So old are we all?

Hey Amy, make this thread a poll!

<25, 25-30, 30-35, 35+.......

Hey Amy, make this thread a poll!

<25, 25-30, 30-35, 35+.......

You must have read my mind. That is what I was doing :thumbup: We older folks have special mind abilities.

38 years old and 9 days. Just had a birthday on July 18th http://www.websmileys.com/sm/party/fest33.gif

You must have read my mind. That is what I was doing :thumbup: We older folks have special mind abilities.

38 years old and 9 days. Just had a birthday on July 18th http://www.websmileys.com/sm/party/fest33.gif
32 and creeping up on 33. :eek:

25 here

I guess I barely qualify as a non-trad ;)

25 now ... won't be 28 *fingers crossed* till I apply for med school!!!

I started med school at 31 with a hubby & daughter. :)

19 and don't ask ( we can enter medicine at this age here :p ) I'm still non traditional, right ? :o

I'm 30, will be 32 by the time I can get in if things work out :)

27. Will start at 29.

started MD at 31

Aug 12 I'll be 43.

Since I won't even finish my bs untill 07 I'll be content with PA. I got my act together late in life and realized that there was no short-cut to making something of value of one's life. My wife and I have adjusted to one paycheck so I can go to school fulltime and get my masters in PA done in the next 5 years after about three years of pt school. The Army National Guard will be reimbursing my tuition and giving me GI bill stipend. If I don't go to Iraq, I can just make it.

I'm starting on my medical track with EMT classes this fall, an undergraduate degree in Medical Lab Science by 07 (have the cr to apply in SP 05). I've got a few more "fertillizer" classes like Government and History but then it's all science from there.

Sure glad I lived this long, but regret not living it until now. I envy anyone in a position to go to med school.

Geez.

I hope that I'm not the oldest one here. Thats a distinction I can easily do without.

Besides, it's not the years, it's the mileage. Oh, wait.... No, it's the years.

Geez.

I hope that I'm not the oldest one here. Thats a distinction I can easily do without.

Besides, it's not the years, it's the mileage. Oh, wait.... No, it's the years.

I wouldn't worry about it. You certainly haven't been wasting any of that time, I'm pretty impressed by your credentials.

29 on sept 10th

22 now. 25 when i apply.

30, will be 31 when I start if I get in this round.

23 now 27 when I apply.

i'm rooting for you guys, just so you know i guess.

25, will be 26 on Sat. :D
Happy birthday to me. :meanie:

36 going into MSII ...

Geez.

I hope that I'm not the oldest one here. Thats a distinction I can easily do without.

Besides, it's not the years, it's the mileage. Oh, wait.... No, it's the years.

Hahahahaha..................

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

gee, dunno........Now I'm feeling like a spring chicken........or maybe it's duck........yeah the kind hanging in the trad chinese restaurant window...... hahahaha

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

( I didn't vote either - lol)

29 now, hopefully 30 when I start.

25 now, will be 27 when I enter medical school

I just turned 25, and I graduate in 2006. I plan to enter medical school that fall, so I will be 27 with a 4 year old. :love:

I just started Year 3, and I'll be 41 in September. Two kids (11 and 14).

I wouldn't worry about it. You certainly haven't been wasting any of that time, I'm pretty impressed by your credentials.


Thanks, you too. I hope the CoS cuts you loose so you can go to medical school.

Remember, it's never too late to become what you should have been!

Big old 29 here! I'll be 29 to start if I can get off a waitlist, otherwise 30 for the next time around! Good luck everyone :thumbup:

Hahahahaha..................

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

gee, dunno........Now I'm feeling like a spring chicken........or maybe it's duck........yeah the kind hanging in the trad chinese restaurant window...... hahahaha

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

( I didn't vote either - lol)


Well, someone's got my back! Thanks!!

Remember, it's never too late to become what you should have been!

George Elliot! :thumbup: I just told someone this exact same thing about an hour ago....that is very spooky!

Thanks, you too. I hope the CoS cuts you loose so you can go to medical school.

Remember, it's never too late to become what you should have been!

I hope so too! I like that quote, although I wouldn't have been able to identify it like ScubaDoc :)

George Elliot! :thumbup: I just told someone this exact same thing about an hour ago....that is very spooky!


I must admit, I saw it on someones sig on oldpremeds and thought it was terrific.

I hope so too! I like that quote, although I wouldn't have been able to identify it like ScubaDoc :)

There is this old cemetery in Charleston that is sandwiched next to these two old churches. Out front is a sign that changes periodically. Someone with a disturbed sense of humor actually put that quote up there a couple of months ago....all I could think was, well actually, it may be too late for them....

I'm 32 now
34 starting Med School (God Willing!)
38 Graduate
42 to 43 after Anes. residency

I figure what the heck, I'll work till I'm 63-65 and enjoy my work.

I'm 32 now
34 starting Med School (God Willing!)
38 Graduate
42 to 43 after Anes. residency

I figure what the heck, I'll work till I'm 63-65 and enjoy my work.


:thumbup: :thumbup:

good attitude!

old enough to be here .................... ;)

I just started Year 3, and I'll be 41 in September. Two kids (11 and 14).


That is wonderful!

I'll be applying at 24. Don't worry, I'll let myself out :D

Nub, please stay. I need someone to fetch my walker...:D

I'll be 32 if I get in this cycle. Before I graduate (with my DO/Ph.D :D), my oldest will be entering college. :eek:

Nub, please stay. I need someone to fetch my walker...:D

I'll be 32 if I get in this cycle. Before I graduate (with my DO/Ph.D :D), my oldest will be entering college. :eek:


Honey, I am not even in and my oldest is starting college this year....

Now, do the rest of you feel better? :laugh:

I'll be applying at 24. Don't worry, I'll let myself out :D


Got the pampers for you ..................... :laugh: :rolleyes:

I hope to b 27 when I start, if not...then 28.

Honey, I am not even in and my oldest is starting college this year....

Now, do the rest of you feel better? :laugh:
YES!!!!!! :laugh:

I'm 35 and have just started MS III. I also have two daughters (4 and 3) and I commute to school for an hour.

I'm 31 now. Will be 35 when I graduate and move on to residency.

25, will be 26 on Sat. :D
Happy birthday to me. :meanie:


i think i want to be you.

29 entering MSI, married w/ 2 kids (4 & 2), and am going to be living away from them 5 days a week during school, 130 miles away.

Turned 29 in June, and just started my 2nd year. I'm glad I waited. I was NOT ready for medical school at 22!!

Turned 30 in April.

I hope to get in next year.

I can't remember if I voted in the poll. :(

Turned 33 in March and applying in July 2005

If you voted, you will see the words. "You have already voted in this poll at the bottom of the poll.

Turned 29 in June, and just started my 2nd year. I'm glad I waited. I was NOT ready for medical school at 22!!

AMEN!! I just told my husband a few days ago, I don't think I would've survived medical school if I'd gone 10 years ago. Aside from the total lack of confidence in myself, I was dealing with depression that was untreated. The stress of school probably would've sent me straight to an institution!

It amazes me how differently I feel about myself and my abilities now.

My mom asked me back during the winter if I ever wish that I had done this "when I had the chance." I didn't even look at her; I just said "no." Oh, it would be nice to have the money coming in now instead of just starting school. But, realistically, I wouldn't have experienced nearly as much if I'd continued straight into school.

Sometimes the choices we make end up being the best thing for us even if they look stupid at the time! Lord knows my mom thought I made a ton of them about 9 or 10 years ago. But those choices lead me to my husband and my 2 kids---and right back to medical school. I just took the "scenic route."

32 now...wil be 33 turning 34 when I start med school.

Well I am 34 barreling on toward 35 in Nov. With good luck I will be starting in a few weeks (AUG 30) if I can get everything ready to move by then! I have 2 kids ages 8 and 12 and hubby to get ready to move too!



I always say I am old enough to know better and young enough not to care!!

2 months into MSI I'll be 29 (married and two kids, 6 and 3).

Been married for 10 years now -> that's pretty non-traditional right there alone!

I envy the trads who won't have to balance 31 units/semester with being a husband/wife and father/mother -- and who are able to cut costs, thereby eliminating some economic stress, by living with multiple roomates.

Today: 29
Tuesday: 30
When I apply: 30
When I start (hopefully) 31

Hey Dr. Mom, I gots me a wife and TWO daughters. Someone please help.......I need more male time in a non homosexual erotic way.

My girls keep trying to make me beautiful :scared:

I always say I am old enough to know better and young enough not to care!!
That should go in the "non-trad motto" file! :love: :thumbup:

Someone asked me "So, how old are you, anyway?"
I said "Old enough to remember rotary dial phones and 'clickers', but young enough to get hit on by 20-somethings." :p (It was a 20-something who was doin' the askin') :laugh:

2 months into MSI I'll be 29 (married and two kids, 6 and 3).

Been married for 10 years now -> that's pretty non-traditional right there alone!

I envy the trads who won't have to balance 31 units/semester with being a husband/wife and father/mother -- and who are able to cut costs, thereby eliminating some economic stress, by living with multiple roomates.
Hi, JMC!

(You know, those kids are old enough to work now. :p ) :laugh:

I'm starting med school at the age of 24. I'm non-trad, I suppose, b/c I'm a single mother of a first-grader. :)

Hi, JMC!

(You know, those kids are old enough to work now. :p ) :laugh:

Hey Labrat -

Tell me about it...now if I could just get them to hit the trail and find a job!

Anyone need a full-time toilet paper unroller? How about an interior decorator - my little one loves to draw on the walls with crayon and marker.

MS1 and 38, married with two kids (14 and 11).

Hey Labrat -

Tell me about it...now if I could just get them to hit the trail and find a job!

Anyone need a full-time toilet paper unroller? How about an interior decorator - my little one loves to draw on the walls with crayon and marker.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:



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I'm starting med school at the age of 24. I'm non-trad, I suppose, b/c I'm a single mother of a first-grader.
Welcome!

Med schools should have free daycare... :thumbup:

30 with a 5 and 3yr old.... getting ready to juggle starting next Thursday

Anyone need a full-time toilet paper unroller? How about an interior decorator - my little one loves to draw on the walls with crayon and marker.

I'll trade you my bubble-gum flusher for your toilet-paper unroller!! LOL You're actually getting a better deal because she's 10 and can do dishes & laundry. You just can't trust her to take a shower without putting something down the drain....such as bubble-gum or Q-tips.

Oh, and my little one (who thinks he's Jackie Chan) stamped "For Deposit Only" all over my wall!!

Hey Dr. Mom, I gots me a wife and TWO daughters. Someone please help.......I need more male time in a non homosexual erotic way.

My girls keep trying to make me beautiful

LOL My sister & I did that to our dad too! My daughter just tries to make my son beautiful and poor "twinkle toes" thinks having his toenails painted pink is a *cool* thing! He was so proud the first time they were painted...he came out and showed them to everyone. My husband absolutely freaked out!

For his part, when my son pretends to be a doctor, he listens to your heart and then fixes your hair. A truly full-service visit!!

Willow~~needing a nap.....I'm too old to stay awake all day!

I'll trade you my bubble-gum flusher for your toilet-paper unroller!! LOL You're actually getting a better deal because she's 10 and can do dishes & laundry. You just can't trust her to take a shower without putting something down the drain....such as bubble-gum or Q-tips.

Oh, and my little one (who thinks he's Jackie Chan) stamped "For Deposit Only" all over my wall!!



LOL My sister & I did that to our dad too! My daughter just tries to make my son beautiful and poor "twinkle toes" thinks having his toenails painted pink is a *cool* thing! He was so proud the first time they were painted...he came out and showed them to everyone. My husband absolutely freaked out!

For his part, when my son pretends to be a doctor, he listens to your heart and then fixes your hair. A truly full-service visit!!

Willow~~needing a nap.....I'm too old to stay awake all day!

Funny stuff I say!

Man - three cheers to all of us parents who are about to tackle (and to those who have been doing it) med school!

40 and on my way to becoming a DR. :luck:

awesome. i like this side of the forum.

MS1, 34 married and 3 kids. :D Who says we can't have it all? ;)

24; 26 (or so) upon application :thumbup:

37, married, 2 kids (G8, B4), former soldier (11C), and design engineer.

will be 39 if/when I enter MS.

24. Too young to vote in the poll, but I got my bachelor's in 2001, majored in a non-science field, and have been in the workforce for 3 years, so I'm still pretty non-trad.

Starting MSII @ 38. I will be 41 when I qualify (all being well) but thats still 24 years of medical practice.

25. Does that count?

Started optometry school at 36 -- I'll be just a few months shy of 40 when I graduate. :D

MS1, 34 married and 3 kids. :D Who says we can't have it all? ;)

To quote a (cynical) friend of mine- You CAN have it all -- Just not at the same time. :rolleyes:

Geez.

I hope that I'm not the oldest one here. Thats a distinction I can easily do without.

Besides, it's not the years, it's the mileage. Oh, wait.... No, it's the years.

It's possible I may be the oldest one here....certainly ONE of the oldest. I'm 48, just starting my prereqs...will be 50 by the time I apply....51 when I start med school....55 when I start residency.

I must admit to being quite envious of flighterdoc's credentials....much more impressive than mine. I majored in voice and minored in piano in my first college career. The last time I took any math or science (until this summer) was in 10th grade - 32 years ago. I DID manage to bring home a B in algebra this summer, though. Considering how long it had been since I'd last studied algebra as well as cramming a 16-week class into 8 weeks while working full-time....well, I'm pretty pleased with that B.

It's possible I may be the oldest one here....certainly ONE of the oldest. I'm 48, just starting my prereqs...will be 50 by the time I apply....51 when I start med school....55 when I start residency.

I must admit to being quite envious of flighterdoc's credentials....much more impressive than mine. I majored in voice and minored in piano in my first college career. The last time I took any math or science (until this summer) was in 10th grade - 32 years ago. I DID manage to bring home a B in algebra this summer, though. Considering how long it had been since I'd last studied algebra as well as cramming a 16-week class into 8 weeks while working full-time....well, I'm pretty pleased with that B.

That is freaking awesome! You get down with your bad self! All the best.

It's possible I may be the oldest one here....certainly ONE of the oldest. I'm 48, just starting my prereqs...will be 50 by the time I apply....51 when I start med school....55 when I start residency.

I must admit to being quite envious of flighterdoc's credentials....much more impressive than mine. I majored in voice and minored in piano in my first college career. The last time I took any math or science (until this summer) was in 10th grade - 32 years ago. I DID manage to bring home a B in algebra this summer, though. Considering how long it had been since I'd last studied algebra as well as cramming a 16-week class into 8 weeks while working full-time....well, I'm pretty pleased with that B.


:o

I'm 22, I guess I don't belong on this thread, lol! :(

Just started school last week at 35. :thumbup:

Starting 3rd year @ 31.

38, and I'm applying to med school for next year (I'm in a post-bacc).

just 30... I decided to be truly non tradition... counting backwards... 30 goin on 29 ... I guess be done by the time im 24 :D

My age isn't even on this poll--I'm 23. :o Does this make me a young Old premed?

At least I'll be around 27 when I start med school (hopefully). Maybe I'll fit in better with the non-trad's then. :cool:

38, with two children, 1 & 3. Am starting the application process, my AMCAS application is submitted and I hope to enter the class starting 2005.

Nearly 35 (three more weeks), 36 when I hope to begin at OHSU

Married 13 years, 2 children (G4, B1)

Have taught in secondary schools in TX and OR for ten years

34R, 3.25-3.35 (AMCAS and AACOM differed)

30 and feeling really old when I'm in class with younger students.
Will be 31 when I apply, 32 if I get in.

30 and feeling really old when I'm in class with younger students.
Will be 31 when I apply, 32 if I get in.

I know what you mean! Today I felt extremely old!!! (first day) but felt weird when someone asked me if I was a freshman, I must have looked so damn lost! :eek:

I'm going to be 25 by the end of this month +pity+ I feel quite old...(most of my premed. friends that graduated with me or sometime after me are already in med. school..) But, taking time off has been the best decision I ever made, and I don't regret it... :thumbup

I'm 27 and starting my pre-req's this fall. I'll be at least 30 before I apply to Medical school.

I'm 27, 28 in a couple months. In my Junior year of undergrad. I should be starting Med school (hopefully) when I'm 29 or 30. I feel old in only some of my classes...well, shoot, all of my classes.

31 in M1, and married 4 yrs. The second anatomy lab, I went over to another cadaver tank to see what they had found, and a young students asked 'Are you the professor?' HA!

:laugh:

36 y/o + 3 days :D

What happened to the <25 section?

19, approx 2 months before I turn 20. Applying as we speak...

I envy the trads who won't have to balance 31 units/semester with being a husband/wife and father/mother -- and who are able to cut costs, thereby eliminating some economic stress, by living with multiple roomates.


And you left out...."and they also know everything..." :laugh:


Yuck-multiple roommates...nightmares, I could never do that again! I guess I am too old and cranky!

...very tired, 29 y/o MS II here ....

I turn 37 next week. 39 when I get my OD. :D

The second anatomy lab, I went over to another cadaver tank to see what they had found, and a young students asked 'Are you the professor?' HA!

:laugh:
It could have been worse. They could have mistaken you for the cadaver. :laugh:

31 but some people tell me that I look 24. I don't know whether to take exception to that or act flattered :meanie:

:) 19 and don't ask ( we can enter medicine at this age here :p ) I'm still non traditional, right ? :o

This made me smile. I am always glad to see the really young too. I graduated high school early and was soooooo young when I went to college, and now I am considered non-traditional for med school because it has been so long. :)

31 in M1, and married 4 yrs. The second anatomy lab, I went over to another cadaver tank to see what they had found, and a young students asked 'Are you the professor?' HA!

:laugh:

Hey there,
You should have said that you were the professor and enjoyed some major "suck up" from the students. Its kind of fun at times.
njbmd :)

i can't vote because i am less than 25yrs old(now), i still have to do the post bac, that will be 1-2yrs and then i will need to apply to the med school.so in 2 yrs i will be 25

I'm [hopefully] heading into medicine next year at age 16. That's relatively untraditional right? Lol. To cut a long story short I skipped a few years here and there in my education. I'm currently enrolled in B. of Science (Physics major) and have almost finished my first year, but as it turns out, I'm not as interested in it as I thought I would be. I was really ill at the time last year when we needed to enrol in UMAT- the Australian medical exam (I had Q Fever) and thus, although I had always wanted to do something in the area of health, I was unable to apply. I figured that as I liked physics alot then I should go into that.

48

How old am I?



John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States when I was born. I believe Ike was still around when I was conceived, though.
I don't remember losing JFK - but I do remember losing both Martin Luther King, Jr. and RFK. The 60's were not quite the fun, flower-power jaunt one hears about these days.
I remember watching Apollo 11 - live, on television.
We didn't have color television until I was in junior high.
The elementary school I attended had no air conditioning - in the South.
I know all about the "Greatest Generation." My father flew B-17 bombers, and my mother built them - I was their last child. Two of my grandparents were born before 1900.
The first personal computer I used was an Apple II - and I was in graduate school.
I know the bitter tears one cries when one drops a 2,000 punched card program deck in a computer science class - and one hadn't bothered to punch serial numbers on the cards. I can still run an IBM Model 129 cardpunch faster than darn near anybody - but I haven't seen a job posting in quite a while. I'm sure my Pentium quad core could run circles around the IBM System/370 that I trained on at Oklahoma State - which occupied an entire basement and was, at that time, the largest non-governmental computer installation in the world. It even had the dials and the blinky lights. At one time, I could tell you what the lights of the Program Status Word (PSW) actually meant.
Disco, before it became a cliche of stupidity, was an absolute blast. You just can't even imagine, because you weren't there.
I don't care which muscle car you drive. A 454 with no pollution controls could beat the snot out of it - and those engines were not unusual in boring sedans up until 1973.
If you think Hillary Clinton was highly opinionated, you just don't remember Betty Ford.
I've never owned a pair of "Tommy" jeans because both Calvin Klein and I have been there and done that. 501s were always more comfortable, anyway.
"Streaking" was a brand-new fad when I was a Freshman in college. No, I didn't.
I was shocked when I applied to medical school and found out that there's actually a vaccine for varicella. For my generation, chicken pox was never a question of if - just when.
A small fact which seems to have been lost when "Mamma Mia!" came out - Abba, when they did their greatest original hits, did not speak a single word of English - they just learned the lyrics written for them.
When I was beating the snot out of my medical school classmates at a party game of Trivial Pursuit, I was asked how I knew so many obscure details about Watergate. Because I would fake illness in junior high to stay home to watch the hearings on television, that's why.
I took a Basic Astronomy course starting in August, 1979. It's a good thing I made an "A", because I had to report that grade on AMCAS and it did indeed figure into my BCPM.

I applied when I was 43, interviewed at 44, and turned 45 just after first year classes started. I'm now 47, a third-year, and having an absolute blast.

Today: 29
Tuesday: 30
When I apply: 30
When I start (hopefully) 31

Hey Dr. Mom, I gots me a wife and TWO daughters. Someone please help.......I need more male time in a non homosexual erotic way.

My girls keep trying to make me beautiful :scared:

I have the opposite problem: a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by men!

(I'm 45, BTW. Applying this year.)

How old am I?



John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States when I was born. I believe Ike was still around when I was conceived, though.
I don't remember losing JFK - but I do remember losing both Martin Luther King, Jr. and RFK. The 60's were not quite the fun, flower-power jaunt one hears about these days.
I remember watching Apollo 11 - live, on television.
We didn't have color television until I was in junior high.
The elementary school I attended had no air conditioning - in the South.
I know all about the "Greatest Generation." My father flew B-17 bombers, and my mother built them - I was their last child. Two of my grandparents were born before 1900.
The first personal computer I used was an Apple II - and I was in graduate school.
I know the bitter tears one cries when one drops a 2,000 punched card program deck in a computer science class - and one hadn't bothered to punch serial numbers on the cards. I can still run an IBM Model 129 cardpunch faster than darn near anybody - but I haven't seen a job posting in quite a while. I'm sure my Pentium quad core could run circles around the IBM System/370 that I trained on at Oklahoma State - which occupied an entire basement and was, at that time, the largest non-governmental computer installation in the world. It even had the dials and the blinky lights. At one time, I could tell you what the lights of the Program Status Word (PSW) actually meant.
Disco, before it became a cliche of stupidity, was an absolute blast. You just can't even imagine, because you weren't there.
I don't care which muscle car you drive. A 454 with no pollution controls could beat the snot out of it - and those engines were not unusual in boring sedans up until 1973.
If you think Hillary Clinton was highly opinionated, you just don't remember Betty Ford.
I've never owned a pair of "Tommy" jeans because both Calvin Klein and I have been there and done that. 501s were always more comfortable, anyway.
"Streaking" was a brand-new fad when I was a Freshman in college. No, I didn't.
I was shocked when I applied to medical school and found out that there's actually a vaccine for varicella. For my generation, chicken pox was never a question of if - just when.
A small fact which seems to have been lost when "Mamma Mia!" came out - Abba, when they did their greatest original hits, did not speak a single word of English - they just learned the lyrics written for them.
When I was beating the snot out of my medical school classmates at a party game of Trivial Pursuit, I was asked how I knew so many obscure details about Watergate. Because I would fake illness in junior high to stay home to watch the hearings on television, that's why.
I took a Basic Astronomy course starting in August, 1979. It's a good thing I made an "A", because I had to report that grade on AMCAS and it did indeed figure into my BCPM.

I applied when I was 43, interviewed at 44, and turned 45 just after first year classes started. I'm now 47, a third-year, and having an absolute blast.

I pegged your age exactly! Why? Because I'm 47 too, finishing my last year of clinical psych PsyD. I will be just shy of 50 when I'm licensed.
Oh...and yes...I remember Calvin Kleins and Disco too (before it was retro).:):):D

It's possible I may be the oldest one here....certainly ONE of the oldest. I'm 48, just starting my prereqs...will be 50 by the time I apply....51 when I start med school....55 when I start residency.

I must admit to being quite envious of flighterdoc's credentials....much more impressive than mine. I majored in voice and minored in piano in my first college career. The last time I took any math or science (until this summer) was in 10th grade - 32 years ago. I DID manage to bring home a B in algebra this summer, though. Considering how long it had been since I'd last studied algebra as well as cramming a 16-week class into 8 weeks while working full-time....well, I'm pretty pleased with that B.

Go for it! I am 46 and was accepted into medical school for the class of 2013. So I will be 47 when I start, 51 when I graduate and 54 when I finish residency (IM). You can do it too!

Go for it! I am 46 and was accepted into medical school for the class of 2013. So I will be 47 when I start, 51 when I graduate and 54 when I finish residency (IM). You can do it too!

So last year you were an MSII at DMU (http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=377885) and now you're ALSO starting med school next August? Neat trick.

So last year you were an MSII at DMU (http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=377885) and now you're ALSO starting med school next August? Neat trick.

Not a trick my friend. The key words in your statement are "were and MS II". I was a MS II and had some tough circumstances happen in my life and by the grace of God, prayer and an understanding administration and faculty I was given a second chance. So I guess you can say I was accpeted to medical school twice! Once at 42, and now at 46.

I turned 38 years young on 9/11! ;)

27

:D looking forward to celebrating my 43rd birthday in first year medschool next winter!

It is almost 2:30am. Today is my 30th birthday. I have 3 tests on Monday and 1 on Tuesday. No biggie because those classes are easy and I have an A in all of them. I am awake because I am working on a research paper for my calculus class. I think my math teacher wants me dead,lol. O-well. Hopefully, I will be finishing my premed classes in about 2 more semesters.
I am loving it.:)

How old am I?

I applied when I was 43, interviewed at 44, and turned 45 just after first year classes started. I'm now 47, a third-year, and having an absolute blast.

That list was so awesome! Definitely could relate to many of those - being just a little bit younger, but not much.

Our high school had ONE new computer, stuck in a tiny 10 x 10 room for us to try to figure out how to write all kinds of weird symbols and letters to get it to do anything (?), and it's green screen.

We had rotary dial phones at home and color TV was a big deal.

My favorite was the way we made copies at school with those special ditto papers with purple carbon paper in between and you had to write backwards, and then you put 'em on that big roller machine thingy and get the copies, and then everyone loved to get them right away because they were warm and smelled cool.

I thought I was so old (at 26) when I started medical school I wasn't!

That list was so awesome! Definitely could relate to many of those - being just a little bit younger, but not much.

Our high school had ONE new computer, stuck in a tiny 10 x 10 room for us to try to figure out how to write all kinds of weird symbols and letters to get it to do anything (?), and it's green screen.

We had rotary dial phones at home and color TV was a big deal.

My favorite was the way we made copies at school with those special ditto papers with purple carbon paper in between and you had to write backwards, and then you put 'em on that big roller machine thingy and get the copies, and then everyone loved to get them right away because they were warm and smelled cool.

The ditto machines! I remember my teacher didn't know what to call copies (actual black and white copies) and thought we should call them "re-pros" We also had a computer lab where "floppy disks" were actually floppy. I remember computers prior to mice, when we learned to draw a square on the screen by writing a series of commands. And at home it was a big deal when we got a word processor. And email? What was that?

28. I'll be 29 in May, most likely 30 when I'm applying, for the class of 2015. If all goes accordingly, I will be 35 when I graduate. :)

It is almost 2:30am. Today is my 30th birthday. I have 3 tests on Monday and 1 on Tuesday. No biggie because those classes are easy and I have an A in all of them. I am awake because I am working on a research paper for my calculus class. I think my math teacher wants me dead,lol. O-well. Hopefully, I will be finishing my premed classes in about 2 more semesters.
I am loving it.:)

Happy Belated BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!:D:D

28. I'll be 29 in May, most likely 30 when I'm applying, for the class of 2015. If all goes accordingly, I will be 35 when I graduate. :)

I am also 28. 29 in March of next year. I am also applying for class of 2015. It seems SOOOOO far away now. I'm also a single mom of an 8yr old daughter. I've notice there are not alot of single moms going this route, I guess I have to set the trail a blazing:D:D

didn't know that some of you guys are pushing 40s.:cool:

Just turned 27 and (should) will be applying when I'm 29. I'm an August baby, so I'll be barely 30 if I start med school when anticipated.

My mother graduated with her BS when she was 50, so I have had great motivation to return to school. I feel I'm in the cusp here though - I'm too old compared to a lot of the undergrads, but the other nontrads here think that I'm still young.

I know what you mean about the age difference compared to the undergrads. The thing about life, as I've learned, is that you appreciate the time spent as a student a lot more as a returning student than some undergrads, who tend to take what they have for granted. I think the realization that you're growing old, although at 27 that's hardly the case, makes you look at life completely differently. If I could do it all again, I'd definitely drink less and actually read all the assigned books on Nietzsche and Aeschylus for the intro. to humanities courses.:laugh:


Just turned 27 and (should) will be applying when I'm 29. I'm an August baby, so I'll be barely 30 if I start med school when anticipated.

My mother graduated with her BS when she was 50, so I have had great motivation to return to school. I feel I'm in the cusp here though - I'm too old compared to a lot of the undergrads, but the other nontrads here think that I'm still young.