Whats the oldest you seen someone attend graduate school?

Question

Have you seen anybody in their 40s attend med school or any other professional school?

Answer 1

I got my MBA at Duke right before turning 45 and my PhD in finance at Berkeley just before turning 49.

I've seen graduate students who were older.

Answer 2

Hi

It is never to old to stop going to school or learning....

Some older people just go to attend the classes and do not get a grade in it..or they just get a pass/fail or go for common knowledge.

I have seen someone go on to attend grad school for a degree at the age of 60. They are now 72 and just became an attorney for the senior citizens. They are doing well and have won a lot of their cases in court. I think this person also did a practicum/intership at the age of 65!

Answer 3

I am 39 and finishing a masters. I was considering Law School next, but will peruse a PhD.d. in my field instead. My mother worked on a Masters in her forties, and my wife completed hers in her early forties. I have met people in their 50's working on Masters. Med school I do not know about. I hear a lot of talk about the about of hours Med students are required to do a teaching hospitals and assume that would be very difficult to do.

Answer 4

When I was in law school, one of my collegue' s was a retired plastic surgeon. As to people in their 40s, I graduated with at least 15-20 people who were in their 40s or older. Most had families or pursued this as a second career. As long as you have the drive to succeed and learn, you will never be to old to go to school :). Your life experiences may actually help you in the classroom and beyond compared to people right out of college.

Answer 5

I'm a grad student in anthropology and there is a sixty-odd year old woman who is four years ahead of me in my program. As for professional school . . . I used to work for a doctor who didn't start medical school until she was thirty-five. I'm sure that there are people who begin in the forties, however. No question about it.

With professional schools - law, medicine, nursing, computing, business - they don't care about your age so long as you have the chops and the cash. With academic subjects they're more interested in what sort of potential career you might have in front of you as a scholar.