Can you still make money while in Physician Assistant (PA) school? The answer may surprise you!
Author: Matt Delph, PA-C
During my gap year, I worked three jobs in order to build some capital because I knew I wouldn’t have a steady stream of income during the 24 months I was in PA school. I made an excel spreadsheet of my expenses (car payment, gym payment, phone bill, etc.) and calculated what amount I needed to get through school. Towards the end of my clinical rotations, my account was starting to get low enough that it was questionable if I could afford a tank of gas to even get to my rotation sites. Therefore, I started trying to come up with different unique ways of making money.
Work Weekends When You Can
Portfolio / Stock Investing
Selling on Ebay
I looked up the item on Ebay, went to filters and hit “Sold Items” (DON’T FORGET THIS STEP) and saw what my calculator was currently selling for and if it was in high demand.
I followed the steps in the YouTube video in order to post the item and went to sleep. I woke up the next morning with notifications that BOTH calculators sold and just like that, I made a net profit of around $100 and was easily able to buy gas for my car! I quickly began scavenging the house to see what else I could sell and came across these Bionicles that I used to play with when I was younger.
They were just sitting in the back of the closet and hadn’t been touched in years. It felt like I had just found a buried treasure. I have been gradually selling them ever since and still occasionally do some house cleaning and post more items to sell in order to make a few extra bucks!