<p>@Limabeans, exactly :). What year will your son be applying? My kid is a freshman in college thinking about doing premed, and I am very thankful for parents and current med students here for their thoughtful and very helpful posts. I don’t appreciate posts that constantly putting down others.</p>
<p>@MiamiDAP, how you come up with the money to pay for your daughter’s med school is exactly how these kids will be paying off their loans -live under one’s means, no mystery here. </p>
<p>Like BlueDevilMike said, perhaps not saving/paying down debt very much during residency, but it is perfectly doable to make a budget and pay as much as you can so the debt don’t grow out of control during residency. Once finishing training, it may be a good idea to pretend and live like you are still in residency for a few years to aggressively pay off the loans asap.</p>