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Retired 13 May 2006
Ok, this is to the fellow meds, particularly those who have left home to study. Now we know it's not an easy course, with lots of work, insane contact load etc but how do you manage to bring in the bacon? Do you work nights and weekends at Subway, do you leech or do you just live derelicte?
My situation is not that unusual. I live in college (food, utilities etc covered) and walk or cycle (across the road) to uni. My parents pay my college fees ($245 per week) as well as a $100 fortnightly allowance ($40 of that $100 goes to savings). Though the deal didn't stipulate this, my parents tend to reimburse me for big costs like textbooks. Out of my weekly $30 I pay for my internet (roughly $10), laundry ($6 but highly variable) and all incidentals.
Looking at it this way I have it really easy compared to many others. I can wake up ten minutes before a class and beat the clock, I don't have to work for my cash and I don't have to worry about bills. Of course, being a more traditional school I have more contact hours than others and SDL is a bitch. My parents justify the expense by the fact that it is really hard to work while in medical school (people tend not to hire you with such an inflexible timetable), I don't really cost much (no going out, drinking or movies to drain the cash) and that I am essentially their retirement fund. I keep the costs down by living more or less a monastic lifestyle and avoiding lunch outside college.
Well that's enough from me. Any other stories?
My situation is not that unusual. I live in college (food, utilities etc covered) and walk or cycle (across the road) to uni. My parents pay my college fees ($245 per week) as well as a $100 fortnightly allowance ($40 of that $100 goes to savings). Though the deal didn't stipulate this, my parents tend to reimburse me for big costs like textbooks. Out of my weekly $30 I pay for my internet (roughly $10), laundry ($6 but highly variable) and all incidentals.
Looking at it this way I have it really easy compared to many others. I can wake up ten minutes before a class and beat the clock, I don't have to work for my cash and I don't have to worry about bills. Of course, being a more traditional school I have more contact hours than others and SDL is a bitch. My parents justify the expense by the fact that it is really hard to work while in medical school (people tend not to hire you with such an inflexible timetable), I don't really cost much (no going out, drinking or movies to drain the cash) and that I am essentially their retirement fund. I keep the costs down by living more or less a monastic lifestyle and avoiding lunch outside college.
Well that's enough from me. Any other stories?
