Good Morning!
So a little bit about me, I have spent the last 10ish years in the Marine Corps... Pretty much the farthest away from any medical field possible. I have a wife and an infant and no college. I joined straight out of High School and never planned on going back school. If it is important, I am from Texas, currently stationed in Maine/New Hampshire and plan to go back to Texas for school.
I am now planning on going to school to be a MD and am basically starting fresh without the wisdom of any sort of career/school counsellor. I have been researching on the Google-Machine and have found a little less than nil for information as most Marines don't tend to leave the Corps to become doctors. Heck, the only ones that tend to do so from most branches seem to be coming from medical backgrounds or already had bachelors degrees.
I have been contemplating looking at some of the 7 year programs, but it is unlikely that I would be accepted as my HS grades were, less than enthusiastic (not an intelligence thing, just a will and effort thing). Do any of you have any thoughts, or advice for what I should be looking at doing? Anyone that I should be calling, talking to, better places to research?
Thank you in advance!
Mack
So a little bit about me, I have spent the last 10ish years in the Marine Corps... Pretty much the farthest away from any medical field possible. I have a wife and an infant and no college. I joined straight out of High School and never planned on going back school. If it is important, I am from Texas, currently stationed in Maine/New Hampshire and plan to go back to Texas for school.
I am now planning on going to school to be a MD and am basically starting fresh without the wisdom of any sort of career/school counsellor. I have been researching on the Google-Machine and have found a little less than nil for information as most Marines don't tend to leave the Corps to become doctors. Heck, the only ones that tend to do so from most branches seem to be coming from medical backgrounds or already had bachelors degrees.
I have been contemplating looking at some of the 7 year programs, but it is unlikely that I would be accepted as my HS grades were, less than enthusiastic (not an intelligence thing, just a will and effort thing). Do any of you have any thoughts, or advice for what I should be looking at doing? Anyone that I should be calling, talking to, better places to research?
Thank you in advance!
Mack