I am looking for some sincere advice from members of this forum. I withdrew from a top allo med school in my third year because of family circumstances that kept my attention divided. My brother who supports our parents lost his job while I was in school and was not able to keep up with his mortgage payments. I felt obligated to help them financially by creating a small biz for them as a source of income. I did this while I was in school and ended up not being able to pass my shelf exams 3 times in a row. After a LOA I came back and their problems didn't resolve since the business was in its nascent stages and need me to manage it. So I withdrew when I didn't do well again on the shelf exams. It has been 3 years since I withdrew and their issues are resolved thanks to a steady source of income. I also developed a similar biz for myself after withdrawing that makes close to a million dollars annually in gross revenue.
I can't stop thinking about going back to medical school. I want to sell my biz and go back to school. I have trained all my life to be a physician and I have significant research experience including a NIH student grant that I got during med school. I have these failures from the third year haunting me, and I feel that they will keep me from ever getting back in to a US MD or DO school if I reapply.
I will appreciate it if some of the mature members on this forum can give me some advice. Do you think the admissions committees could look beyond my 3rd year failures?
I can't stop thinking about going back to medical school. I want to sell my biz and go back to school. I have trained all my life to be a physician and I have significant research experience including a NIH student grant that I got during med school. I have these failures from the third year haunting me, and I feel that they will keep me from ever getting back in to a US MD or DO school if I reapply.
I will appreciate it if some of the mature members on this forum can give me some advice. Do you think the admissions committees could look beyond my 3rd year failures?