Today, I'm neck-deep in debt paying for med school. What's worse, the professors here are so terrible that even the morons on Yahoo Answers are 100 times better at explaining my coursework to me. FML
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Today, I was watching a TV show about people with shopping addictions. One girl was $15,000 in debt and I thought how horrible it would be to live with that. Then I realized that I'm in medical school and currently $135,000 in debt. At least they have something to show for their debt. FML
Today my college professor told me that I ask him too many questions. Apparently, my college tuition fee doesn't include learning. FML
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML
Today, I've been feeling like my efforts are never enough. I had 4 exams in one goddamn week, didn't sleep at all for 3 days studying, only to get completely demolished. The teachers put the most complicated problems as if they WANT us to fail. If I fail one class, I'm getting kicked out of my program. FML
Today, I found that my medical school has lost its WFME (World Federation for Medical Education) accreditation and my certificate (that I should be obtaining in two years) will be worthless. To pour salt into the wound, I have finals next week and it's hard to stay motivated after this kind of news. FML
Today, it's gotten to the point where I can't afford my ADD medication anymore. Now, I'm literally too poor to pay attention. FML
Today, I found out that my stick figure drawing passed as homework during my doctoral level seminar. I'm paying over two thousand dollars for this course. FML
Today, I fell asleep for 20 minutes during my first final in law school. I took a $70k loan to be here. FML
Today, I'm in a US college. I could've gone into a trade or internship, but no one listened. Now, while my parents brag to their friends that their child has a degree, I'll probably be spending the rest of life in crippling debt, sleeping on the side of the road, and begging strangers for table scraps. FML
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spicyburrito 18
Unless... The morons on yahoo answers ARE your professors
youdontsay123456 21
That's the American public system for you (unless you go to a private college)
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Zacholicious 15
Looks like your college fund would have been better spent elsewhere
Ms_ValS 27
You must think very highly of yourself to call the people who helped to figure out something that you couldn't morons.
Earl_KarmasBitch 34
To be fair, there are a lot of morons on Yahoo Answers. So it is rather surprising that OP is finding it a better resource than the professors that are getting paid for it. I don't think OP is calling the people that actually helped him morons, just the average IQ of that website.
youdontsay123456 21
That's the American public system for you (unless you go to a private college)
cocacola999 27
Sadly, this is the case with medical schools in most countries. Top doctors always make more money working in a hospital than teaching, and usually it is what they prefer to do. The richest universities get the best professors and thus the non-elite universities have to settle for what they can get.
organizse 28
Time to transfer schools...
poisonedpeanuts 22
That's not always an option. Where I live there are maybe 3 med schools to choose from and they are all very expensive.
sweetbliss3 37
op has to pay regardless, might as well pay for one where you'll actually learn something.
izzie321 27
And you're haven't transferred yet because...?
syki 22
It's extremely difficult to transfer medical schools. Outside of very extenuating circumstances (eg. family issues, health concerns), most places won't even consider it.
tantanpanda 26
I feel like everyone's illiterate and doesn't understand that this is medical school. It's not as easy as transferring between universities.
bunnyfish 27
Well you are in Texas. What did you expect?
e_is_for_eli 12
Excuse me? Texas is home to some of the best universities, such as UT. While I understand that this is medical school, there is nothing wrong with the higher education system in Texas.
nominaski 25
I'm wondering how the professors were hired.
tonyfan00 38
Yahoo answers?
tomvertigo 17
Craigslist. "Me, looking for med prof on the cheap. You, able to get to and from work and appear knowledgeable of medical terminology. Pay is in hamburgers. "
Earl_KarmasBitch 34
I have no medical degree but I have seen every episode of House and ER, can I have a job?
nash1991 20
I feel your med school debt pain bro. Fortunately my professors weren't complete morons
laurellkawes 31
Unless, OP is the moron and he's calling other people morons because he doesn't understand. I think he needs to go to the teachers and ASK for help or a more thorough explanation since he obviously doesn't understand
poisonedpeanuts 22
It's the same way at my community college. I google everything for a better explanation, and I am going for computer forensics...
Sleep_lover654 13
Damn, sorry OP, you should try searching for another school. But man, all that debt. Did you try getting something like FAMSFA oh however it's spelt.
sweetbliss3 37
FAFSA? it's loans so you would still have to pay that back afterward.
Bibliovore 26
Well, there are also Pell grants, scholarships, etc. Though sometimes those can barely make a dent in med-school-level tuitions.
taylorbrown97 23
FAFSA is also mainly for undergraduates. Very little is offered to graduate school students.
Thorn9000 17
Actually #15, here in CA you don't have to pay anything back unless you drop out of school or drop classes and have less than 10% of your original credits left. Last semester I had 14 credits all together but had to drop a 3 credit class, bringing it down to 11 credits, 10% of 14 is around 1.5 credits. I had well over that so I didn't have to pay anything back.
TADspace 30
Might be time to find a new school. I don't think I'd trust a medical professional who learned most of their degree via yahoo answers.
ManUtdFan743 21
Where you get the information is irrelevant. As long as it's correct and helps you understand it's what matters. Boards weed out those who don't know their stuff so there's no need to worry about trusting a person like that or not. Only those with the knowledge become licensed. Still, even doctors who went to good schools and etc make terrible mistakes and bad physicians.