age

A question I get a LOT as a Army Medical Recruiter is, "Am I too old to join the Army as a Physician?" The answer I give is.... "it depends!" So the U.S. Army is typically looking for a qualified Applicant between the ages of 21 and 42. This is our targeted age group. HOWEVER. It does happen...

Hey Everyone I’m at a bit of a crossroads. A little background I’m 28 right now and have decided to go back to school after working as a medical technologist for the last 3.5 years. However I’m a bit conflicted whether or not I should pursue the MD route or PA route. Based on my age I won’t...

Hello everyone, I am a non-traditional incoming D1 that has always dreamed about oral surgery. For a while now, I have been selling myself on the idea that I would be happy just to get to dental school and have my own practice. I spent a lot of time resenting myself for being too afraid earlier...

“You’re going back to medical school? Why would you do that? Are you crazy?” Hopefully most people won’t react so strongly to your decision, but the question is probably still on their minds. And similar reservations are bound to pop into the heads of medical school admissions committee members...

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I am currently 17 years old and I plan on taking the MCAT in May 2018 and then I'll apply to medical schools and I'll be 18. I will graduate with my bachelor's next Fall in December 2018 and I currently have a 3.70 GPA What are my chances that I'll be accepted to medical school right away at 18...

Hello! Currently, I just finished my first year in college, but I am graduating in three years, as a part of a program. I am most likely going to be applying to Medical School next year, when I'm 19. I have a late birthday (September), so I figured I would be much younger than the rest of the...

so I am making a new thread with a poll to be updated and give some inspiration to peeps who think they are too old for d-school.

Hey guys. I graduated with my bachelor of science degree, and my GPA was at around 2.8. I know I wasn't really focusing on my school at that time.. and I regret it. I thought my gpa was too weak to apply for any dental school (didn't even think about taking DAT either because of my gpa) so I...

This is a shameless attention seeking style of please help me note. Please note brief life story will follow - annoying, I know, but I would appreciate the read and comments, please bear with me. I'm 25, long story short, standard dead mother by 7, evil step mother by 11, kicked out at 16...

This is a shameless attention seeking style of please help me note. Please note brief life story will follow - annoying, I know, but I would appreciate the read and comments, please bear with me. I'm 25, long story short, standard dead mother by 7, evil step mother by 11, kicked out at 16...

Hi guys! So I am currently 26 and finishing my masters in exercise physiology. I have all the pre recs for med school. However, due to illness and unfortunate circumstances through my undergrad years I do not feel that I am competitive enough to apply for med school. I am thinking about taking...

Calling all Nontraditional Students!! If you have a moment, and you are willing, please answer the following questions: At what age did you matriculate? What was your background going in? What motivated you to make a switch into medicine? Did you go for an MD or Mid–Level credential (such as...

My dad is 49 years old. He wants to continue his career he had in medicine before we came to the US, but no one will accept him because the time he has been out of practice is too long, and the years since medical school is also too long. Maybe he should go back to school? I know he would have...

I am wondering if my age would help/hurt/have no impact on my med school apps? I am finishing up pre med stuff now and will finish undergrad at 20 and take 1-2 years off to work/volunteer/shadow. That being said this still puts me *hopefully* matriculating at 21-22. Would med schools view this...