Hey guys,
I recently married my GF who is graduating medical school in a few months! We've been together for a while and things have been going really good.
Now the time has come for the ROL, and I'm trying to gauge how much should I give up for our greater good. I'm doing really well in NYC, close to the salary of a hospitalist. Barring 1 strong program (RWJ) and 1 mid tier program (Stony Brook), all the other non community programs are either 3-4 hrs by train or 2hrs air travel (Temple, UMD, Georgetown, Emory, Wake). I will either have to find a new job (take a 40% pay cut ... and give up on my awesome job) or work out a deal to work remotely part time and travel on site 4 times a month for 3 days each. Both options suck ... and the second one depends if my employer will even let me.
Should I be the one to sacrifice now for better collective opportunities in the future? Will I always be at the mercy of the rigidity of the medical field? Fellowships (cards / pulm) match seems like the same thing all over again grrr .. Will picking the strongest program now give us better options in the future? Or should we focus on the present and rank less reputed programs around NYC higher (UMDNJ newark / SUNY Downstate ... or even Jacobi / SLR / Lenox Hill)?
Sorry this stuff has just been bothering me for a few weeks ... needed to get it out I guess.
Any thoughts / advice?
Thanks!
I recently married my GF who is graduating medical school in a few months! We've been together for a while and things have been going really good.
Now the time has come for the ROL, and I'm trying to gauge how much should I give up for our greater good. I'm doing really well in NYC, close to the salary of a hospitalist. Barring 1 strong program (RWJ) and 1 mid tier program (Stony Brook), all the other non community programs are either 3-4 hrs by train or 2hrs air travel (Temple, UMD, Georgetown, Emory, Wake). I will either have to find a new job (take a 40% pay cut ... and give up on my awesome job) or work out a deal to work remotely part time and travel on site 4 times a month for 3 days each. Both options suck ... and the second one depends if my employer will even let me.
Should I be the one to sacrifice now for better collective opportunities in the future? Will I always be at the mercy of the rigidity of the medical field? Fellowships (cards / pulm) match seems like the same thing all over again grrr .. Will picking the strongest program now give us better options in the future? Or should we focus on the present and rank less reputed programs around NYC higher (UMDNJ newark / SUNY Downstate ... or even Jacobi / SLR / Lenox Hill)?
Sorry this stuff has just been bothering me for a few weeks ... needed to get it out I guess.
Any thoughts / advice?
Thanks!