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Fiancee of a med student
My Fiance just finished his first week of med school, we are getting married June 16 2012. It gives me time to finish my last 2 years of undergrad (4.5 hours away) and time for him to get through the first two years of (hell) school. Are we nuts to get married one week after he takes his board exam? Is anyone else doing the same thing?
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Re: Fiancee of a med student
Is he planning on being an active participant in the planning of the wedding and reception? I'm getting married 09/18/2010. Because I've been MIA from wedding planning for the last three months and rushed to get as much done before I started studying, I'm only going to have 6 weeks total to enjoy just being engaged.
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Is it too late to move the date (ie, have you put deposits down already?) Even if you have, since you are planning so far away they may let you move the date since someone is bound to want that date. I would consider moving the date back a bit so he can recover and relax.
On the other hand, when would his residency start? Because I assume you would want to be married before that.
For my Step 1 I studied about 10hours a day every day of the week except 1 and did that for about 5 weeks...then after the exam it took about 2-3 days to feel "normal" again.
With all that being said, as the groom he should have a much easier go of it than as the bride (there were 2 girls in my class who got married shortly after Step 1).
Best of luck!! He will need all the support you can give him!
Hope that helps and hope that makes sense!
One thing to think (and have your FI talk to people about) is whether or not to take the USMLE in addition to the COMLEX. A lot of my friends who are in DO schools take the USMLE b/c they want to get into MD residencies. In which case the MD residencies don't (or won't try to) know what to do with a COMLEX score since it is a different test. So depending on the specialty your FI thinks he wants to do, it would be prudent to look into that.
The MCAT and the Steps are TOTALLY different, the MCAT was easy relative to Step1 - not nearly as much info that is brand new. Trust me.
Best of luck!!
ETA: it sounds like that should work well is what I'm saying since it is 4am and I couldn't sleep last night, hahaha.
Hello,
I am starting my 2nd year of medical school and I'm getting married March 12, 2011. This is my spring break.
I don't know if you have considered it, but we picked Spring Break because I didn't want to deal with taking the boards, wedding, moving for clinical years, and starting clinical years all in 2-3 weeks. We are doing our honeymoon during spring break and when I come back, I will just have to wrap up 2nd year and start the studying for the boards. The downside is we will be married for 2 months before we get to move in together.
My fiance has a full time job and lives near our venue but I am the bride so I will still do most of the planning.
If both of your spring breaks match up, I would consider it
If both of y
I'm a Diagnostic Rads intern :-)
We're getting married in the brief time between my fiance's board exams and the time I start med school. We plan to have our first child after my second year. Traditionally, rotation years aren't easy, but between M2 and M3 (and the DO equivalent) is the time for major life events like these :-)
As long as you're prepared for tough years ahead, and ENJOY them, you can take it all in stride :-)
I just got engaged about a week after I took the boards and just a piece of advice - leave him alone during that time! He doesn't need added stress, but also understand that he's going through a lot. I know you'll be super excited about the wedding so it will definitely be hard for both of you. Good luck to him and you
I go to A.T. Still- Kirksville. Your fiance goes to Fort Worth? How does he like it?