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Anyone out there besides me applying? My god, I keep reading about all these programs out there for kids right out of high school. I'm applying this cycle in 2010 and I feel like I am going to be a dinosaur if I get accepted to any program (I'll be 28 by the time I take my first class). Any other grads and non-trads out there applying this year?
 
EnemyP450 said:
Anyone out there besides me applying? My god, I keep reading about all these programs out there for kids right out of high school. I'm applying this cycle in 2010 and I feel like I am going to be a dinosaur if I get accepted to any program (I'll be 28 by the time I take my first class). Any other grads and non-trads out there applying this year?
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I guess I would qualify since I am 31 now and will turn 32 shortly after classes start in the fall. Putting me at the ripe old age of 35 when I graduate in 2014.
 
I am 26 and I will be 27 when classes start. I hate the term "non trad". Back in the day, most people went to work before going back for a doctorate.
 
EnemyP450 said:
Anyone out there besides me applying? My god, I keep reading about all these programs out there for kids right out of high school. I'm applying this cycle in 2010 and I feel like I am going to be a dinosaur if I get accepted to any program (I'll be 28 by the time I take my first class). Any other grads and non-trads out there applying this year?
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I am 31, start classes July 2010 at Sullivan University College of Pharmacy. Will graduate their 3-year program at the age of 34. Two years of residency puts me at 36 to start practicing.
 
I'll be 30 when I start this fall and 34 when I finish. A person I respect, once asked me if I was, in fact, applying to pharmacy school. At the time I had not applied because I was unsure of making all the changes at my age(as if 30 is old). I worried that I wouldn't start my career until I was 34 and at that point I wanted to be settled and with a family. He said you're gonna be 34 anyway, you might as well be 34 and be a pharmacist. So I've now been accepted for the fall of 2010 and my wife of 10 years is pregnant with our first child. It seems I will be a pharmacist and a family man at the same time. I guess you can have your cake and eat it too. Those words should ring in every person's ears who thinks they are too old. At 34 I will still work for 26 years before I would even consider retiring at a modest age of 60, if then. My advice, no one is ever too old. Do what you want. That's what makes this country great. It also helps that my wife is a clinical pharmacist. I forgot to mention that. Thanks for posting OP, it is nice to hear from people more like myself in a different situation and having different views than the typical early 20's applicant. No offense to them.
 
Well, I am 45 and applying for 2010 cycle. So if I get accepted, I'll be 50 when I graduate. I think, age should not stop you from doing what you really want to do.
 
I will be 35 when I start if its 2010, so Ill be done at 39
 
I will be 34 next month...so I will be 38 at graduation (yea me)!
 
Add me to the pot, I am 27 and will be 31 in May 2014 for that walk across the stage!
 
38 years old right now and hoping to get accepted for the fall. I wish I was younger, but it is better to be advancing your career at any age....plus it helps us old guys keep our memory going!
 
He said you're gonna be 34 anyway said:
So true! I asked a pharmacist during a job shadow if leaving a previous career would be seen as a negative. He said definatley not, and that I could almost count on not being the oldest person in my class. I'll graduate when I'm 46.

The real question is do you have the ability to learn the material and the desire to do the job.

The average age of a graduate student is somewhere between late 20s and early 30s. Plus you can laugh at people who ask "Is 23 too old?" (I saw that somewhere on here) If you have to ask that question, what does it say about your life experience and perspective?
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I am 29 now, if I am accepted I will turn thirty less than a month after I start. So I will graduate at 33 almost 34...

I agree, we are all getting older anyway, we might as well accomplish something with our time.
 
Count me in... I'm currently 29 and will hit 30 right as classes start.
 
There seem to be a growing number of non-trads so I don't think that you'll be too lonely out there. I will be 27 this summer and 28 when I take my first class at pharmacy school (hopefully). Best of luck to you all though! I think we bring a lot to the table that is much harder to find in those coming right out of high school or even after only a couple years of college.
 
I'm currently 25, but I'll be 26 when I start in the fall. Honestly though? I've had a professional job for the past 3 years and have matured/grown exponentially since graduating college. I feel that "non-trads" actually have an advantage since most of us have been out in the real world long enough to truly appreciate school and more motivated to work hard.

Not trying to be put anyone down, but I think we have a lot more life experience which is critical to the pharmacy profession and have more to offer than someone who is around 20 and only had 2 years of college...just my opinion and I'm biased towards myself obviously.
 
I'd like to stick in my two cents. I'll be 32 this November, and have bounced around after graduating from Cornell in 2001 with a chemistry/biochemistry double major. I was in a Ph.D. program for Biophysics for 4 years, but left with my now-wife before finishing because of the lack of fulfillment that I experienced. I then taught high school science and math for 3 years in DC before spending the current semester fulfilling prerequisites (which I'm assuming didn't exist when I graduated, since I applied and was accepted to medical programs during my senior year of undergrad). I'll be 35 after completing a 4-year program.

I think the switch is worth it, as pharmacy would seem to provide both security and potential fulfillment. I guess I've always had the attitude that trying something new isn't always the worst thing, but maybe that's just me.
 
I will be 36 when I start (if I get in this fall)! I only wish I was as "old" as 26! Plus I am married with a son in elementary school so I am definitely NOT a traditional student!:laugh:
 
hopeful4 said:
I will be 36 when I start (if I get in this fall)! I only wish I was as "old" as 26! Plus I am married with a son in elementary school so I am definitely NOT a traditional student!:laugh:
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I will turn 30 shortly after I start this fall, but I am married with two kids...one will be in middle school next year and one is just turning two...so I am right there with you.😎
 
EnemyP450 said:
Anyone out there besides me applying? My god, I keep reading about all these programs out there for kids right out of high school. I'm applying this cycle in 2010 and I feel like I am going to be a dinosaur if I get accepted to any program (I'll be 28 by the time I take my first class). Any other grads and non-trads out there applying this year?
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Well, I'll be applying to start in 2011, but I'm only applying to one school that doesn't even use PharmCAS. I guess I must not be that into it. I'm premed as you can see. 🙄 Stupid I know. However, if I get accepted to pharmer school I'll probably take them up on the offer. I'm 28 now so get past the age deal. I'm quitting a full-time job (dang good one too) and moving to go back to school full-time and subject myself to the chemistry and physics crap. I've got lots of bio and a degree from seven years ago. That said, I went looking for a place to live today (again), and I couldn't find a clean place. The apartment complex I want to live in is of course filled to capacity. That figures. I drove around the college campus, which I graduated from incidentally, and saw all these youngins out walking around. I taught high school science from ages 21-23 so I wasn't that much older than my seniors, but I'll be taking a lot of freshman/sophomore classes so I'll be like eight years older or so than a lot of kids. I can't imagine what it'd be like being 20 years older than them. I did break up with the old gal a while back so I guess I could make use of the age thing if I wanted to, lol.


In hindsight, when I was "traditional" I didn't have the skills or commitment to make it through the hard prereqs and then endure professional school. I just wasn't a studier. I listened to lectures and pulled a 3.45, but it was what it was because I picked only the easy classes. I even got a B.S. degree in easiness - interdisciplinary studies. I regret it a lot. I still need to work on the commitment issues apparently, lol, or that's what she was telling me. Although in my defense I did go to paramedic school simultaneously while getting my degree so I got really, really tired of being in class during the day.
 
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Peyemp24 said:
I'll be 30 when I start this fall and 34 when I finish. A person I respect, once asked me if I was, in fact, applying to pharmacy school. At the time I had not applied because I was unsure of making all the changes at my age(as if 30 is old). I worried that I wouldn't start my career until I was 34 and at that point I wanted to be settled and with a family. He said you're gonna be 34 anyway, you might as well be 34 and be a pharmacist. So I've now been accepted for the fall of 2010 and my wife of 10 years is pregnant with our first child. It seems I will be a pharmacist and a family man at the same time. I guess you can have your cake and eat it too. Those words should ring in every person's ears who thinks they are too old. At 34 I will still work for 26 years before I would even consider retiring at a modest age of 60, if then. My advice, no one is ever too old. Do what you want. That's what makes this country great. It also helps that my wife is a clinical pharmacist. I forgot to mention that. Thanks for posting OP, it is nice to hear from people more like myself in a different situation and having different views than the typical early 20's applicant. No offense to them.
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Hey congrats on all the great news.

You killed it when you mentioned working until 60, but 👍 for the baby and the pharm school acceptance.
 
Peyemp24 said:
I'll be 30 when I start this fall and 34 when I finish. A person I respect, once asked me if I was, in fact, applying to pharmacy school. At the time I had not applied because I was unsure of making all the changes at my age(as if 30 is old). I worried that I wouldn't start my career until I was 34 and at that point I wanted to be settled and with a family. He said you're gonna be 34 anyway, you might as well be 34 and be a pharmacist. So I've now been accepted for the fall of 2010 and my wife of 10 years is pregnant with our first child. It seems I will be a pharmacist and a family man at the same time. I guess you can have your cake and eat it too. Those words should ring in every person's ears who thinks they are too old. At 34 I will still work for 26 years before I would even consider retiring at a modest age of 60, if then. My advice, no one is ever too old. Do what you want. That's what makes this country great. It also helps that my wife is a clinical pharmacist. I forgot to mention that. Thanks for posting OP, it is nice to hear from people more like myself in a different situation and having different views than the typical early 20's applicant. No offense to them.
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We have a lot in common, I will be 34 when I graduate. But either way I look at it, i will be 34 in four years anyway, I might as well accomplish a long term goal of mine in the process, even if I am far from traditional applicant. I have two children and my husband is a clinical pharmacist.😀
 
I'm 26 and mentioned being a non-trad thus more mature than trads in my decision making to the admissions when asked something and they seemed to giggle a bit 🙁 Not as old as some here, but definitely older than the majority of kids in the forum.
 
joetrisman said:
I'm 26 and mentioned being a non-trad thus more mature than trads in my decision making to the admissions when asked something and they seemed to giggle a bit 🙁 Not as old as some here, but definitely older than the majority of kids in the forum.
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I am not sure why they would giggle, but in the incoming class for my school we have at least 2 older than 40. It might be something like that.
 
PharmGrrlJax said:
I am not sure why they would giggle, but in the incoming class for my school we have at least 2 older than 40. It might be something like that.
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Both my interviewers were in their 50s and I believe thought I was silly to make the distinction between myself and a 20 yr old. I still maintain that I have more to bring to the table in terms of knowing myself, what I want, and what it is like out in the real world - worked as a district manager of circulation for a newspaper for a few years.
 
joetrisman said:
Both my interviewers were in their 50s and I believe thought I was silly to make the distinction between myself and a 20 yr old. I still maintain that I have more to bring to the table in terms of knowing myself, what I want, and what it is like out in the real world - worked as a district manager of circulation for a newspaper for a few years.
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Yeah, had the interviewers been in your age bracket, thus not three decades older, what you said would've applied. To them, you are just another kid.
 
I avoided the maturity question and focused on my 5+ years of experience as a tech. It got the point across without me actually have to say something about it.
 
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