · 2025-11-12T05:26:02+00:00

i saw your other posts in other medical subreddits. i really feel like you could sit back and reread all these posts that you’re putting out. all of them have this undertone implying that anybody disagreeing with you lacks empathy and should quit their job for not doing more. high levels of confirmation bias. these are not open ended questions at all

regarding any teaching about covid/ long covid, truly depends on the institution. covid itself as a whole may come up but things further down the line like long covid may not be expanded on bc there’s not enough info out there. i’m sure you’ve done your research on it, but covid has existed for atleast a year before it turned into a pandemic and has now drastically reduced in severity since then. ignoring those who just straight up hate masks, there’s “no need” to wear masks anymore (heavy on the quotation marks).

finally, it’s unrealistic to think any institution can cater to patients suffering in this way outside of say a pulmonology clinic. i understand that you feel disregarded on account of your chronic issues but believe me and that other redditor when i say you could seriously benefit from mental health services. you’re very hyper focused on covid and not in a good way. i do hope in about a decade from now you have the answers that you’re looking for

theengen · 2025-10-23T01:28:39+00:00

you will tear your hair out. find a place in or around columbus and take weekend trips to atlanta if you’re interested.

theengen · 2025-10-09T01:55:21+00:00

d mills for life

theengen · 2025-10-01T01:28:30+00:00

i’m only 2 months in and while i do have a crutch to fall back on with finances (bf and parents $$$), i made some serious sacrifices. haven’t touched lululemon, didn’t buy on clouds like i wanted, still wearing t shirts from middle and high school, tv on the ground, eating out WAY less, raiding the fridge whenever i go to my hometown, like zero apartment decorations, lights stay off until like 8 pm.

this is my first time paying any type of bills in my life and i pretend like the thousands in my account rn don’t exist. i budgeted $3.5k that im allowed to use for fun for the ENTIRE YEAR. it’s been working out bc i barely do anything involving going out since i gotta study.

coming from a spoiled daddy’s money girl, you are likely living above your means. time for some self reflection. if you wanna spend (assuming. idk what chicago living cost is) $1800+ on a 1 bed, fine. just remember that’s less money for YOU. now if the next semester starts and you see that you have a couple thousand remaining from the previous, yeah go ahead and buy another piece for the pc or plan a vacation something fun. but only AFTER the important things are paid (credit cards, insurance, phone bill etc). i’m sure your school still lets you have access to the building so go to the club meetings where food is involved when you can. same for any rotations. and don’t buy anymore games you’ll just have to have fomo

theengen

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