help me define what makes a non-trad

[mommy2three]

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so i am starting up a non-trad student organization here and in the process i need to specifically need to define what makes a non-trad.
so far i have:
1. anyone who is over 25
2. anyone who has taken 1 or more year(s) off during their education
3. anyone returning to school to pursue a second career
4. anyone who is married and/or has a family

anything i should add or have missed??

 

[sindadel]

Are you planning to exclude people who don't fit your requirements? Or are you just using this as descriptive stuff?

 

[nsx]

The traditional path is straight from undergrad to med school, why not just say anyone who didn't take this path?

 

[sean1984]

I consider myself non-trad because I decided to get a PhD in physics, then switched to a masters and am applying this year. Hope im non-trad, I spoke about it in my secondaries.

 

[mommy2three]

Are you planning to exclude people who don't fit your requirements? Or are you just using this as descriptive stuff?

definetly not planning on excluding anyone. i am trying to come up with a working definition so that people who may not think they are non-trad (major changers, married but went straight from undergrad to med school) would stop and realize that they are perhaps in fact non-traditional.

 

[mommy2three]

The traditional path is straight from undergrad to med school, why not just say anyone who didn't take this path?

i thought about that, but that would exclude perhaps those who chose to get married or have a family even if they went straight from undergrad to med school. i know this is a rare bunch but i would not want those people to feel excluded.

 

[mommy2three]

I consider myself non-trad because I decided to get a PhD in physics, then switched to a masters and am applying this year. Hope im non-trad, I spoke about it in my secondaries.

you would be due to the change in major and path, i forgot that one.

🙂

 

[sindadel]

I bet if you started a group, people who self-identify as non-trads would gravitate to you. For example, someone who had to work full time during undergrad might consider themselves as having more in common with non-trads than with the average college kid.

For encouraging the married folks, regardless of age, definitely have socials where kids and spouses are specifically invited. 🙂

 

[packofneurons]

I feel like I'm a non-traditional.

I am 20, but I took a year off after high school, and just switched from nursing. I probably won't maltriculate medical school until I'm 23 or 24; hopefully the latter. I am hoping I get a scholarship to go to Africa this summer!
I'm also doing EMT training (This was before I decided to go to medical school and why I chose to go to MS).

Isn't a non-traditional considered anyone who doesn't go to medical school straight out of high school/undergrad, at age 22?

 

[p30doc]

Isn't a non-traditional considered anyone who doesn't go to medical school straight out of high school/undergrad, at age 22?

That is how I see it, you are welcome to call yourself a non-trad if you don't apply at the end of your junior year/beginning of senior year of your 1st degree.