Medscape January 14, 2025
Mira Shahin* was unprepared. The fourth-year medical student at Wayne State University in Detroit already spent more than $2000 on her residency application and the additional costs just kept piling up: registration fees, transcript fees, away rotation applications.
She knew applying to residency was expensive, but no one made it clear just how much money it would take. With interviews in full swing, soon she’d have to figure out if she could afford a trip to visit at least one of the programs on her rank list.
“I want a job,” Shahin told Medscape Medical News, “but no other…job in the modern world requires you to pay…$2000 dollars up front just to apply. And you’re not even guaranteed...
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