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Free Tax-Filing Services for Students
There are a number of filing services that may prove useful during this year’s tax preparation… . . . . . . . . . . . Correlate: Guide to Student Taxes . Correlate: Medical Student Tax Strategies . Correlate: Prepare your Taxes with IRS Free File . .
Best States to Start a Medical Practice
Uncertain where your career in medicine will take you? Physicians Practice has ranked the states based on physician density, liability premiums, cost of living, and taxes. This financial perspective may give help to shape your thinking. Best States to Practice 2010 [Physicians Practice]
Living Car-Free in Medical School
When reconsidering the role of an automobile during medical school, weigh the demands of scattered clinical rotations against the direct and opportunity costs of ownership and upkeep. The Economical Academic poses useful questions to aid your decision. 2. If I lived in a place where I wouldn’t drive my car to work, what else would [...]
How to Earn Money Online During Medical School
BuyMyTronics: Since students are usually huge gadget freaks, it is likely that they have a lot of unused gadgets lying around. The best use of such gadgets would be to sell them to BuyMyTronics. Yes, this is a site which purchases old gadgets and also offers free shipping. It couldn’t get better. Ether: Here’s another [...]
Crash Course: Applying for Grant Money
A crash course in US Federal Government grants, grants of the European Union, Carnegie Corporation grants, and Federal Pell Grant for students in the US presented on wikiHow. How to Apply for a Grant [WikiHow]
How to Repay Medical School Debt
The median debt load for the 87 percent of medical school graduates who have some debt was $155,000 in 2008, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, up 11 percent from just one year earlier. Sharply rising tuition explains much of the increase — the American Medical Student Association says public medical school debt [...]
2008 Physician Compensation Survey – Assessing Average Physician Income
Sample size unknown. Salary ranges reported in $K Specialty Low Hi Cardiology(Invasive) 389 561 Radiology 386 600 Orthopedics 372 512 Radiation Oncology 357 453 Urology 352 426 Cardiology(Non-Inv) 332 439 Anesthesiology 331 446 Gastroenterology 330 490 Plastic Surgery 300 792 Oncology / Hematology 296 410 Dermatology 287 385 General Surgery 271 356 Pathology 239 331 [...]
Cut Grocery Waste with Biweekly Shopping
By Jeff Yeager, According to government sources, roughly 25% of the food Americans buy goes to waste. Shop for groceries no more than once every two weeks – Cook two or three meals’ worth of each recipe at the beginning of the two-week period, and immediately freeze the extra portions for the second week. Freeze [...]
Guide to Student Taxes
This extensive guide will help you to Determine your need to file a federal income tax return Learn about the various tax benefits available to students Find low/no-cost tax preparation assistance. . College Student’s Guide to Taxes [GoCollege] . Correlate: Prepare your Taxes with IRS Free File . .
The Cost of Residency Application
From MedObsession… Application Fees $290 – ERAS fee for 30 programs in 1 specialty ($60 for 10 programs, $8 each for 11-20, $15 each for 21-30) $60 – USMLE transcript fee $40 – NRMP registration fee Transportation $2069 – 10 plane flights (it pays to cluster interviews regionally if you can) $141 – rental car [...]