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So what is 4th year of med school like now?

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  • #16
    Gosh... I guess you guys could be my children.... Sigh....
    Most of them could be mine!
    Luanne
    wife, mother, nurse practitioner

    "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." (John, Viscount Morely, On Compromise, 1874)

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    • #17
      Oh gosh, everyone stop getting my hopes up!
      - Eric: Husband to PGY3 Neuro

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      • #18
        Fourth year was easy for us, too. We had one baby, a cheap house, no money and lots of time together. We actually remodeled most of our house ourselves that year as well! No away rotations for him and all his residency interviews were an easy drive. One advantage of being in the crowded and over-saturated medical market of the northeast....
        Angie
        Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
        Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

        "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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        • #19
          For us it was not fun. 2 Matches, and 3 months of away.
          Brandi
          Wife to PGY3 Rads also proud mother of three spoiled dogs!! Some days it is hectic, but I wouldn't trade this for anything.




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          • #20
            We are hoping it will be nice. 4 months off and only one potentially hard rotation. All are pass/fail. No aways, not worth it.

            He is looking at prob 25-30+ interviews though (damn transitional year, what is the point?), but we are hoping 1/3 will be in our city or 2-4 hours away. And I plan to go along on 2-3 for fun. And get knocked up. At some point, not on the interview

            In general, we expect a similar experience to Vgirl and ladymoreta. I hope!
            Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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            • #21
              Let's see, MS4... I started grad school, we got engaged, started planning a wedding, matched, moved. His actual schedule/rotations? I don't really remember anymore! I think he was off in December? I know we took a road trip to SC/GA over New Year's that year. I just know there wasn't any night float that year, lol!!
              Event coordinator, wife and therapist to a peds attending

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              • #22
                Originally posted by corn poffi View Post
                It was cake. I would do the worst month of M4 over and over every day and it would still be 100000000000% better than any rotation he's had in residency.
                This. Lots of vacations wrapped under the guise of "interview trips". Lots of time off. Pure awesome.

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                • #23
                  This is so encouraging! DH has told me M4 should be relatively easy but neither of us really know for sure. I have no idea if he'll have away rotations but I know he'll have interviews as everyone else does. I look forward to more evenings spent together without sitting on the couch by myself waiting for him to emerge from the office just a few moments before bed time.
                  Wife, support system, and partner-in-crime to PGY-3 (IM) and spoiler of our 11 y/o yellow lab

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                  • #24
                    We had a baby in Jan of 4th year. It wasn't great for travel but he basically got 6 months of paternity leave which was DELIGHTFUL. I didn't have to pay for daycare until she was almost 6 months old.
                    Married to a Urology Attending! (that is an understated exclamation point)
                    Mama to C (Jan 2012), D (Nov 2013), and R (April 2016). Consulting and homeschooling are my day jobs.

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