I'll have to start my premed prerequisites right now along with my undergraduate degree. If I do that, I won't be able to enter medical school until I am 25 years old. I would like to know if it is worth all the hard work right now and during medical school to be a doctor. Is the cost of time worth it? Being 29 and just out of medical school...is that worth it? I want to work in the medical field and feel that the best way that I can benefit society is by being a doctor. I want people to trust me with their lives and to know that I will give them all that I can offer to help.
2007-12-30 16:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Well first off you are never too old to begin your education. As a nurse and having had many opportunities to help save lives it is an amazing feeling. I used to work in a teaching hospital in Corpus Christi Texas. Helping doctors become good doctors was part of our job as nurses. There were so many doctors fresh out of med school doing thier residency that were in thier 30's it isn't a bad time in your life you know. You would be more mature and ready to be a more trusted physician. Iit is a good time in your life. Trust your feelings. follow your heart and what ever you decide good luck!!!
2007-12-30 17:01:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thirty years in the past, it was once the case that scientific colleges does no longer admit scholars over the age of 30. I undergo in innovations one in each of my roommates being frantic approximately entering into in the previous she have been given too previous (she by no skill did). that's no longer the case. as long as you have the skill to stand up to the trials of scientific college and residency, colleges have recognized that there are advantages to older scholars - they have an inclination to have greater existence adventure, credibility with sufferers, staying power, and so on. as nicely, interior the eyes of maximum persons, there is amazingly little difference between being 22 or 23 and being 24 or 25.
2016-10-10 16:56:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's definitely worth it.
25 is still young, so it's not like you're going to be 40 and just getting out of college.
Imagine not going to college and working the same kind of job you do right now your whole life.
I'm sure it would suck.
2007-12-30 16:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a perfectly normal age at which to be doing this. You would only be a couple of years older than someone who did this right out of college. If you want to be a physician, it is absolutely worth it.
2007-12-30 17:09:22 · answer #4 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am also a older student. I think that anyone with a passion for an education should go for it. You asked if it was worth it but you are the only one who can decide that. If it is something you feel good about and something you are ready to do then it is worth it. Education is something you have to decide on for yourself. Good luck...
2007-12-30 16:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by Cindy M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're worried about the age thing, think about this. Yes you will be 29 by the time you just get out of medical school, but eventually you're going to be 29 anyway. You are still young (and even if someone is a lot older, they should still go for it!), but I know how you feel...I am 23 and it will take me two more years to finish my undergrad degree.
2007-12-31 04:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by Southern Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
25 is still young. most people that apply to harvard med school are 24. it'll be worth it in the end. you don't want to regret not going to med school later on
2008-01-02 07:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by Chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋