pa to md

  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: 16
    • 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. A

    Applying to PA but having second thoughts..

    Hello all, I wanted to pick some more experienced brains to hopefully assist me in my choice to apply to med school. I'm currently waiting to hear back from PA schools but the more I work bedside doctors and PA's (I'm an ER scribe) the more I feel like I should just take the leap and go to med...
  5. 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    PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE (is this the appropriate place to post this?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...
  6. M

    PA to MD Post Bacc

    Hi guys, I've done my fair share of lurking and research about this topic but i think my situation is unique enough to not apply to the other posts. Im currently a senior graduating in a couple of weeks and have decided to go MD instead of PA . My situation is that I need to take a gap year to...
    • mt14
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    • community college community college classes md & do pa to md post bacc pre-med
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)
  7. O

    PA to MD application chances

    Hello everyone! First time posting, but long time reading ;) Non traditional applicant for next year (2018-2019), trying to gauge if I can make changes to my application and be more competitive. The story: 27yo, married, no kids, graduated PA school x2 years ago started working CT surgery...
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