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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is not that newly graduated but he just finished his fellowship so 6 years out of med school. DH doesn't have loans but most of his friends have around 200k of loans. There is a range though. Some have none, like DH. Others have like 500k (200k undergrad +300k med school).

I think taking out loans is ok as long as you go into a high paid specialty. It is financially irresponsible to take out hundreds of thousands of debt if you are going to be earning only 100k.[/quote]

Thank you!  Can you explain how he got out of school with no loans? Help from family?

I agree with you about the responsibility factor. My concern is that I have no idea what specialty to go into, and with the new health care laws, pay for many physicians are changing. [/quote]

Parents and scholarship. BIL is also currently in med school and has no loans. He has a mix of scholarships and parents helping him out. He does RA type stuff for free housing. Not sure the logistics. DH's family does not like debt. BIL had like 20k in undergrad loans and he paid it off immediately during the year he took off between undergrad and med school.[/quote]

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