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What exactly makes one a non-traditional applicant? Is it age? Degree? Hair Color? And better yet.... what effect does being a non-trad have on applying?
(would a 25 yr old pharmD with brown hair be a non-trad??) :)

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i don't have an exact definition but this is what i've been told at the different schools i have visited: a non-traditional applicant is a person who: a) is switching careers, b)finished an undergrad degree 1yr before applying, c)is older than the average premed.
How schools define non-trad varies. some schools like non-trads because of "maturity", and a diversity of experiences that they can bring in to the first year class.
 
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What exactly makes one a non-traditional applicant? Is it age? Degree? Hair Color? And better yet.... what effect does being a non-trad have on applying?
(would a 25 yr old pharmD with brown hair be a non-trad??) :)

No, with red hair.
 
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