45 year old M1 here.
Husband, three dogs, and a cat.
VERY happy to be in medical school.
Husband, three dogs, and a cat.
VERY happy to be in medical school.
I am only 24 do I still qualify to be a non-trad?
42; will probably be 45 when I apply.
My 51st birthday is next week. I started med school at 44. My med school graduation party also celebrated the high school graduation of my youngest and the college graduation and Navy commissioning of my middle kid. By the time I'd graduated from med school I'd also celebrated the **wedding** of my oldest kid.
I still don't feel old, although I sure wouldn't want to do intern year again. Looking forward to attending-dom in 6 months.
And as for feeling old, I had lab partners calling me "ma'am" in my post-bacc chem lab until I threatened them that I wouldn't do most of the work anymore if they didn't cut that out. That put an end to that. Also had a group of youngsters ask me to buy their beer for them for Homecoming weekend. Very nice!
Whoa that happened to me too! Except it was the TA who said it. I gave him crap the rest of the semester about "respecting his elders"I had that problem as well. When I transferred to my university I found out I needed another freshman level bio class. I was 25 at the time. When I was asking my TA (whom was younger than me FYI) a question, another student came over and said, "You're in this class?!? But you're so old!"
I wanted to punch his little 18-year-old face.
Oh, and I am 26 now. I will turn 27 immediately after I start med school (one of my orientation days is actually scheduled on my b-day).
I had that problem as well. When I transferred to my university I found out I needed another freshman level bio class. I was 25 at the time. When I was asking my TA (whom was younger than me FYI) a question, another student came over and said, "You're in this class?!? But you're so old!"
I wanted to punch his little 18-year-old face.
Oh, and I am 26 now. I will turn 27 immediately after I start med school (one of my orientation days is actually scheduled on my b-day).
I'm 28 now. I'm hoping to start a second bachelor's degree w/pre-med track this Fall after I am finished with my silly masters' degree in education this May. I'm doing things backwards because of the dire need of undergraduate GPA repair.
I'm hoping to be 30 or 31 by the time I matriculate in medical school. (God willing of course)
Why do a whole new bachelor's degree when you can do a post-bacc? 😕
I've explored the post-bacc option. I think it'll be too limited for what I'm trying to do. It will also not raise my GPA to the level that I instantly need. I have a poor undergraduate GPA of about 2.7 and would like it to be around 2.9 realistically. (really close or at 3.0 is ultimately what I want because I don't want to be screened out of the process) I also transferred MANY times during undergraduate (a whopping seven times - was immature and homesick, such a momma's boy - which I'm over now) and need to convey to the med school adcoms a commitment level.
I don't think solely taking the required pre-med courses in a post-bacc program will raise my GPA significantly. So I have a strategy on choosing an entire second B.S. degree w/ two years of full time course work (60 credits) in a major that I will excel in and enjoy while pursuing the remaining pre-med courses I need.
I started off well with some pre-med courses in college but I dropped it because I was encouraged by family members to wholeheartedly pursue a B.S. in Computer Science because of quick money. I received average grades in that discipline (which brought down my overall GPA) and I didn't want to work hard at it because it wasn't really where my heart lied and had all the wrong intentions.
I wanted to know what the distribution of ages are on this forum, specifically the ages of the "nontraditional" ones.
For those that are older, what advice is there to maintain focus and attention/retention in your studies?
Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
28, alternate days between feeling really confident and scared sh**less. I try to keep Oprah Winfrey's quote in mind: "nothing is supposed to feel settled in your twenties." But dang, if what they say about feeling more comfortable in your own skin as you grow older is true, then I want to be 50, like.. tomorrow.
That's just because your skin will be more stretchy. Things aren't always what they seem, don't rush. 😉
If that's you in your icon, for the love of GOD I hope I look that good when I'm your age. 😀
I am 51 and 11/12 years old. Right now I am an M1 at The University of Nebraska Medical Center and having the time of my life!