Comments on: How much debt is a plastic surgeon in after college? http://debt-relief-review.com/1577 Debt Relief Options Reviewed And Rated By You! Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: MomSezNo http://debt-relief-review.com/1577#comment-1564 MomSezNo Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:41:36 +0000 http://debt-relief-review.com/1577#comment-1564 I just heard on the radio yesterday that doctors can graduate from med school with $100K in debt and I don't doubt it. [Several docs in my extended family.] Internship and residency - and fellowships, too - are all paid positions, though the pay is modest for the work put in [80-hour work weeks, with on-call responsibility every 3rd or 4th night, which means 24-36 hours straight of on-call]. Plastic Surgery is one of the longer residencies, too. In high school, you'll want to take all the AP science and math you can, as well as other AP/Honors classes. You want to be able to handle the load you're going to have to take in college and want to show that you're a serious student. There are some websites for prospective med students, but I can't recall what they are off the top of my head. If you do a search on "medical school" or some such, you should be able to find some leads - that's how I got to them. I think the AMA has info for med students on its website. And I would guess that the professional organization for plastic surgeons would have info, too. There's also a book, which I found at my small public library, "Medical School Admission Requirements", that may interest you. Good luck to you! I just heard on the radio yesterday that doctors can graduate from med school with $100K in debt and I don’t doubt it. [Several docs in my extended family.]

Internship and residency – and fellowships, too – are all paid positions, though the pay is modest for the work put in [80-hour work weeks, with on-call responsibility every 3rd or 4th night, which means 24-36 hours straight of on-call]. Plastic Surgery is one of the longer residencies, too.

In high school, you’ll want to take all the AP science and math you can, as well as other AP/Honors classes. You want to be able to handle the load you’re going to have to take in college and want to show that you’re a serious student.

There are some websites for prospective med students, but I can’t recall what they are off the top of my head. If you do a search on “medical school” or some such, you should be able to find some leads – that’s how I got to them. I think the AMA has info for med students on its website. And I would guess that the professional organization for plastic surgeons would have info, too.

There’s also a book, which I found at my small public library, “Medical School Admission Requirements”, that may interest you.

Good luck to you!

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