Students may spend a month or more away from their medical school in the fourth year. During this time it is necessary to maintain an apartment and to pay for living expenses in another location. An increasing number of residency programs use this service. Costs are determined by the number of programs to which a student applies Travel expenses for residency interviews. This cost will depend on the mode of travel, the number of interviews, and the distance to be traveled.
Students learn to schedule several interviews on each trip in order to cut costs.