Age at Graduation?

[fantasty]

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Just curious... either average for your program, or your own personal data if you don't mind sharing. (I'm looking at 31 or 32).

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Graduated at the age of 28 (turning 29 in a month). Another classmate graduated at 27. Most at my alma mater graduate in their late 20's - early 30's.

 

[microTAS]

make sure you'll be enjoying the 7 and + years!

9 and + years for some places 😀

 

[beary]

I'll be 28.

 

[stherling]

if I get in this year, I'll be starting at 24...

 

[1Path]

I should be around 46 when I finish.

 

[scneuro]

I'll be 31 or 32 depending on whether it takes 7 or 8 years to finish.

 

[PsychStudent]

My boyfriend will be 29 when he finishes. I know of at least one person who started the program in his 30s though.

 

[BDavis]

Just curious... either average for your program, or your own personal data if you don't mind sharing. (I'm looking at 31 or 32).

Most of my classmates will be 30+ when they graduate; our program takes about 9-10 years for the usual M.D./Ph.D., maybe on average 1 year shorter for the bioengineers at Rice.

 

[cadilakgrl]

33 or 34

 

[kassie]

I'll be 31, husband will be 34. Most of our friends will be 30 +/- 2

PS - I will be graduating the day after my 31st b-day!

Hubby will be graduating on my 32nd bday...

 

[mdphd2b]

Well, I started at 28, so I'll probably be 36. I think 30's are the norm here; although I know a couple 40-somethings!

Got more gray hairs in PhD than MD...but I blame that on my advisor! Hopefully he gets 50 more for every one of mine 😀

 

[tr]

I'll be 29 or 30. Trying hard to shoot for 29. 🙂

 

[Vader]

I'll be 29 or 30. Trying hard to shoot for 29. 🙂

Ditto. 🙂

 

[mendel121]

I'll be 33 - but I'm doing it the expensive way PhD then MD, not MD/PhD

 

[drbp]

I will be 28 when I graduate. 29 if something terrible happens in the next 6 months.

The average time to graduate at my school for MSTP students is between 7 and 8 years, which is good. But I think we accept quite a few older (more experienced) students to begin with, so the avergae age of a graduate would be early to mid thirties (with a realtively large SD).

 

[QofQuimica]

I'll be 33 - but I'm doing it the expensive way PhD then MD, not MD/PhD

Me too. I'll be 35 or 36.