How much would being 23 when applying hurt your chances?

[Daichi Katase]

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This is a serious question.

 

[CaptainJack02]

This is a serious question.

how did you manage that?

 

[Daichi Katase]

htf did you manage that?

see....here is the deal. I haven't managed that yet. I am an undergrad who is graduating at 17. Assuming that i take 4 years to complete med school and everything goes fine, I will graduate from med school at something like 22. I was just wondering if that would make getting a residency in one of the more competitive fields more difficult. 🙁

 

[Ursus Martimus]

There was a guy at my school. He went to college and high school together in California. He did an MD/PhD and did miserably in MedSchool. It was the first time he lived away from his parents, which I would guess would be similar to your story. Needless to say someone was impressed by his "Doggie Houserness" and he matched at Stanford for neurosurgery.I wish the best of luck, but take time and smell the roses, do something really interesting if you take sometime off. Like take a year and do some cool research project in France or something. I t will give you a chance to mature and make you much more interesting. Although it is neat to be young and in a program that is not, I don't think, intresting enough to make you competive or for that matter hurt you. Have fun. But what do I know I can't make rhyme or reason out of the process now that I am going through it.

 

[stephew]

see....here is the deal. I haven't managed that yet. I am an undergrad who is graduating at 17. Assuming that i take 4 years to complete med school and everything goes fine, I will graduate from med school at something like 22. I was just wondering if that would make getting a residency in one of the more competitive fields more difficult. 🙁

it probably wont hurt you so long as you dont come across too much as a kid. Remember, patients have to be comfortable with you. But if youre personable and inspire confidence, i dont think it will be a big problem.