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Hi I am currently a PhD student wanting to go to Med School. My GPA is 3.95 and I have been a nurse for 13 years. I am 35 is it too late?
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Sc
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Sc
The GPA for undergrad is 3.95Is that you graduate or undergraduate GPA. The primary focus is on the uGPA.
Sorry: Is that you graduate or undergraduate GPA? The primary focus is on the uGPA.
I drop a lot of ?s for some reason. Oh, but if you have taken the approved science prereqs, and if you have scored well on the MCAT, you may be in good shape. Also, why would 35 be too old? No freaking way that is too old/late.
No MCATHave you taken the pre-reqs for med school (gen chem, organcic chem, bio, physics ect.?) Have you taken the MCAT?
That is funny that you think that a career jumper is someone who has worked in the same area for 13 years and received a Master's and now a doctorate in the same field Nursing with a focus in Neonatology. I don't know if you are aware of the career steps in Nursing but since I currently am focused on evidenced based research to be a P.I. and conduct my own studies I need the Doctorate in nursing. So all the MD/PhD students are career jumpers?
I think you should think before you speak
I think you're career jumping because you went from being a RN to a researcher. Those are different jobs even if in the same field. Then now you want to go back but be a doctor. Which one is it? What do you want to do? Be a clinical doctor? Then why did you get a research degree? Do you want to be a doctor and research for nursing (since that's your PhD)? How does an MD play an essential role to your goal? Most people with an MD/PhD have a set career goal of bridging the gap between basic science and medicine. If you don't like my comment, too bad but that's what some of us will wonder.That is funny that you think that a career jumper is someone who has worked in the same area for 13 years and received a Master's and now a doctorate in the same field Nursing with a focus in Neonatology. I don't know if you are aware of the career steps in Nursing but since I currently am focused on evidenced based research to be a P.I. and conduct my own studies I need the Doctorate in nursing. So all the MD/PhD students are career jumpers?
I think you should think before you speak
Well first I do not want to be a DO. Second I do not think you quite understand. I work on the HOSPITAL at the bedside as a transport NICU RN/I am a faculty member at the MS/ I also am a researcher. Sorry if I wear too many hats under the same roof. I want to do more in the CLINICAL area too. You know nothing about nursing and what we are capable of and how many jobs or areas one NURSE is able to do.I think you're career jumping because you went from being a RN to a researcher. Those are different jobs even if in the same field. Then now you want to go back but be a doctor. Which one is it? What do you want to do? Be a clinical doctor? Then why did you get a research degree? Do you want to be a doctor and research for nursing (since that's your PhD)? How does an MD play an essential role to your goal? Most people with an MD/PhD have a set career goal of bridging the gap between basic science and medicine. If you don't like my comment, too bad but that's what some of us will wonder.
What does being a DO have to do with anything? I didn't even mention DO. And if you don't want to be one, why does your status read DO/PhD student? Chill your horses, nurse.Well first I do not want to be a DO. Second I do not think you quite understand. I work on the HOSPITAL at the bedside as a transport NICU RN/I am a faculty member at the MS/ I also am a researcher. Sorry if I wear too many hats under the same roof. I want to do more in the CLINICAL area too. You know nothing about nursing and what we are capable of and how many jobs or areas one NURSE is able to do.
Thank you for helping me realize that maybe a highly educated top of the line Nurse might be better than medical school
It's true that nurses are preparing to inherit the Earth with a shrewd combination of legislative power, expanded scope and increased graduate educational opportunities and do they ever have the attitude about it to boot. I am dating an MSN student and oh the unmitigated ego. I understand that nursing culture is predatory and creates defensiveness; the Rosie the riveter avatar is a testament to your orientation but did you come to the forum for information or to flex?
If the prerequisite is greater than 5 years does it still work?
I am 35 is it too late?
I just wondered if anyone was my age in medical school.
That is funny that you think that a career jumper is someone who has worked in the same area for 13 years and received a Master's and now a doctorate in the same field Nursing with a focus in Neonatology. I don't know if you are aware of the career steps in Nursing but since I currently am focused on evidenced based research to be a P.I. and conduct my own studies I need the Doctorate in nursing. So all the MD/PhD students are career jumpers?
I think you should think before you speak
Well first I do not want to be a DO. Second I do not think you quite understand....You know nothing about nursing and what we are capable of and how many jobs or areas one NURSE is able to do. Thank you for helping me realize that maybe a highly educated top of the line Nurse might be better than medical school
Hi I am currently a PhD student wanting to go to Med School. My GPA is 3.95 and I have been a nurse for 13 years. I am 35 is it too late?
Thanks
Sc
My point was, however, that people really don't understand the differences in various kinds of nurses/nursing, nor do the understand the various requirements for educations, licensure, certifications, experiences, etc. I mean when someone says LPN = NP, or even RN for that matter, it makes my point as to the general level of ignorance amongst the GP.
Hi I am currently a PhD student wanting to go to Med School. My GPA is 3.95 and I have been a nurse for 13 years. I am 35 is it too late?
Thanks
Sc
The GPA for undergrad is 3.95
Grad is 3.84
If the prerequisite is greater than 5 years does it still work
I just wondered if anyone was my age in medical school.
Yep.So I should focus on MCAT score?
What about recommendations? Are attending's better or faculty or both?
Do you think past experience helps with admission? I also have heard the interview is really important. Is that a true statement?
You know nothing about nursing and what we are capable of and how many jobs or areas one NURSE is able to do.
Thank you for helping me realize that maybe a highly educated top of the line Nurse might be better than medical school
Also it would clear things up if you were to say, "Ph.D in Nursing" vs "Doctorate in Nursing". Ph.D. vs DNP, it's confusing.
This is an impressive overreaction to advice, even by SDN standards.That is funny that you think that a career jumper is someone who has worked in the same area for 13 years and received a Master's and now a doctorate in the same field Nursing with a focus in Neonatology. I don't know if you are aware of the career steps in Nursing but since I currently am focused on evidenced based research to be a P.I. and conduct my own studies I need the Doctorate in nursing. So all the MD/PhD students are career jumpers?
I think you should think before you speak
Since the Op seems to have vanished, I'd like to applaud your writing style, this was fun to read for multiple reasons.It's true that nurses are preparing to inherit the Earth with a shrewd combination of legislative power, expanded scope and increased graduate educational opportunities and do they ever have the attitude about it to boot. I am dating an MSN student and oh the unmitigated ego. I understand that nursing culture is predatory and creates defensiveness; the Rosie the riveter avatar is a testament to your orientation but did you come to the forum for information or to flex?
Since the Op seems to have vanished, I'd like to applaud your writing style, this was fun to read for multiple reasons.
I don't. Someone as arrogant as OP has no place in medicine. This is like Michael Jordan going into baseball. He didn't want to accept he had to earn his stripes. He thought just because he was a great athlete in one sport that people should be lining up to give him a major leagues contract. Quickly he learned the error of his ways. OP says I don't understand nursing. Fine. Lets accept that point for argument's sake. By default it follows that OP doesn't understand medicine the same the rest of us do. So when it comes to questioning her career choices, that's part of our process. If she can't handle our process, she doesn't deserve a part in our community.Whatever, I hope the best for her.
I don't. Someone as arrogant as OP has no place in medicine. This is like Michael Jordan going into baseball. He didn't want to accept he had to earn his stripes. He thought just because he was a great athlete in one sport that people should be lining up to give him a major leagues contract. Quickly he learned the error of his ways. OP says I don't understand nursing. Fine. Lets accept that point for argument's sake. By default it follows that OP doesn't understand medicine the same the rest of us do. So when it comes to questioning her career choices, that's part of our process. If she can't handle our process, she doesn't deserve a part in our community.
Not too old IMO. I have been a RN for 8 years now and about to start med school next month in my mid 30s. One of my prereqs was over 10 years old and no schools said anything about it. I got accepted to both MD/DO. Good luck!I just wondered if anyone was my age in medical school.
So I should focus on MCAT score?
What about recommendations? Are attending's better or faculty or both?
I live in Texas and would like to stay in Texas for now....
Maybe she will accept it. I just find it hard to be convinced it'll happen after her word choice. Don't get me wrong. I like that there are former nurses going into medicine. It helps us all bridge the gap, but I also think that if you do that you have to earn the stripes like any other pre-med.OK, but what makes you so sure that she won't accept the process? Maybe she is taking time to really think it through right now? IDK. What you say make sense. We just don't really know where she is in this process--if anywhere at all. Maybe this has given her food for thought. If that is the case or not, I still hope the best for her--whatever she decides. But to be sure, the bottom line is if you want it, you will jump through the hoops--and you would be wise to know exactly why you would be jumping through the many hoops. At this point, I'd say that she's not too sure or clear on the whys.
Maybe she will accept it. I just find it hard to be convinced it'll happen after her word choice. Don't get me wrong. I like that there are former nurses going into medicine. It helps us all bridge the gap, but I also think that if you do that you have to earn the stripes like any other pre-med.
Since the Op seems to have vanished, I'd like to applaud your writing style, this was fun to read for multiple reasons.
So you grew up poor but your mom is a trauma director and half your family are physicians? What?
Honestly, don't do medicine. It's simply not worth it. Some people in nursing suck. Some people in medicine suck. Putting the medical school strain on a marriage, a kid and moving away is too much IMO. I'm single and without kids, yet I still want to find a way out so I don't have to give up my life to this. There are more important things to life than a job. Those things mainly are family and friends
I am married to amazing man who is a top 100 Attorney in the city I live in. My husband can not and will not move from our city.