This Forum is Inspiring

[typremed]

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I just joined SDN today but have been reading over many of the threads the past few days. I want to say thank you to all the nontraditional students that have inspired me to get back into my studies. I'm 38 soon to be 39 and felt that I was too old to even think about a career change. I've been a practicing respiratory therapist for about 13 years but have always dreamed of being a doctor. I dont know if the experience will be a plus or not. Does anyone hear have a health background? I'd love to hear your story.

 

[wholeheartedly]

I just joined SDN today but have been reading over many of the threads the past few days. I want to say thank you to all the nontraditional students that have inspired me to get back into my studies. I'm 38 soon to be 39 and felt that I was too old to even think about a career change. I've been a practicing respiratory therapist for about 13 years but have always dreamed of being a doctor. I dont know if the experience will be a plus or not. Does anyone hear have a health background? I'd love to hear your story.

Welcome, it definitely is a cool group of inspiring people on the nontrad forum. I think quite a few people have a health background of some sort and some none at all. I'm one of the hospital lab geeks (you know the folks that get blamed when you don't get your test results fast enough, lol) I think the experience in healthcare can be a big plus. It definitely opens your eyes more to the reality of medicine and the importance of teamwork and things like that. I think it would be a lot easier to illustrate things that you think are important or skills you have with real examples. But I haven't applied yet so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

 

[typremed]

Thanks for the welcome wholehearted. I would think the expereince would be a plus. I've struggled with the whole "being too old" like most non trads have. After reading over some of this forum, I realize how riddiculous that is.

 

[sgtbrushes]

Welcome and good luck.

While you are certainly a standard deviation or two above the median applicant age, you are nowhere close to being the oldest. If you are not a stupid or lazy person, go for it (I mean that politely but candidly).

 

[Helen Wheels]

Typremed,

Nah, you are not too old. I am going to turn 40 just a few weeks into my first semester of medical school. I start school in July 2011.