I originally aspired for a career in theater but find my passion changing. I have a few science credits I need to add to my degree before I can apply but have no kids, no family. Has anyone else gone to or completed medical school later in life?
Was it worth it?
2007-08-30 04:47:02 · 5 answers · asked by radiant_innerlight 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I was 51 when I went to med school. I had three friends in their 40's in my class and a married couple in their 30's (both students) who had two children.
My opinion is that maturity is an asset. Older students are more studious and normally conduct their lives in a manner that doesn't create problems, which makes med school a whole lot easier.
I'll bet you won't be the oldest in your class. And yes, it's worth every sacrifice.
2007-08-30 06:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why not? If you have the credits and feel that you could do it, then just do it. However you have to be aware that you will have to go trough internship (once you become a doctor) and/or residency if you take up a specialization. This means working 24h shifts and sometimes twice a week, including weekends. They'll wake you up in the middle of the night and you have to be as alert as you can, and able to make the right decisions in critical situations, some people's lives will depend on these quick decisions...
Good luck!
2007-08-30 05:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I finished up my Biology degree at the age of 46. Even though I could have attended medical school, I chose pharmacy school instead. I graduated with a doctor of pharmacy degree 4 years later. I'm now 50 and loving life as a pharmacist. My decision to pursue pharmacy was based purely on my age. If I was 10 years younger, I would have chosen med school. Go for it!
2007-08-30 04:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by DNA G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had the opportunity to work briefly with Dr. W. Larimer Mellon, scion of the Mellon bank fortune. He went to med school in his thirties and spent his inheritance building a hospital in the remote Artibonite valley in Haiti. His wife, Gwen, although not a physician, was equally inspiring.
Gustav Rau of Stuttgart Germany sold his family's auto parts business, went to med school in his thirties, then worked in Africa. (He also accumulated a wonderful art collection now on tour. See it. In a decade it will be sold, the profits going to UNICEF)
A father of a patient of mine was an engineer who decided to change careers by going into medicine.
Go for it, and good luck.
2007-08-31 04:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are plenty in my school...
have kids we have to respect these guys...
but to remind u its nothing but hard work and mugging up....
so u may plz harden urself up before medical school......
and im in messenger maybe i can help u in some aspects...
2007-08-30 04:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋