When we started medical school, investing was the last thing on our minds. We were too busy trying to survive anatomy and figure out how our student loans actually worked. Nobody around us was talking about it, and nothing in our curriculum came close to covering it. But the more we started learning about personal […]

When most people think about the cost of medical school, they focus on tuition. And while tuition is certainly expensive, it represents only part of the total financial investment required to become a practicing physician. The true cost of becoming a doctor extends far beyond what appears on your financial aid statement. It includes hidden

The short answer is yes. Medical students can start investing. But whether you should start investing while in medical school is a more nuanced question that depends on your individual financial situation. When most people think about medical school and money, the focus is typically on student debt—how much you’ll owe and how long it

Budgeting sounds boring. We get it. When you’re trying to survive anatomy lab and memorize the Krebs cycle, the last thing you want to do is sit down and track every dollar you spend. But here’s the thing—not having a budget is way more stressful than having one. Without a budget, you’re constantly wondering if

Medical school is hard enough without adding money stress to the mix. But the truth is, a lot of us make the same financial mistakes during our training—mistakes that cost us thousands of dollars and years of unnecessary stress. We’re not talking about small things like buying coffee or ordering takeout once in a while.

When we started medical school, we were focused on one thing: learning medicine. We thought about how we’d survive anatomy, pass our exams, and eventually become good doctors. What we didn’t think much about was money. We knew medical school was expensive. We knew we’d have loans to deal with eventually. But the actual financial

Let us be honest with you: when we started medical school, we had no idea what we were doing when it came to money. We could tell you the steps of glycolysis. But ask us about student loan repayment strategies, or what a Roth IRA was, or how to actually budget on a tight income?