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  1. Ryze

    Going back to medical school in your 30s after being a PA for awhile? Worth it or nah?

    I would love to hear thoughts/arguments on both sides. Especially experiences from those who have went back to medical school after becoming a Physician Assistant! How did it affect your life - family life, financially, mentally, etc? Is it worth the stress? Tell me: 1) Why I should do it? 2)...
    • Ryze
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    • 30s medical school nontraditional pa school pa to do pa to md pa to md/do physician assistant
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Nontraditional Students
  2. B

    PA to MD/DO

    Hi all! I'm a 23yo physician assistant with ~1.5 years of experience and am interested in becoming an MD. I went to a BS PA program (2 years prereqs + 2 years PA school for my undergrad degree). My overall cGPA (including 2 years of PA school) is 3.54 and pre-PA sGPA is 3.68. I had a really...
    • binibeans
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    • nontrad nontraditional applicant looking for advice pa to do pa to md pa to md/do
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)
  3. Ryze

    Is Medical school worth it AFTER becoming a PA?

    Should I go back to Medical school AFTER becoming a PA? Specialties interested in: Internal or Emergency Medicine Here are my personal thoughts: I don't like to disparage my profession, but the way we learned medicine was through memorization of algorithms and buzz words. We were not taught...
    • Ryze
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    • applicant non-traditional pa to do pa to md pa to md/do pa vs do pa vs md pa vs md/do physician assistant pre-med
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Nontraditional Students
  4. R

    PA to MD...apply this cycle or wait

    PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE (is this the appropriate place to post this? maybe the nontrad section? redirect me if necessary) Hey everyone, trying to decide if I should apply this cycle or wait. I have half of my friends saying go for it, and half saying don't (my friends are med...