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It is possible that people have inheritances or have received gifts from their families. Perhaps they are savvy real estate speculators, or lucky option traders. There are any number of reasons why young people have more money that you think they would/should. I met a guy in his early 50s...

This is untrue. Your debt to income ratio, family size, filing status, etc determine your eligibility. Most individuals in high-paying specialties will not qualify for IBR.

IBR may work for a neurosurgeon while he/she is in training, but he/she will not likely not qualify for it once out of training. The PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) only works if you have what is called a "partial economic hardship" status. I.e. there is a difference in the amount of...

Consider taking out federal student loans. That way even though the interest rate is higher, you will be eligible for the 10 year forgiveness if you wind up in a field that reimburses poorly enough to be in IBR post-residency: e.g. family medicine, peds, primary care. If you get an off the...

I don't think that you understand the eligibility criteria for the PSLF program. The size of your income will absolutely determine your eligibility for the PSLF program. As it stands today, specialists will likely not qualify for this program even if they work at a qualifying institution...

If you are not a primary care doctor, you most likely make too much money to qualify for the PSLF. Check your eligibility here.

FYI - Most good academic jobs are word-of-mouth kind of things. Your chairman knows someone who knows someone to get you that first job out of training. I recommend doing a fellowship if you are headed in the academic direction. Being a general surgeon at an academic center with no...

:sleep: Yes a reference to the 16 hour workday making overnight call for interns a thing of the past. (Unless of course there is a night float which is not the same as working all day, all night, and then all day again).

Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated.

To the experienced military/ex-military physicians in the forum, I need some advice. I am a BC subspecialist surgeon, with fellowship training. I would like to have a civilian practice, but be in the NG or reserves. Although I am keen to serve in a part-time basis, I am concerned about...

Caveat: the following is just my humble opinion and I could be wrong. BUT. I think that a mandatory 2 years of research during general surgery residency is completely unnecessary. In an era when surgical leaders in general surgery are looking to streamline residency training, it makes no...

There is a nice article that appeared in Modern Healthcare and is available on the aamc web site. It is here. It seems that getting current or recent salary survey information is difficult. This article has numbers for several specialties from many differernt salary survey entities including...

I took my boards while in the first year of a busy fellowship so I did not have as much time as I would have liked to prepare for the exam. However I passed the QE and CE without much difficulty. Just so you know that it can be done with minimal time investment: For the QE I spent the week...

Never even looked at Mastery although that is a popular one. Back in the day, I used Chassin's, Zollinger, and also the little red Skandalakis book called "Surgical Anatomy and Techniques". That Skandalakis book is really pretty sweet for explaining the steps to an operation, and detailing...

Your "career counselor" sounds like a piece of garbage. Agree with the other posters who recommend applying more widely. Shotgun your app everywhere asap. You sound like a good applicant, but you have the DO stigma thing working against you. Not a showstopper, but you need to apply WIDELY...