I was curious about prices for med school the other night so I began searching at different schools. Average? About $40,000 I would say, especially since I want to go out of state (preferably, southhhh = WARMTH!) The cheapest was MSU and OSU (ha, figures. the one rival and the other wannabe rival) and they sat around $23,000-$25,000 a year.
Then I decided to look up the application fee which the supplemental application for one school was $68, and there still has to be a first application fee as well, I would assume.
Then there's the MCAT and I never looked up the price of taking that but I know a course costs anywhere from $4000-$10,000+ (not taking that one. . . )
. . . so.
If you figure I go to med school for four years on an average of $45,000 a year (it increases every year), and then you figure that before that, I take the MCAT which is probably going to be a few hundred dollars, and a course so figure $2000 (I will shop around). Then you figure app fees to be about $70 maybe on average? And if I apply to ten med schools, that's $700 (wow, genius huh?)
so add it all up?
$182,850.
YIKES.
Now for the good part.
I went and looked up the average salary for an ophthalmologist. Whoop whoop, let me tell you.
Starting pay : $150,000 on average, standard deviation: $41,000
1st year bonus : $30,000, standard deviation: $10,000
5 years experience : $272,000, standard deviation: $100,000
Now that's what I am talking about : )
Now don't get me wrong, this definitely makes me sound like I am in it for the money.
But if you read above, those first few years are going to be paying back a lot a lot a looooot of loans : S
I need the money.
But I will also be doing something I have wanted to do for. . . well, since I can remember.
Except for that time in first grade when I wanted to be a professional ballerina . . . didn't work out.
It'll be a great occupation, flexible, and something I love.
C'monnnn med school!
oy.
wait, idk if I am ready to sign away that much money : (
No comments:
Post a Comment