KLouHerout
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Hi there,
I'm looking for a little guidance considering the current state of education. I'm a 35 year old pre-med student with prior LA&S degrees. Had COVID never happened, I would have completed my coursework by Spring '21 and was planning on seeking out an MD/PHD program.
But now I have 2 sets of challenges. I am not a great online student, so I'm definitely not going to take classes over the summer and it's looking more likely that Fall in-person classes will be on hold as well. Additionally, I've recently met found my life-partner, we're planning on marrying and having a child within the next 5 years, given our ages.
I was recently contacted by St. George's University of London in Cyprus for their MBBS program, and normally I wouldn't have considered attending it, but now it's looking like a possible option for me. I'm wondering if I should just change my path and aim for a caribbean or other international school that only requires an MCAT score, so I can avoid losing at least another year to pre-med work.
I don't think any of the international schools offer /PHD programs, so that would likely be a definite sacrifice, but I'm thinking it might be worth considering. I like the idea of Cyrus since their program is only 2 years out of the country and then 2 years locally (which is important to my partner). Also, since it's a faster process, I could possibly graduate med school before we try to have a baby.
Because this is such a major change in my path, where I completely ditch the pre-med route and start studying for the MCAT immediately, I really wanted other perspectives about whether I'd be making a really poor choice if I went with this route.
Thanks for any help!
Lou
I'm looking for a little guidance considering the current state of education. I'm a 35 year old pre-med student with prior LA&S degrees. Had COVID never happened, I would have completed my coursework by Spring '21 and was planning on seeking out an MD/PHD program.
But now I have 2 sets of challenges. I am not a great online student, so I'm definitely not going to take classes over the summer and it's looking more likely that Fall in-person classes will be on hold as well. Additionally, I've recently met found my life-partner, we're planning on marrying and having a child within the next 5 years, given our ages.
I was recently contacted by St. George's University of London in Cyprus for their MBBS program, and normally I wouldn't have considered attending it, but now it's looking like a possible option for me. I'm wondering if I should just change my path and aim for a caribbean or other international school that only requires an MCAT score, so I can avoid losing at least another year to pre-med work.
I don't think any of the international schools offer /PHD programs, so that would likely be a definite sacrifice, but I'm thinking it might be worth considering. I like the idea of Cyrus since their program is only 2 years out of the country and then 2 years locally (which is important to my partner). Also, since it's a faster process, I could possibly graduate med school before we try to have a baby.
Because this is such a major change in my path, where I completely ditch the pre-med route and start studying for the MCAT immediately, I really wanted other perspectives about whether I'd be making a really poor choice if I went with this route.
Thanks for any help!
Lou