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Greetings,
I am a longtime lurker and have come to value the candor and realistic encouragement of the members here. I finally joined to post about my goal and get feedback from those who have been in or know someone in a similar situation. I welcome any and all feedback/suggestions/help.
Background:
Age: 44
Family: Married (wife is in her last semester of nursing school) and we have three children – 16 yr. old daughter, 15yr. old son, 14 yr. old son.
Employment: Currently, I am a junior high assistant principal - been in this role 10 years and taught elementary school for 7 years prior.
Education: B.A. Political Science (GPA: 2.2);
Post Bac. Business (GPA: 3.56);
MBA (GPA: 3.7);
MEd. (GPA: 3.8).
I have wanted to be a physician since junior high, however I gave up on the idea later because I felt I couldn’t strap my family with the kind of financial commitment required and truthfully, I lacked the requisite drive, commitment and maturity early on. As such, I opted to just go get a degree and decided to go into education. I did go back and get an MBA, which required me to take 33 hours of undergraduate business courses to have the appropriate pre reqs. but also to “rehabilitate” my abysmal undergraduate GPA. When I made the decision to go into school administration I was required to get the masters in education. As I have watched my wife go through nursing school my desire to be a physician was rekindled, along with a ton of regret.
Studying along with her for the past two years and at the same time engaging in self study and exploration have convinced me that this is what I am meant to do. Practicing higher math, chemistry, and physics are no longer daunting like they were 25 years ago. In short, I know I can achieve the necessary grades in the pre requisites and we have a financial plan in place to help us maintain our current standard of living. I also have the support of my wife and my kids. I have spent a 17-year career telling kids that they can be anything that they want to be if they have a plan and work hard. Now I am taking my own advice.
The plan is to quit my job and start my pre reqs. at age 45 and hopefully apply to medical schools at 47. I am drawn toward emergency medicine but will probably choose internal medicine or family practice because I can see myself sustaining a longer career in either of those vs. EM. I plan to apply to state schools in Texas.
So…am I crazy? Is anyone in a similar boat or know someone who has been successful coming into medicine in their mid-late 40’s? Seeing people’s ages on this board makes me feel like I have one foot in the grave!
I am a longtime lurker and have come to value the candor and realistic encouragement of the members here. I finally joined to post about my goal and get feedback from those who have been in or know someone in a similar situation. I welcome any and all feedback/suggestions/help.
Background:
Age: 44
Family: Married (wife is in her last semester of nursing school) and we have three children – 16 yr. old daughter, 15yr. old son, 14 yr. old son.
Employment: Currently, I am a junior high assistant principal - been in this role 10 years and taught elementary school for 7 years prior.
Education: B.A. Political Science (GPA: 2.2);
Post Bac. Business (GPA: 3.56);
MBA (GPA: 3.7);
MEd. (GPA: 3.8).
I have wanted to be a physician since junior high, however I gave up on the idea later because I felt I couldn’t strap my family with the kind of financial commitment required and truthfully, I lacked the requisite drive, commitment and maturity early on. As such, I opted to just go get a degree and decided to go into education. I did go back and get an MBA, which required me to take 33 hours of undergraduate business courses to have the appropriate pre reqs. but also to “rehabilitate” my abysmal undergraduate GPA. When I made the decision to go into school administration I was required to get the masters in education. As I have watched my wife go through nursing school my desire to be a physician was rekindled, along with a ton of regret.
Studying along with her for the past two years and at the same time engaging in self study and exploration have convinced me that this is what I am meant to do. Practicing higher math, chemistry, and physics are no longer daunting like they were 25 years ago. In short, I know I can achieve the necessary grades in the pre requisites and we have a financial plan in place to help us maintain our current standard of living. I also have the support of my wife and my kids. I have spent a 17-year career telling kids that they can be anything that they want to be if they have a plan and work hard. Now I am taking my own advice.
The plan is to quit my job and start my pre reqs. at age 45 and hopefully apply to medical schools at 47. I am drawn toward emergency medicine but will probably choose internal medicine or family practice because I can see myself sustaining a longer career in either of those vs. EM. I plan to apply to state schools in Texas.
So…am I crazy? Is anyone in a similar boat or know someone who has been successful coming into medicine in their mid-late 40’s? Seeing people’s ages on this board makes me feel like I have one foot in the grave!