RN to MD BLUEPRINT

Nobody told me the real cost of going from RN to MD.
Not the four years of zero income.
Not the graduation gap between finishing medical school and your first paycheck.
Not the salary drop that hits your identity as much as your bank account.
I talked to attendings, residents, and medical students. I asked every question I could think of.
And still, there were things I did not know until I was living them.
 
I built this blueprint so you do not have to figure it out the hard way.
Real numbers, real strategy, real talk from a dermatology resident who has lived every stage of this journey.
The actual salary progression from CNA to attending. How to study for the MCAT while working full time as a nurse.
How to build the mentorship network that gets you interviews.
How to write a personal statement that sounds like you. What nobody tells you about surviving residency financially.
This guide is for the RN seriously considering medicine who wants the full picture before they decide. For the first generation student with no one in their family who has walked this road.
For the Black woman who has been told in a hundred different ways that this path is not for her.
You deserve to go in informed. This is everything I wish someone had handed me.
 
The real roadmap. Yours.