JustPassing Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Anyone ever heard of someone buying an RV for their 2 years of PA school? Financing sucks, but if you could somehow get around those high rates it might work out for ya. There are some really sweet ones out there right now for half of what they used to be sold for. Semi serious......Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Are you planning to park on campus? :;;D: I can't see how this would be cheaper, better, or less hassle than just renting an apartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCats Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I think the only positive is you wouldn't have to worry about housing during clinicals~ I can't imagine it being cheaper though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPassing Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Figure $600 dollars a month you pay for an apartment, you put towards the payment of RV. When you finish school, sell the RV, pay off loan, Pocket 5-10k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpackelly Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Many years ago at UC Davis, some PA students parked an RV on the UCDMC Medical Center lot for their one week of classes a month......the rest of the time they were in their home counties on clinical rotation. Eventually parking caught on but because they could move it every day and only showed up for one week a month, they were able to do this for the entire 24 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Many years ago at UC Davis, some PA students parked an RV on the UCDMC Medical Center lot for their one week of classes a month......the rest of the time they were in their home counties on clinical rotation. Eventually parking caught on but because they could move it every day and only showed up for one week a month, they were able to do this for the entire 24 months. LOL that's funny. Ya got to love creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 There was an alum at my school who ended up being one of our psych profs who lived in an RV during the didactic. The hospital was under construction and iirc he squatted in tge empty lot...to amazing for fiction Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToppDog Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I've considered this for the clinical year, or if I have to go to school somewhere my wife can't go. I figure it is better than paying for 2 apartments since I want to buy an RV anyway. Can't see wasting that year paying for an additional apartment or hotel rooms when it could go towards paying something off that I plan on buying anyway. How many of you watched Trapper John MD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Steve Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have heard of urban legend of people doing this and writing off the cost as a school related expense. Will you be up north living through a cold winter? Sure would suck to come back to the RV after class all day, getting ready for finals and find all your water lines froze and burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 There was an alum at my school who ended up being one of our psych profs who lived in an RV during the didactic. The hospital was under construction and iirc he squatted in tge empty lot...to amazing for fiction. Nahhh.... no biggie. When I attended there were about 10-14 folks in my class living in RVs (in that lot before turning left to go to the Student Union) for our 1 week didactic sessions for 12 months. We had some E-P-I-C bar-b-ques and drinkng sessions out there. The Wifee had to drive in from Redwood Shores a couple times to chauffer me home. Also... the sandwich bar in the med quad was the shiznit...!!! Ohh.... and I paid for premium (A) lot parking the first quarter then just used a sharpie to change the date on the placard for the rest of the time I was there. I still have it... its stapled to the wall in my garage workshop....:heheh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Nahhh.... no biggie. When I attended there were about 10-14 folks in my class living in RVs (in that lot before turning left to go to the Student Union) for our 1 week didactic sessions for 12 months. We had some E-P-I-C bar-b-ques and drinkng sessions out there. The Wifee had to drive in from Redwood Shores a couple times to chauffer me home. Also... the sandwich bar in the med quad was the shiznit...!!! Ohh.... and I paid for premium (A) lot parking the first quarter then just used a sharpie to change the date on the placard for the rest of the time I was there. I still have it... its stapled to the wall in my garage workshop....:heheh: C, i can totally picture that! Lol ahhh pcap.....allowed us to find "creative" alternatives for survival....great story bro Yah the sandwich shop also had this bladder busting cup fir 3 dollars that u can refill for 50 cents as long as u brought it in...Camille turned us on to that lol Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDHart Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Rather than pay $500+ for a place near Palo Alto I put $200 into the back of my wife's SUV. I built a narrow bed out of plywood, high-density foam and and microfiber cloth. Add limousine tint and a shower curtain rod with curtain to obscure the back and I was set. I slept in a different spot every night, ate at Subway and showered at 24 hour fitness. Thankfully I only had to do that full time for 4 months before we went to 1 week a month, then only did it for 3 more months before breaking down and spending $200 for 4 nights a month at a hotel. All in all it was hard physically, emotionally, and mentally, but financially both worth it and necessary. I think a class B van motorhome would be optimal, you can check local ordinances on parking on streets. As for parking, I bought "C" parking for the first quarter, then parked at the top of the distant structure and risked a ticket for the last year. Two $44 tickets were better than the cost of parking all those days, so I made out like a bandit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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