nontraditional premedical student

Hello there! I am a 25 y/o currently contemplating applying to medical school. I'm a career changer, so I'm starting completely from scratch. I'm currently still working fulltime at my 9-5. I will probably need to hold onto this job for the next 6 months or so, since I live alone and pay quite a...

Hello All! Long time lurker, first time poster. Very appreciative of this site and all the wonderful contributions that have been made to it. Finally feeling ready to re-start my physician journey and would love any advice on how to move forward. I'll try to be as succinct as possible and give...

Hello! I’m a current OTD student, realizing too late that the ceiling on the field of OT is too closely tied to the outlook on Medicare/Medicaid, attitudes from others on the profession (ie, a growing belief that PT/SLP can replicate almost anything that OT does), and that the pay ceiling hits...

Hi everyone, I'm currently doing my master's in physiotherapy at a university in Ontario, but realized that medicine is ultimately what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. I haven't yet taken the MCAT and I'm missing prerequisites to apply, but I am going to finish my last year of...

I have been to multiple colleges throughout my life. I am a nontraditional student (almost 30 years old) and am married, and have a little boy. My husband is very encouraging and supportive. I’m just not sure that I will ever be accepted into medical school. This past January I decided to take a...