<prompt> Human: My company offers a 403b retirement plan. I am a post-bacc student, working full-time but plan to go to med school in about 4 years. Since I wont be working for some time Im afraid I wont be able to roll over the plan when I leave the company.If not, what should I do to start saving for retirement?  <response>: I worked for a hospital as a resident for 2 years in 1985-7 time period, and funded a 403b while I was there. I kept the account - I invested about 7250 during those 2 years I was not a highly compensated employee, and the account is now worth about 43,000. If you view it as just a part of your lifetime retirement planning, every little bit counts, and if you are young, time is to your advantage. Roth IRAs did not exist at that time, and funding that might be an even better deal. 