Most unexpected classmates in med school?

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I’m in the middle of considering a big career change into medicine from a totally different field, and I’m curious about what others have seen.

• Who was the oldest person in your class?
• What was the most nontraditional background someone came from before med school?

Would love to hear some stories from people who took the long way around — it helps me imagine what’s possible.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

I’m in the middle of considering a big career change into medicine from a totally different field, and I’m curious about what others have seen.

• Who was the oldest person in your class?
• What was the most nontraditional background someone came from before med school?

Would love to hear some stories from people who took the long way around — it helps me imagine what’s possible.

-Late 40s
-Nun

(not the same person)

 

[karaya]

Most of my class fit the profile. I might be the outlier. I'm 30s and had a master's degree in a humanities field before switching to med. I think weirdos are valuable--just as long as you have great metrics.

 

[DarkHorizon]

We had 3 PhDs in our class, in their late 30s and 40s. All in hard sciences. For some reason they all really struggled with one of them failing out and the other two repeating a year.

 

[Taddy Mason]

Mid to late thirties with a masters in hospitality management. He/she did not do well and eventually failed out.

 

[Goro]

Early 50s.
We've had former medics in the Navy, OR army. Stock brokers, teachers, a chiropractor or two, a few Olympic athletes,

 

[Smurfette]

Farmer
Former Miss America

 

[Mr.Smile12]

• What was the most nontraditional background someone came from before med school?

Would love to hear some stories from people who took the long way around — it helps me imagine what’s possible.

Watch

 

[Dral]

I was 33 when I started. I was oldest in my class by a year. I had done a PhD first. Did fine and ended up where I wanted to be.

 

[Goro]

One of our wise SDN contributors was an opera singer.