DOCTOR w/ $335,000 in SCHOOL LOAN DEBT
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Hi Jenny, I don't know how the student loan interest rate work in the US, but the 6% interest rate is insane; it's more than the interest rate on a mortgage in Canada. But, then again, to get a mortgage here, you'd need to put a >5% down payment and prove that you have income to back up your mortgage (i.e. home mortgages are less risky than student loans, which might explain why the interest rate is so high on your student loans). So, maybe you can ask to get your loan re-structured (i.e. negotiate for a lower interest rate) in light of your recent employment status?
I work in the finance sector, so there are few things I think you should also look into. For instance, when you say the government will pay 50% of the total accrued interest, is that a form of interest forgiveness? And how do they define the total accrued interest (i.e. is it total interest accrued over anytime period within the 3 years?)? In addition, given the way that you have described how the interest is defined, I have a feeling that your interests will also accrue interest year over year. In that instance, I strongly recommend you AVOID NOT paying interest at all and just pay everything in a lump sum, because I think there is definitely an optimal amount of interest that you can pay every year that would minimize the amount of money that you end up paying while also taking advantage of the interest forgiveness program that's implemented by the government.
Hope that helps, :D.
The government pays for 50% of the remaining interest every year. I guess my logic is that I will never be able to pay the full interest of 20k of interest annually. If I pay say 10k the government will give me 5k. So is is better pay nothing to let the government pay 10k? Save the 10k and pay the lump sum at the end?
Hi Jenny, so I ran through the calculations and you were right, it is better to pay everything off as a lump sum at the end, because you can maximize the amount of government interest forgiveness for every year. I've pasted my excel calculation below if you're interested,
Loan 335,000
Interest 6.00%
No Annual Payments
End of Year Payment Accrued Interest Government Forgiveness Interest Payment
0 - - - -
1 - 20,100 10,050 10,050
2 - 20,703 10,352 10,352
3 - 20,721 10,361 10,361
Total Amount Paid 30,762
Some Annual Payments
End of Year Payment Accrued Interest Government Forgiveness Interest Payment
0 - - - -
1 1,000 19,100 9,550 9,550
2 2,000 18,673 9,337 9,337
3 3,000 17,660 8,830 8,830
Total Amount Paid 33,717
So, if you know how much you're going to be paying at the end of the 3 years in interest payments, have you thought about investing in financial instruments (so that they can grow into the amount liability that you want to payoff)? For example, if you need to pay $30 762 at the end of 3 years, if you invest a portion of your yearly salary in let's say a passive ETF with 4% annual return, then,
ETF Return 4.00%
End of Year Annual Investment
0 9,855
1 9,855
2 9,855
3 -
Total Invested 29,564
Total Savings on Investment 1,198
ETFs are assets that tracks the value of an index (which is generally a diversified portfolio of assets, i.e. low risk). If you get a passive ETF, then, their risk is even lower compared to active ETFs, i.e. you can probably achieve the annual return based on historical data. ETFs are pretty much the same as mutual funds, but, they're not actively managed (which is a major cost in mutual funds), i.e. the overall cost of investment is quite low (~$100 for the 3 years, assuming you just put in money at the 'start' of each year (and doing it once/year)).
But, if you don't want to go through the hassle of doing research on investments, that's fine too and you can just put your money in the bank and save it.
Hope that helps, :D.
Thank you so much!! I’m nervous about investing even though I know I should.
I think it's totally normal to feel nervous about investing! I mean I'd feel nervous if you gave me a medical textbook and told me to start diagnosing a patient with it! And to be honest, given your schedule as a resident and a parent, I don't think you should stress too much about investments, mainly because it's very difficult to juggle so many major tasks at the same time. But, if you're interested in learning more about financial instruments and the financial markets, I'd strongly recommend the introductory financial videos that MIT has put on RUclips. I've pasted the link below for the first lecture by Dr. Lo; he's very good at explaining the concepts.
ruclips.net/video/HdHlfiOAJyE/видео.html
That is incredibly disheartening to hear!! I guess now I feel even more fortunate that I'm Canadian and live in Ontario, because our post-secondary education system is heavily subsidized by the government (at the provincial and at the federal level). Even without the government subsidies, I think the tuition in major Canadian institutions is still comparably lower than that of the US counterparts. For instance, my tuition at U of T (University of Toronto) was 8.5k/year and for international students, the tuition was 25-30k/year. Furthermore, the cost of living in Toronto is high by Canadian standards, but, if you compare it to that of NYC and Boston, it's actually very manageable. So, I think that's why there's an increase in the number US students that are enrolling in Canadian educational institutions.
Debt like this should be illegal.
So should getting people dependent on long-term pills that cause other health problems, but I guess someone's gotta do it.
Many things are illegal. People do them anyways
@@kevinday1697 hahah on point 100%
Explore with Rick I disagree it takes a lot money to run a college and professional school.
Explore with Rick no it shouldn't
You're so calm when throwing out those figures... I wish schools would come down on the cost...that's a mortgage. This is an edit to the above. Well...now we have NYU...tuition free...let's see if others follow.
Schools are horrible!
Especially if you compare the price to other countries
In England med school is 9000 a year and they have to do 5 years before being fully qualified. And people are constantly protesting and lobbying to make it free again like it was just a few years ago in England
That's a bargain compared to over here in the U.S.
Well, she's a doctor. A liberal arts major wouldn't be as calm when throwing out 6-digit loans figures.
Great video Jenny! It’s fun to see you on internal medicine ☺️ and thank you for being so open about loans and finances... it’s really not talked about very much, even though it’s on everyone’s mind as a resident! P.s Wyatt is growing so fast, what a cutie! 👶
I was just thinking about you when I was editing this video. Do you have medical school debt in Canada ?!
Jenny Le - yeah we do... it depends how much schooling someone did before Med school (masters or PhD debt on top of it), but that’s definitely more debt than we have finishing medical school. Sounds really stressful, but it seems like you are handling it really well!
Love both of y'alls channels!! I too am in medicine and partake in loan forgiveness program. Thanks for your insight on loan debt. It's a scary topic and Dave Ramsay's "baby steps" can be an intense process. I think as long as you budget out your income/expenses you'll be fine and i totally agree with living your life even when you have this amount of debt. You do you! Thanks for sharing your journey publicly!
Violin MD can you please do a video on Canadian med school debt. If osap or federal funding helps
Jenny Le it is not 331k. its more thsn that. u forgot to add the opperrtunity cost. the lost income u gave up to go to school full time. lets say instead of going to school right after high school u went to work instead. in that 8 years u worked full time making 40k/year.
8×40/year=320,000. 331k+320k=650k is the true lose to become a doctor.
I know being a doctor and a new mom is very stressful, but you are always so calm. Jenny, can you make a video on how to maintain mental and physical health during stressful times?
that was answered in the video. He does real estate
Where there’s a will there’s a way
This was Stan salary working from home.
@Psyborg 0009 How people raise their kids is none of your business, so long as no child abuse or illegal activity is involved.
Yes please 😢🙏, I'm loosing my mind I owe 20k 😰
I totally understand that you want to travel and live your life. But, you have to realize that once you become an attending, your salary will drastically increase. If you live like a college student you could pay off your student loans in less than 2 years. If you don't focus on paying them off as soon as possible and you start taking on more loans (house, car loans), your debt will take a long time to pay back. By then your little boy will be grown up and you will have to pay for his college. You have to live like a broke doctor for now, so you can live like a doctor later one. You can't keep living with the mentality that you will be hit by a bus tommorow.
Jainil Patel I don’t think hats what she means. I think she means is that she won’t be working nonstop and barely doing anything just to pay off the loans. She’s most likely giving herself extra time to pay them off. I’m the same way. Extra time is better than giving yourself a nonexistent goal.
Everything that I have said are not my words but Dave Ramsey's words. He is a financial guru and respected by a lot of people. He says that before you can start taking vacations and other debt like a house or a car you need to pay off your student loan debt. It's best for her to just down her head for 2 years and work (once she is earning an attending salary). If she takes this short route, then she has the rest of her life to spend her salary the way she wants. A lot of docs spend 10 years paying off their loans and are in constant strees for that amount of time, where she could have just lived minimaly for 1 - 2 years to pay off their loans.
Extra time equals higher loan payments. Loans have interest. The longer the wait, the more money you literally set on fire. I came out with 25k and paid 5k in interest in 4 years before I paid them all off. Her interest rate is 6%. The Government pays half for 3 years so she is throwing away $9,700 for 3 years and then $19,400 a year extra on top of the 335k. Now ofcourse it will go down as she pays it down, but the longer the wait to pay, the more money you're pissing away. The faster the better. That is and always will be true.
@@ryanturner8577 well said...
When you making the same amount as your student loans it’s pretty easy to pay it off with 3-5 years and live comfortably. Her lifestyle seems fine to me
I feel like with student loans I didn't really understand what it would feel like living with them until I was out of school. I think we're asked to make a super huge financial commitment when a lot of us are waaay too young to be making that big of a decision. 20k of debt or 100k or 200k...when you're 18 and about to start college that all sounds like make believe and it sounds like something you could easily pay off. Then you graduate and start working and realize how little money you have left over towards the loan. And living with that loan is HELL. And the interest just keeps stacking up so fast. The reality of living with a loan is hard to conceptualize when you're in school for a lot of people until you're actually living it. If I could go back in time and give myself advice I'd say: go to community college first two years, STAY IN STATE, and try to graduate as soon as possible. May not work for everyone but just what I would do different for myself :)
I think if I went back to school, I would do the same. Go to a state school before med school. It doesn’t decrease your chances in the slightest.
Agree
Thats assuming u majored in something that makes money. Second things just becaue u majored in something doesnt mean u will a get a job in the field u studied. RUclips Peter Schiff College. For the most part college has become a huge scam.
Im staying in state but going to a private university. Most of the state schools in Florida have extremely large classes and im not use to that at all.
oh man im 18 starting college next week ill be 100k in debt when i graduate i dont even have a car for a job do you have any other advice because i want to cry lol
Hey Jenny, first i'd like to say your "slice of life in medicine" style videos are awesome! Idk the specifics of your family's income situation, but I'd say IBR is probably the best choice while you're in residency. After that though, with you easily bringing in north of 150K, I would say that your best bet would be aggressively paying down that debt in a relatively short period of time instead of having set payments for decades to grapple with (especially with the uncertainty of government programs). I know real estate isn't always completely stable, but if Stan makes around what you said in the video normally I would think you guys could live completely off his income on a moderate budget. That would allow you to throw all your post-tax income towards the debt and be done in 3-4 years. Depends on what your what you're willing to live with/without for X amount of time. I agree that especially for physicians who will have a large salary for basically the rest of their lives and already live with a lot of daily stress, going full-on "Beans and rice" isn't necessary. But I do think it's important to live as moderately as you can while still being comfortable to get rid of that debt so you can move on with your life and fully enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Thank you for the valuable info!
Honestly you should pay as fast as possible. That 330k will balloon really fast, if you're not aggressively paying it off and only using the default payment plans.
Ramsey does exaggerate a tad but his guidance is very sound. Your plan is actually really bad, the numbers don't make sense.
Ramsey's point is, your life isn't 3-5 years... it's possibly 60 years longer. So aggressively paying off your debt and having a tight budget in the short term will allow you to live a lot better for the other 55 yrs of your life... lol
I don't get when people say, "I wanna have fun with my life, not just pay bills", well that's the whole point of paying your debts off fast!, what if you or your husband have difficulties later in life and separate... what if you suffer from a tragic disability... or a child that requires very expensive medical care due to an illness?... That's the point of getting out of debt fast. You're gambling with your future at this point.
Very good advice Ismael. I hope she understands what you are saying. Life is unpredictable. Avoid a student loan if you can or take the least amount of loan possible and most importantly, repay it quickly.
Dave Ramsey saying put your nose down and WORK is basically the best advice you can get because work is how you make MONEY and MONEY is what you need to pay off DEBT. There aren't shortcuts in life. Sigh. She needs to pay off NOW so she can have lots and lots of debt free fun in the future, 3 years ain't that long anyway!!!!
Ismael Rivera so true.. i have the same tactics when it comes to pay off debt.. the sooner the better
She will be making a lot more when she comes out of residency so it will be easy to pay that off while living a comfortable and somewhat lavish lifestyle
Ismael Rivera very well said
I don’t think you’ve watched enough of Dave Ramsey to really understand his message. A doctor should be able to live on a third of their income comfortably. His point is that it’s stupid to have a reduced income for 10 years when you can easily get it done in 3 years, then once all of your debt is gone you can save for a house, buy a nicer car outright and invest. You will have so much more wealth and live a much happier life if you just rip the bandaid off instead of slowly ripping it off hair by hair. If you drive a $5000 car and rent a cheap house or apartment, stay out of consumer debt and don’t go to Starbucks every morning the debt will be gone so fast. I’m not hating, it just pains me to hear people speak so nonchalantly about $300000 of debt.
I have done a lot of research on this topic so I would disagree when you say I speak about the topic nonchalantly. Our cars are paid in full, our mortgage is cheaper than rent, and I drink free burnt coffee from the hospital. So Dave Ramsey isn’t telling or teaching me anything new or life changing. When I say there must be a smarter faster way of paying off these loans - something Dave Ramsey isn’t teaching is velocity banking.
A third of around $60,000 a year is comfortable?
Just discovered your channel and I’m hooked. I think it’s so valuable for people to see this personalized look into what it actually takes to be a doctor. Everyone complains about medical bills, not tying it to the actual value of your time and knowledge. My husband is a nurse and he won a scholarship where he was literally paid to go to school. They paid him a salary and his tuition costs. I feel like there should be similar programs for physicians and PA’s. Maybe there are but there should be more. When there was a nursing shortage they threw a lot of resources at helping overcome the costs and they should do the same for doctors and PA’s now or we will find ourselves in a huge crisis with medical care.
I think your statement "I'm investing in myself" nailed it, Jenny. Of course there's a price to pay with anything great! Look at your accomplishments. You cannot put a price on knowledge, or education. You are providing a wonderful future for yourself and husband, and your son. You have an amazing future! You'll pay it back, yes, but it's worth it. I wonder if there's a way to incorporate your loan, or part of it into you home, or a home in the future somehow...there has to be a way. My kids figured out ways to reduce their student loans after graduation....I could find out for you..and they did get reduced! Anyhow, you have an amazing future, a great family, and you WILL be fine!! Love you!! Hugs, Jeanie xxooo PS I'll be praying!!
As a physician myself, 2 years out of residency, you'll be fine. Tons of loans... Live your life and you'll have enough to pay back
❤️ thank you.
if after residency you can secure a job that pays $250k to $300,000 you can be debt free in 5 to 6 yrs. if you work that job and a per time gig on the side you can kill the debt in 3yrs.
You didn’t consider paying taxes. Just because a physician salary is 250k does not mean they are taking home 250k. In California, after taxes, you can be taking home closer to 50%.
So if you consider the math 250/2 = 125 after taxes. Living off 60k a year gives you 65k to pay back to loans. 335/65 is still over 5 years without consider the interest the loan will be squaring .... and as I said in my video, paying off the loan in 5 years was my goal.
50% in taxes is very high and sad.
Based on your first calculation 250k will be taxed zero.
9:30 has 300K worth of debt... spends $800 on dinner and goes on vacation... Why should someone else pay all your bills for however many years you were in med school for?
Because she's a doctor and on a whole other level then a blue collar worker like myself. Apparently living the extravagant lifestyle comes with the title of doctor. Even if someone else has to pay for it.I generally could care less about what people do with their money but when tax payer dollars are involved its a little more aggravating to hear shed rather go out and eat instead of saving that money to pay off school loans.
At what point in the video, did Jenny say "someone else" is paying her bills? ____?
She just said that A) between her and her husband they're bringing around $13K a month ($9K for him & $4K for her) and B) she wants to pay this ($335K) off within the next 6 years.
Deelifull because she is pretty much crying about her debt. She wanted to get ahead in life by having a good job and making thousands a month. All these people who want free college don’t understand. Your going to get shitter doctors more unemployed doctors pay is going to go down. You go to college you picked your school. You knew how much it would cost and you knew roughly how much you would be making. You wanted to get ahead. It’s a short term pain for long term gain. It’s about taking a risk and then getting a nice outcome in the end.
John C exactly
Where do you think those student loan funds come from? Tax dollars from the American public, that's where. So rather than getting a job to pay for living expenses she used student loans. So, in essence, someone else was paying her bills and it was the American public.
Hi Jennifer,
I am in the process of possibly submitting a pre bill to my politicians about revision of student loan debt in high cost of living cities, NYC, LA, etc... will keep you posted.
CLOUT lol. how you know?
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy life to make videos and allowing us to see a glimpse of your life! It takes alot, and you're going through so much. I wanted to make sure you know that your viewers are so thankful for you, for being you! You inspire me to be a better person. So I say again with love and respect, THANK YOU!!!!
TYSM! 😍 You all bring me so much happiness.
As a french , I find that absolutely unbelievable how much it costs to study in the unites states ! How are you gonna pay back 320k in 5 years ? Thats impossible if you dont make more than that . I feel sorry for you because being a doctor is hard enough its crazy that you have to pay that much to become one
Trzippo 16 so true! Is crazy! But yet you have football players, basketball players and baseball players making millions 🤦🏼♀️ this is crazy
Are you stupid? Doctors make heaps of money, they can pay off the debt very easily, unless they waste the money completely.
Yeah my guess is she will pay it off in a year or less because of her physician salary and RUclips business and whatever else shes up to. She will be highly motivated to do so, because that will create a viral video making her even more $$
Trzippo 16 I feel bad for French people. Do they earn $300-500.000 per year? I believe maximum is like $60.000. So don’t feel bad for us
As an American, i can tell you doctors here make a whole lot of money.
Wait a minute! Somebody $335,000+ in student loan debt bashing my man Dave Ramsey while spending $800/month on eating out at restaurants? Somebody definitely needs more discipline to go along with more ramen noodles, rice and beans.
Best of luck getting out of this mess though, Dr. Jenny. And TY for sharing your story. I hope you have a great medical career!
In my opinion, my health and the sanity of my family is much more important than saving a couple hundred dollars to pay my school loans. The people who eat ramen noodles, rice and beans will probably end up having hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. In the long run, your medical health might cause you more.
Well, that's not how I feel. We took just 6 years to pay off my chiropractic college student loans while living below our means. We also paid off my wife's student loans for her theatre degree during those 6 years as well.
We have no debt in our lives other than mortgage debt thanks to Dave Ramsey and his sane teachings.
todd austin what does your wife do? Sine she got a theater degree?
Great Q, Fer.
She's a Licensed Massage Therapist. Back when she went to Massage Therapy School it was as simple as writing a $700 check to the school to pay tuition in full up front. No student loans necessary.
Nowadays though, the LMT schooling requires student loans for most and costs ~ $20,000.
todd austin that’s insane. It doesn’t make sense when I’m sure the most of teaching material hasn’t changed.
what do u anticipate your household income being after residency between u and ur husband? debt to income ratio?
Thanks for these kind of videos!! I love how honest you are about this topic- it really helps people like me who are wanting to go into med school. I feel like med school loan debt is taboo and no one wants to admit how bad it is, so it’s nice to hear this
I have $200,000 in debt....
hipnhappenin nobody told you to go into debt hipnhoe
EverlastingProsperity it’s really not more like an investment if you pick the right career
No it's a loan you requested to help you get a high paying job.
No its not, you signed up for it. YOu werent young college vulnerable kid. you go to meed school as a full fledged adult
I knocked out about $75K in 5.5 years. I still took vacations and lived my best life. I refuse to work SOLELY to pay bills and never invest in myself, experiences, etc. along the way. I did however, live in low key areas, had roommates, brought my lunch to work, etc. I think you need to squeeze in some exciting life experiences in there, just within reason and maybe once or twice a year. Perhaps you should figure out a way to make passive income...
States have programs for doctors and nurses where they will pay your student loan if you work for them. Physicians and nurses also can have there students loan paid back if they go into the military. I think the federal government also has similar programs
I only have 4k in undergrad so far and I graduate in 2 years....and 4k scares me...having your debt will give me anxiety attacks every day. But I wish you the best and I'm so happy your following your dreams!!
kimberly Alvarez same here. Is it 4k a quarter ?
christian stov its 4k in 2 years my freshman and sophmore year. This fall is my junior year.
kimberly Alvarez not bad at all. Wish it was the same for me lol
christian stov dont worry we will pay off the debt one day !!
kimberly Alvarez hope so lol. Are you just getting your ba or yoru masters as well?.
I feel the same way you do. I owe student loans and am struggling to pay them back - but at the same time I don’t want to scrape along just to pay them off a couple years sooner. To each their own, but I just don’t think it’s worth it to live “scorched earth”.
Considering debt consolidation is key. As well as finding loan forgiveness programs. Keep the faith you can do this!
Within how many months are u supposed to repay the student loans after getting your degree and suppose u cannot repay within the given time period ..whats the conseqcees ?
Prioritize paying off your debt in your first 5 years as an attending. Live as broke as possible in those 5 yrs
BROKE?! SHELL be making around 200k a year and her husb. makes 9k a month?! Unless they live in a large/expensive city or have some other variable I’m not aware of...they’re not even broke now! Not sure why she’s not paying off at least some.
Her payments will be 3500 a month, so it will take 7k a month for 6 years or 14 k a month for 3 years
man.. i hope this youtube money is helping out at least a little bit
wingedeyelinerisoverrated amen
sorry only naked woman RUclips make any money!
wingedeyelinerisoverrated her job is helping out a lot. That’s why student loans are so much in these fields because there’s high risk with a higher reward.
Aren't there programs that offer loan forgiveness/repayment in exchange for agreeing to work in rural and underserved areas?
Thank you for sharing! I'm starting in a couple of weeks and your two videos really helped.
I enjoyed this video until I heard you talk about paying back the debt.......I think that's the point of Dave Ramsey, there is no secret formula. Most people aren't willing to make the sacrifices to get out of debt quickly, which is completely fine but just accept that paying off the loans isn't as important as eating out, going out for drinks, buying a new car or whatever else you decide to spend your money on. You also aren't paying back that loans yet so you might have a change of heart once you start receiving the monthly statements, Best of luck with whatever you choose to do and congrats on finsihing.
Hey Jenny, I know it sounds crazy, but Dave Ramsey's baby steps system really does work. I know it seems insurmountable with the massive numbers that you have in student loan debt, but it's about giving up some things now to have financial freedom in the future. You don't actually have to eat beans and rice if that's not your thing. There are all kind of RUclips videos about inexpensive meal plans for families. It's about making sacrifices now for a bright future. Good luck.
Andie Szabo maybe the baby can drink water and eat dirt too right.
Thanks Jenny for making these videos on student loans. just hearing you talk about it helps me so much. to have a realistic view in making payments and budgeting.
Do you have to pay if you decide to do a fellowship? I keep hearing that people who specialize have an easier job paying off loans, is that really true?
Making 13000$ monthly, ate fast food worth of 800$ and still broke ? Claps!!
That's pathetic lol
Food budget, not all eating out. Family of 3. You could cut that down, but thats not a crazy number for 2 people working like crazy.
$13k, she said that was a really high number due to her husband collecting a high commission for the month. Take out 35-40% for taxes on top of that.
eating mcdonalds big mac meal everyday!
Wouldn’t say broke when you have a huge salary coming in the future, lmao
Sameer Siddiqui to be honest you must be stupid to go to school in the states waste so much money on that. If you went to Mexico, Spain, Ukraine, egypt , or middle east country or italy you wasted for 10 or 7 years as a physician to 50,000 to 60,000 usd to became a doctor .
I feel like Dave Ramsey is an excellent choice for people who have made horrible decisions financially and need to rewire their brain on how to budget, save, and spend. I also feel like it is for people who are a paycheck away from filing bankruptcy.
I feel school loans are a necessity especially when you are going to be a doctor. I too feel it's an investment in yourself.
That's just my opinion.
Hydro Basil every loan I have has been justified in my opinion (i.e. car, student, home) but I wish I had heard about Dave Ramsey earlier! I’m grateful his way of thinking is now in my life before I do make a really jacked financial decision. But I agree, nothing would ever get done if you were waiting around until you could pay EVERYTHING in full.
The reality is that most doctors live paycheck to paycheck as well. We need to cut the spending and realize that these loan sharks are out to get us. I would rather work three jobs than have to live with loans. You have to really love being a doctor because the ones that are enjoying the money the most is your family.
Love him. I dont like the religious stuff but I feel like he gives wholesome financial advise
I agree. I'm a MD and have about $300k in debt too. Hence, I stopped practicing and went into day trading LOL. Otherwise, you just keep working and working with no life.
he's good for some things but his logic is pretty flawed for certain things. For example if somebody wants to go to medical school he wants them to be able to cash flow the process or either save up and then go. this is unrealistic for most people and they don't really have time to save up $200,000 and then go to school. :), so yeah I agree with you
Where did you get your loan?
Is it good way to go military instead of taking a loan?
And I have another question, i am considering to double major after community college, but if im not able to do that then I want to go into teaching or tutoring on the side and becoming an engineer, but I've thought about becoming a PA or becoming an MD, but for those careers, would i be able to use the prerequisites from my undergrad and not specifically have to take pre med, and be able to have a good career that I can work and save enough money before med school? Also if someone becomes a PA, can they be able to go into an M.D. program?
Don't sweat it or just pay off the interest until you're done with the residency. After you're done, live like a resident for a couple years and use the extra cash to start paying off the debt. I did it that way, and it was done in 2 years. It's much easier, faster, and phychologically rewarding to pay it off with an attending income than 60k base salary with maybe another 40 to 60 K depending on how much extra call you would take as an upper level resident. I tried to pay it off as a resident, and it was really painful. Basically throwing $2,000 into the principle which didnt seem to budge month after month sucked! As a resident, that $2,000 can really crimp your lifestyle. As an attending, you can easily throw 10K into it per month and live comfortably. You will see the numbers go down and psychologically, it's just way easier when you actually see the numbers start to fall. Best of luck to you.
I am in the same boat regarding student loans. I am not going to be a doctor but I am in my last year of pharmacy school. I really want to live by Dave Ramsey’s advice but like you said, you never know if you will wake up tomorrow. Spending so much money and time on school and you feel like you should be able to live more comfortably than eating rice and beans. I think it is all about finding a balance between living frugal and still having fun.
I think it is easy in our society to view a frugal diet as oppressive and overly restrictive. However, rice and beans are not that bad. People have been living frugally for generations and have found fulfillment and happiness. You learn tricks of the trade as you go along. I think it is important to remember that when having these types of discussions.
I beleive this as well!
Does this include loans/debts accumulated during undergrad? Is undergrad loans "forgiven" or lumped in?
You can consolidate all your loans when you get to residency to apply for the income based loan repayment programs and forgiveness programs
You answered many of my questions! Thank you for taking the time to show us a bit of nights in the hospital and to share advice! Did you take the USMLE? Our class (2021) was told with the merger that we will be strongly encouraged or required. They said we will have little chance without it and without any research. Thus my last summer spent on research and TAing. Thank you!
Maybe pay it off in 7 years. Live a little but pay it off intensely. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Yes, life is short but taking a calculated risk is feasible. too.
I’m actually putting off my RN till we have the cash saved to pay for the whole thing. It’s like 10k but I never want to get into debt again. I’m lucky because my husband has a great job and I can be a full time SAHM right now but my dream is to get my RN.
Savannah Robb yeah but you are losing the salary money every year you wait, so you are losing money
Ice Fishing I completely agree. When I finished my RN degree, my salary increased more than enough to pay off my student loans in 1 year.
That being said, there are also SO MANY options besides loans to pay for college. Especially in healthcare fields. My senior year of high school I received a grant type thing that paid for me to get CNA training. I used that training to get a decent job at a hospital. I was able to work a minimum of 20 hours a week throughout nursing school, which helped a ton financially. That same hospital job also paid a certain amount each year towards my RN schooling. I saved soooooo much money in student loans, all while making a livable income, and gaining amazing experience through nursing school. 👍
Yeah I worked as a cna and got 20k towards school the my employer
From my
Savannah Robb i'd suggest you get into trading stocks/forex and thank me later. I'm glad i dropped out of NYU. I make 12k a month. Couldn't be happier.
Yes, thank you for your honesty! Definitely puts things in the perspective for incoming students, you're great.
TYSM for watching!
What is your entry salary, I get all the patient care and time mgmt but everyone from your rehab to your NPs do the same same on possibly a fraction of what a MD makes with similar student loan debt, so what do you net at the end of the mo?
I think I would just live on closer to an RN salary and use the extra to pay back the loan. (After you are done with residency) So let’s say nurses would make ~ 50k I’d live on that and use the rest of my salary on debt. You won’t make any headway unless you really put money on it.
I listen to Dave Ramsey too and I'm dismayed with his advice. You CAN'T make any serious money in medical school. The amount you'd have work would compromise your studying which defeats the whole purpose. MD/PhD programs are the only way I know of to go through med school for free (tough to know how many med students are on full tuition and more scholarships without being in physician scientist programs) or you can have rich parents. It's sad because you already have to work hard enough to be here. I could live at home, not own a car, have all my supplies donated and eat ramen noodle for 4 years, but I'd still need to borrow. And people wonder why our generation cares so much about work-life balance :(
folumb , you clearly don’t understand Dave Ramsey’s advice. Yes you could live like that and you’d still need to borrow. The part you’re missing is you have to live like that AFTER YOU BORROW. That’s how you pay it back. I’m sorry but you’re not going to finance medical school and graduate and live like a doctor. You’re going to have to live like a hermit crab. But nobody wants to put in that much work and not live a life that flaunts it. It’s hard for doctors to get out of medical school and live like they work at McDonald’s. It hurts their ego, it’s embarrassing. They NEED the nice car and big house. They have to look like they make $200K a year. Public perception destroys the smartest people in the world.
nkyryry I agree 100% but you also have to understand that many people that go into these fields do so to be able to say that they're doctors, lawyers, etc. so that they get a sense of pride from talking about what they do for a living. This is why these same types of people rush to get the house and cars but complain about their debt. Self awareness is key.
You clearly don't listen to his plan and what he follows then
since your income last year was technically 0 did you put any money into your loan? one of my friends just finished her first year of med school and she is stressing out about the loans already. the best option is getting your ibr as little as possible, but putting more money into it. sounds weird but i know someone who did it and they paid off their student loans quick.
Hi Jenny, If I wanted to take out loans to go to school outside the US how would I go about that?
You’re missing the point on the Dave Ramsey snowball effect it’s on the long term where his plan helps, why have a bill for 20 years when u can bring 5k instead towards the family
Thanks for always being so transparent! My med school debt is mind-boggling, and our school just has private loans, but I try not to think about it too much and just hope it’ll work out. :/ I agree with your thoughts on Dave Ramsey as well. A lot of his advice seems more geared towards people spending way out of their means or not working enough.
My cousin took out private loans for pharmacy school and so she doesn’t have an income based loan repayment program. I’m looking into velocity banking but don’t have enough information to teach others yet. Seems like a better option to pay back loans though!
Jenny Le I haven’t heard about velocity banking, I’ll have to look into it- thanks! Yeah, I wish we had loan forgiveness or other options.
Jenny Le what go into a public sector? or work in military they will pay your debt off for u.
I am currently working in public service. So these three years of residency count towards my 10 years of loan forgiveness .... but I can’t trust or depend on the government to influence such a huge part of my life. What if at the end of 10 years they’re like sorry! We’re not forgiving your loans ... then what? I’m stuck with over a million in debt because interest just continued to pile up while I made minimum payments
Jenny Le I undetstand.
I'm in the same predicament, I have roughly $55k I need to pay back no where near that amount but still I love your way of thinking and your calmness! Money comes and goes.. and you putting in the hard work now and paying off these loans, slowly but indeed surely is a great step.
I'm sure at least 5 years down the road you will thank yourself, my tip has to be whenever possible put money aside to make those extra repayments. I know sometimes you might think oh I have some extra cash or whatnot and go out buy something you don't need. Instead have a little moneybox or even a seperate account where you can transfer/add whatever extra money you have for the extra repayment.
I'm currently in my final year studying to be a teacher in Australia, nearly there but our government has a study assist program that allows us to borrow money then repay it back once we make above the threshold. Thank God the interest rate is low!
Hi Jenny!
Are your loans federal (ex. from FAFSA) or private? Which do you prefer?
All are federal. I was advise against private loans because you wouldn’t be able to do income based loan repayment nor have the possibility for loan forgiveness.
Jenny I love how transparent you are with everything! As a fourth yr med student it is great to get a glimpse of my future. Also just cutest family ever! Good luck with the end of intern yr!!!
Fourth year med school is the best year!! Congratulations of almost being done 💪🏼
No point in stressing about student loans, one day when ur earning more ull manage to pay more and it will eventually be paid up. Thats how I view it and I also jst hang in there till I am in my real job
How often do you reassess where you are with your student loans?
When I start making payment, I’d check every month. But I assume you can check daily if you wished
I agree that’s a large student loan to pay off, and will take a good chunk of your time paying it off, but the first step in tackling any kind of debt is changing your mentality towards it. If you continue living as you are, below your means, the first two years once you’re done with residency then you would be able to cut down tremendously on the student loans and enjoy life with peace of mind. You are awesome! I know dave ramsey’s stuff can seem like common sense, but listening to his podcast frequently is a great reminder and motivator to continue tackling debt, there are many people who have your kind of debt or more, and have changed their mentality towards debt to go ham on getting rid of it. If there’s an easy road towards debt then it might not be the right road to take! Love your videos, you’re awesome!
You said it exactly right... people listen to someone like David Ramsey because they think he’s some kind of financial guru, when in reality as you said he’s really just giving common sense advice that people either already know or should know and fail to practice but bc he speaks with a southern accent and adds his own brand of southern hillbilly charm “ no offense to anyone “ then people think he’s thee oracle or something. You really hit the nail on the head when you said who wants to eat rice and beans for five years when tomorrow is not promised as my mom always tells me no it’s not a good feeling to have debt but in this life your always going to owe someone if you buy a car your going to owe someone if you buy a home your going to owe someone and even when you pay off the house and car if you don’t pay the necessary taxes on them someone can still take them away at anytime so there’s just no real way to ever completely escape it. What Dave Ramsey teaches people is how to manage their debt and you seem like your smart enough to do that on your own. So just sit back relax and enjoy the fact that you’ve made it this far. In time you’ll begin making more and more income to help you pay off some of your life’s debt. In the meantime just do what you can and pay what you can knowing as my mother told me your always going to owe someone so you might as well get use to that fact.
kendell patel Yeah and Americans have so much common sense.Thats why they live beyond their means and have tons of debt.
+Darlene Paul Debt is a serious problem throughout the world, you moron. Thankfully Americans are starting to wise up and tune in to financial advisers like Dave Ramsey.
Sorry Jenny, you can't beat the grind. The grind is watching.... Rice and beans it is!
Regarding the student loan debt thoughts: I'm not going to be a dr, but I've got a year left with my bachelor's degree and have student loan debt and money's been tight. I've been on Dave Ramsey's baby steps since last February, and I can't do the 'gazelle intense' thing for more than a month. It's a fundamental in exercise at least that intensity comes at the expense of duration and vice versa. I find personally that my health (especially stress) suffers if I keep that up. It's led for me to worry way more than I should. I think it's best to just plan things out, stick to the plan, and don't give it extra thought. And the plan needs to be sustainable for years, which intensity is not.
If someone was going to eat fast food and junk at restaurants all the time, the 'rice and beans' lifestyle might be an improvement for them, but not a person who is used to fresh produce . I've seen financial vloggers say they cut down on fresh produce to pay off debt faster. I'm not willing to cut corners like that with my health, you only get one body and money isn't everything.
So don't feel bad about not being on the same kool-aid he preaches and being more concerned with the big picture. Some of his followers might end up as your patients if they run themselves into the ground too much...
I agree! I’d probably give myself diabetes if I ate rice and beans for 5 years.
Lol, I hope nobody takes it as literal diet advice.
This is so inspirational in the realest way. Thank you!
I've seen many more doctor with close to 3 quarter of a million dollars. $335,000 is not that bad. I just hope everybody understand that everything has a price to pay. For all those who think physicians will pay off their loan after a couple of years after medical school is absolutely not true. I known some doctors that still struggling paying off their loans at retirement . What's going on with the higher education system in America? Everyone please do what you truly have a passion for and don't just do it for the money or family pressure otherwise you will be miserably regret a life you have waste. Again I'm not discouraging anyone to become a doctor but please do it if its a calling from god.
vietnamemperor123461 so true...family pressure, status and to earn a lot of money (that is the impress) and universities to get students money and run a degree ...mature aged students who have done several degrees before in arts, business getting into medicine because healthcare is one of the few sectors that provides jobs...again not everyone getting the job they are looking for...
Amy Mohanty The sad thing people doesn't realize is that college is a business. They're there not to educated or invest the future generation but to make profit. How can a person considered to be success if they're so deeply in debt? Its an embarrassment! We live in society where people worship materialism. A luxurious house, fancy cars, stunning new clothes and people will treat you like poop on the street if you don't have a lot of money. Therefore people have to get deep into debt and buy things they can't afford to impress strangers they don't know or even like just to keep up with the Jones. This American Dream BS is a disgusting lie! Yeah I agree with you about not everyone will get they job they look sometimes even worse. Statistic shows about 70% of American hate their job and that's a red flag. I see this country keep going down in the toilet but I do have hope to see a light at the tunnel with the next generation.
vietnamemperor123461 so true...i hope we can learn the way people like you think...sacrificing health, happiness, family and coming down to not eating properly and most drs doing a lot of patch diagnosis where they are not given enough time to do a correct diagnosis and interventions...telling this from live experiences...and this way of thinking spreading to other countries including australia...we need to step back from this huzzbuzz and think for ourselves...good on you ...
+vietnamemperor123461 You forgot to mention that 90% of the world's workers hate their job. 70% is actually a good number in comparison. But hey, if you don't like living in the world's number one superpower then feel free to fuck off back to your shithole home country. So many foreigners love to hate America yet they refuse to leave!
KiloByte misunderstanding...dont get angry...read through what he has said and try to understand logically....rather starting to swear...
I think Dave Ramsey's advice is more suited for people with large consumer debt, I didn't find it helpful in terms of how to manage student loan debt, I think in general our generation is pretty frugal because the economy has been bad for most of our adult lives, so his target audience is older people who have been living above their means for years
That makes more sense.
basically the boomers and upper gen x
Nope. A lot of his audience in the past 10 years, are millennial with crippling student loan debt and house payments. If you check out his youtube channel, you'll see videos from people who paid off everything including the house before they turned 30. He's abrasive and blunt, but he tells you exactly what getting out of debt is like. It's difficult, but it's possible.
Naomi Flores: your absolutely right but this dr. Is just like the rest of the people that get them self in to debt and expect not to sacrifice for a couple of years in order to pay off the debt. Look she married that adds debt goes on vacation, have nice wedding ring and goes out to eat and drink. She's very entitled and wants loan forgiveness. Basically they want everything for free. She knows that medical school is very expensive. Ps have a child. Most people are going to be broke for the rest of there life's.
Couldn't of said it better myself
I love how you're so transparent and honest! new subscriber
does it mess up your credit if you pay it all at once? ive heard of that... so im wondering
When you find the answer let me know! Thanks.
Jenny Le, don't come here complaining about being in debt. You chose to be a doctor, live with everything that comes with it, woman-up. It's your bed, you sleep in it.
Pay your student loan back. Do what ever it takes! It's only 5 years hard work for freedom for the rest of your life. If you do not you'll be a slave for the rest of your life. You don't want that.
Thank you so much. Please make a separate video for this. It’s really helpful
what is included in the note? and why does it take so long?
Everything you and the patient talked about. Their past medical history, family history, allergies, medications, social history (where you live, if you smoke or drink, what are your hobbies), your physician exam, and then a big chuck of it is your assessment. What do you think is going on with the patient and why. Including all laboratory values and imaging. Then your plan moving forward.
So if another physician takes over the care of your patient tomorrow, they know as much about the patient as you do. And then they can carry forward / continue the treatment plan.
Hi this may sound like hate, but in my country there is nobody that gives you a loan, and if you want to study in a private school you have to take a year work, and get the money, there is no other way. but you guys can access to loans and they don't just pay you the school they give you money to live. So i think its fair that you pay them back, but sometimes the debt goes like crazy like your case. anyway you are really lucky to get that loan and you can pay it, and then make a lot of money and help people!!!
what country your from because we are the only country that has LOANS.But other countries can go to school and become a doctor as they are more respected there just like teachers. teachers are not respected much in america since 1980s
USA is not the only country with loans.
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Thats why i asked what other country has " federal student loans" & what country are they from?? 😒
Autobot Diva I’m from El Salvador we don’t have student loans, federal grants or any kind of help. Most countries in central and South America don’t give out loans. In El Salvador we have low cost public universities that are hard to get in and private are no more than $150 usd a month , minimum wage is $210 usd do your math 😂😂😂😂 Is hard to get a Job as a student here not like in the US, and we use US dollars as currency.
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Yup that was my statement/question. No other country has federal student loans but USA
I just accepted my first year of med school finaid loan award last week for $75K. I'm staring down the barrel of the exact same amount as you. It's overwhelming, but I don't have any other options to make this work. My plan for after residency is to live on $70K/yr, save $30K/yr, and pay loans with every penny beyond that til it's just gone.
Heather James u cant save if u have debt because what are u saving?? The money is not yours, you owe it to the government. Live off the 70k and put everything towards debt. U cant invest or save if u have debt. What are u saving money for if u have interest growing daily on your loans? Lol dont save, put everysingle penny towards debt. Dont worry about buying nice shit to impress people. AT THE END OF THE DAY U KNOW WHAT YOUR SALARY IS, YOU DONT HAVE TO INPRESS ANYONE. Good luck
Eugene Abreut I'm not out to impress anyone. I'm 35 yrs old w/o a retirement acct, and I'm only just now starting med school. You can save if you have debt. The interest will not be greater than $30K/yr. Even if I only make $200K/yr, I can have all debt paid off in a max of 4 yrs by throwing everything beyond $100K/yr at it.
Heather James you're missing the tax factor
Not missing it.
Why live off of 70K? Unless you are living in a major city 30K should be more than enough to live off of.
In Australia the we have "HECS HELP" (student loans) im pretty sure these are interest free loans. In america do you have to pay interest on your student loans?
In America, the majority of your loan ends up being interest
Dave Ramsey approach worked for me. I am an OD who paid off $205K loans in 38 months without eating rice and beans...With your salary, $335K is a piece of cake. Dave's info sounds obvious but most people can't/won't do it and that's what makes it hard... Everyone knows how to lose weight, eat less and work out but can everyone get skinny? That's the best example.
This has nothing to do with this video..... but PLEASE tell me where you got that necklace! I would love to find one! Due to working and going to school in the hospital we are not allowed to wear our diamond rings or anything with studs in them. SO I would like something that would let someone know that I am married :D
It’s from Tiffany’s!
You will pay it off in nothing flat don’t even sweat it. When you are earning over 200 k you will have an entire paycheck every month to pay your debt.
If you’re earning 200k, you’re actually only taking home 100k after taxes. But yes we plan to put everything towards the loan till it’s paid off 🤞🏼
Jenny Le I was a hospital director over four service areas (nurse not a physician) I earned 243k here in Cali which is super high taxes. I had 96 k debt for two masters degrees. I paid Sallie Mae off in three years and one month. To get my taxable income down I put over 20 percent of income into my tsa and an additional 18.5 k in my after tax account. This has earned roughly 13.7 percent interest since 2006 when I started doing this. I still was able to pay my mortgage and bills in one and pay the loan with the other. Of the nine hundred or so physicians I work with very few with any modicum of self discipline can’t swing the debt you have. And you Doc have got self discipline in spades. You will do this. If you can have a kid and do a residency you can do anything. So cute... hurts my eyes.
Jenny Le You need to create a private business, then you only pay business tax; you can pay yourself either a salary or by dividends from the company. Maybe look into it! Big savings on taxes.
Your tax calculation is way off. You do not get taxed 50%. If you living in a state that does not have state income tax you should be taking home around $150k/year. Federal Income Tax, Social Security, Medicare Tax will be roughly $50k per year. Since you own a home, have a child, and if you itemize your taxes your take home should be higher than $150k per year on a 200k salary.
Paul Tran Pharmacist she lives in cali with the highest taxes. it is 50% for her income.
Is it difficult to buy a car during medical school/residency? Can you use med school loans to buy a car?
I don’t know if using a school loan is the best idea to buy a car. School loan interest can be has high as 8%
Would u recommend eating grasshopper powder as protein source to cut on my food expenses to pay back my loan
Good God Almighty😱
TLDR:
She took out a loan to get an education, leading to a well paying job, promising that she'd pay the money back. However, after getting what she wanted out of the deal, she wants the debt to be forgiven, because she feels like it's a burden. So she'd rather shift the burden of the debt to the taxpayers, by having the debt forgiven by the government. Oh, and she bought a house while in debt $335,000. And she doesn't feel like taking a look at Dave Ramsey's content because she feels like she already knows all the financial advice he's suggesting. Clearly.
God bless you for this bro. looool
Geruuld Anytime ;)
Kaiserflame 1 she wasn't living like a student. 300,000 some odd dollars was for living off of. Smh.
Dave Ramsey saying put your nose down and WORK is basically the best advice you can get because work is how you make MONEY and MONEY is what you need to pay off DEBT. There aren't shortcuts in life. Sigh.
I was with her all the way up until this part too!! After taking FPU with my now husband, the only qualms I have with Dave Ramsey's plan is just $1000 for emergencies so we padded ours a little more. We started with $113k in debt in 2016 and will be debt free next year with 80k of it being student loans on 5.5% interest. She wants to pay her loans off in 5 years but wants to finance other stuff in the meantime. She basically said she is ok with living like a rich doctor now and taking the long way around. It's her life and her choice, but my heart broke trying to watch everything after that :--(
how is the interest compounded? On the $335k, how much is actual principle?
My interest in 6% but all school loans are on an amortization schedule
how did you get the loans for medical school in the first place?
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If you think medical school is expensive, dental school is even more expensive!
I agree with you about Dave Ramsey. Why struggle to repay a loan that you may never repay. I think that after x amount of payments and years, they should forgive all student loans, federal and private.
Lula Belle when u forgive people debt it doesnt disappear. it only transfers to the tax payer.
Tax payers are also paying for the millions of people who don’t have health insurance that are going to the emergency department.
Jenny Le yeah true.
Filmon Tewolde I think you should spend more time trying to terminate the life time retirement by those worthless do nothing congressional members. Six figure retirement per year for sitting on their arse doing nothing. I the tax payer do not mind absorbing the costs for students who are going into the medical, engineering and technical fields because that’s where we need the people.
humming bird huh...majority of U.S. citizens dont want to pay other peoples debt that includes medical school grads. that is the reality, but i do agree get rid of the worthless politicians.
Can you do a tutorial on how to make that excel spread sheet please?
Hi, love your videos! Random question though: what camera do you use? the quality is amazing!
I have the Sony alpha6000!
If you think you don't want to sacrifice two years of your life to pay off all your debt because you might die and not enjoy life, you might as well not have gone to medical school, gotten married, or had a baby because you might of died and not see your child grow up or died and not finished medical school" etc... Yet here you STILL are and you will continue with life after paying off your debts in two years. "Live like no one else, so you can live like no one else."
My wife ended up with about $330K when she was done. On her first contract we were able to negotiate 30k a year for 3 years repayment from the hospital she joined. That helped a lot. Luckily she was able to consolidate it when she was done with less than 3% interest rate. At that rate with inflation I consider it almost free money so we are not in a hurry to pay it back. It has been about 8 years now and we still owe about 170k on it. We live very middle class. I would guess our income is double everyone else's in our addition. We drive newer cars but they are nothing fancy and every other year we take a very nice vacation. We can pretty much do whatever we want when we want. So if you were to do that you could payoff debt a little faster or live a little higher lifestyle. I also know some doctors that pick up an extra shift at an urgent care or as a small hospital and use that money to payoff their loans quicker. Everything in balance would be my advice.
just curious, which company is giving you less than 3% interest rate, fixed or variable?
It is at 2.33% we got it from American education services. I think congress changed student consolidation loans so you can't get that low of rates anymore. Glad we got hers done before those changes went into effect.
omg jenny... i’ve been contemplating about how i’m gonna pay back about $300k too when i’m all done :( you know i never considered doing what you are planning on doing - saving up and paying back a lump some to try to get at the principal balance. i am getting about a 3 year deferment since i am going to law school this fall, but i’ll be working part time as a pharmacist (about 16 hrs/wk) while i’m in school. my plan was to just make monthly payments throughout this period despite being deferred even if it won’t really cover much of the interest so that once i graduate from law school the amount i’ll pay back won’t be so daunting. we should totally chat about this!
If a US doctor worked abroad or for a certain institution, can they not just forgive the debt? Or, if the doctor works in a critical demand region or location of the USA or world, sometimes the employer will pay off your debt for you, no?
pray to Father God in Jesus Christ name in the Son to erase your financial debt. God bless you
You know it ain't gon happen 😂😂😂
You're saying now I don't want to eat rice and beans.You should've thought about that when you were racking up so much debt.Now you have to eat rice and beans to pay your debt.Plus what were you thinking of buying a home when you have $350000 in debt? Seriously!
That’s very narrow minded. Let me educate you real quick.
No I do not have to eat rice and beans because the health affects of staying on that diet for an extended amount of time includes but not limited to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc. For you to pay off your loans a few years earlier, you have destroyed your one body and health that you have to live with for the rest of your life. Ultimately your years of health issues will cost you more than the loan itself.
Second. There is such a thing as smart investments. Renting for a family of 3 was 2200 minimum. While mortgage is 1600. Over the past year the value of my home increase by 10% and so hence, I made money.
You should really do your own research before you’re so quick to judge.
Jenny Le "what were you thinking while buying a home" seriously I'm surprised you managed to keep your cool and answer such a moron .
Darlene Paul you're clearly stupid and ignorant.
Jim Yang she was being sarcastic. Duh. I also don’t think she said anything about moving.
Jim Yang in her situation, the house was a wise purchase. As mentioned her house note is cheaper than rent and her equity has grown. In addition, she could rent a room out in her home , to make money to pay off those student debts sooner. Also, don't forget the tax benefits you have buying vs. renting a home.
Try adding digit app. when u spend it saves for u. Whatever is saved you can put it on your debt.
Was your loan federal and if so, sub or unsub? I have an unsub loan proposed to me but I’m not sure how much interest I’ll have to pay and what it really does and such
Will those loans be forgiven after a couple years?
Hi Jenny, could you do a video on how residents interact with PAs in a hospital setting? Also, does work life balance for docs get better after residency/fellowship ? I’ve researched but most info is about work hours during residency but not afterwards. Thanks!
Ps. Love your videos!
What are your thoughts about doing research in medical school?
Depends if you’re passionate about it or not. I don’t think it will give you that much of a step in terms of matching your top residency if your board scores aren’t competitive.
Thanks!!
They told us with the ACGME merger (I am in osteopathic school) it’s pretty much required because of the increase in competitiveness with decrease in spots. Of course depends on your specialty but we were told if we expect to do even EM we will need research which wasn’t always the case. But like Jenny said, doesn’t matter without a good board score!
hey jenny, do most med students qualify for glad plus loan and unsub loan ? is there any med student that you know that got denied financial aid for some reason? thanks jenny
The only reason I can’t think of is that you won’t qualify is if you got into med school super young, your parents still claimed you as dependents, and they made too much money. But most people, by the time they get into med school, they are filing as independents.