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If anything else, if money's not a factor, I'd strongly recommend waiting until at least you've had a year of medical school under your belt before deciding about HPSP. It will have no impact on you, and you'd be amazed how much your mind may change or your goals shift after even just a year of medical school.

Quote: Originally Posted by tele turnin have you gotten a packet in yet at all? mine has been in for a few weeks now, but from what is going on here it seems a little bleek for those in our situation. any advice/insight anybody else have? i am guessing our best bet is to wait and see if they recycle spots. no...I had just started really looking into because I liked the ASR deal....now I am considering MDSSP and others.... I just cant get...

Quote: Originally Posted by HooahDOc What happens if you match, sign your contract, and for whatever reason your actual graduation is delayed? Do you basically lose your spot and have to sit around twiddling thumbs for a year? I think they would just start you off cycle.

Quote: Originally Posted by psychbender What service are you? A continual training contract means that you get to go straight through PGY1 to PGY2+ without having to reapply. Most residencies in the Army are set up this way (had to sign mine back in October). The Navy doesn't have these. A transitional year intern in the Navy will almost always have to go do a GMO tour. An FP intern will likely have a choice to go strait through a Family...

Quote: Originally Posted by AFDuck Interesting, I had never heard that there was a pre-selection board process. I thought that the week the board got together was the whole thing. Is this true for all services/specialties? I don't know that it is a pre-selection process. There is only one match. The computer does its thing and the slate if brought to the board for review. It just happens to occur the week before the board actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by ShinyDome19 Not sure if anyone can answer this question, but its worth a shot. So, with the ASR program currently in limbo, would it be possible for me to sign up for the MDSSP, and should ASR be re-funded, add the ASR commitment to it later? Current policy is no: the supporting document is a few posts up. It's possible they could change it, but I can't think of any reason why they would. If you're...

Quote: Originally Posted by dwb8p You can still manage to max your Roth & TSP during school. O1 gross income is $54k/year with $22.5k being nontaxable (BAH, BAS). I'm maxing my Roth and TSP = $21.5k/year, because my annual expenses are only $18.5k . This is possible mainly because I'm single, debtless, and share a residence with 3 others. And I have plenty of spending money left over. Where are you finding an S&P500...

Quote: Originally Posted by notdeadyet If you are in STRAP and/or MDSSP, you should be eligible for flexi-training while in med school and/or residency. But check with your state on this, as flexi-training varies a bit. Flexi training is what? Just not drilling every month?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lavanya82 Additionally, the USUHS/Military community has some of the world's foremost experts in every field imaginable and offers training in anything you might possibly want to pursue. I suspect the commenters aren't too familiar with our curriculum or quality of students. Nope. We're not familiar at all with your curriculum or the quality of the students. WAKE UP!!! We're your F...ing...

Quote: Originally Posted by eflix When I called them they told me that to use Deposit@home, I needed to have a loan or insurance product with them, so that may be also why some of us don't have it. I have renter's and car insurance with them. I also applied for a car loan that I'm actually going to take. Doesn't make sense that I don't have it.