Education Loan for Private MBBS: The Honest Math
Private MBBS costs Rs 50L-1.2Cr. Real EMI vs junior-doctor salary. Russia/Georgia FMGE-failure trap. Management quota rules.
For Indians considering studying abroad
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What you will find here
Success. Neutral. Struggle. All three for every decision. Read the one that matches your situation, then read the other two.
Loan EMIs, currency-adjusted salaries, cost-of-living spreadsheets. The math the brochure leaves out.
Questions to ask yourself before signing the loan papers, not after. The frameworks you wish someone had given you.
A note from Faz
Read the full storyI went to Australia for an MBA. I had wanted Canada but did not have the money for it.
The market crashed between when I applied and when I graduated. I did not get a single offer in the country I had moved to. I came back to India with a thirty-eight lakh loan that took two years after graduation to clear, and a degree I now had to explain to people who had not asked.
I am building this site so you do not run a race that does not need to be run.
Is this site for you?
Indian students and parents in the eighteen months before a study-abroad decision. Specifically:
If you want a consultant to make the decision for you, this site will frustrate you. If you want the numbers, the trade-offs, and the unflattering reality of each path, you are in the right place.
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