Comments on: Pros and Cons of military service to pay for medical / professional school- HPSP (the health professional scholarship program) http://gruntdoc.com/2007/09/pros-and-cons-of-military-service-to-pay-for-medical-professional-school-hpsp-the-health-professional-scholarship-program.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Goatwhacker http://gruntdoc.com/2007/09/pros-and-cons-of-military-service-to-pay-for-medical-professional-school-hpsp-the-health-professional-scholarship-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-7523 Goatwhacker Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:54:01 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/09/pros-and-cons-of-military-service-to-pay-for-medical-professional-school-hpsp-the-health-professional-scholarship-program.html#comment-7523 He's figuring the interest on 154K of student loans will be only 25K. That sounds low to me, maybe someone else could chime in on that. I figured I about broke even on the HPSP thing compared to non-military. I did have much less financial worries though medical school and residency than most of my non-HPSP colleagues. Overall I don't know that I would make the same choice again, though. On the physical fitness standards, I was in the best shape of my life when I was in the military mainly from trying to meet the standards, so can't complain much about that. He’s figuring the interest on 154K of student loans will be only 25K. That sounds low to me, maybe someone else could chime in on that.

I figured I about broke even on the HPSP thing compared to non-military. I did have much less financial worries though medical school and residency than most of my non-HPSP colleagues. Overall I don’t know that I would make the same choice again, though.

On the physical fitness standards, I was in the best shape of my life when I was in the military mainly from trying to meet the standards, so can’t complain much about that.

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