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I've met like 5 people starting med school next year that played pro poker.
It was my job for 5 years after undergrad before applying. I'm really curious how many are out there.
I think it might be fun talking about the transition.
For me originally I thought I'd get rich young from it during the Party poker days, it turned into a steadyish but good income. I realized I am going to want more from life even though poker was still appealing short term, I shadowed/volunteered/took classes and started really liking medicine and since making the transition have found it increasingly difficult to put in hours playing poker now that I know it won't be a career.
A few things I found to be interesting:
Working with people instead of sorta against them is great.
I remember reading an article from one of the poker chicks saying "you can have a room full of 100 poker players and nobody knows how to dance". I also realized it might be the same for doctors after going to a dermatology practices Christmas party.
The radiologist I shadowed said like all he did was play poker and party when he was younger. He seemed to think radiology uses a lot of similar logic which I thought was pretty cool.
Just because I crushed poker does not make me some kinda of super genius that can autocrush anything I got some ****ty grades even after trying hard. MCAT was relatively easy but still a big challenge.
I've yet to meet a pro poker player over the age of 35 that seems happy with his life at all regardless of money. This includes many of the big name guys I've met.
I think med school admissions committees generally want people with a history of "sit your ass in a chair and study/pay tuition and wanting to be a doctor since you were 5" way more than people with interesting stories. Having both helps though.
It was my job for 5 years after undergrad before applying. I'm really curious how many are out there.
I think it might be fun talking about the transition.
For me originally I thought I'd get rich young from it during the Party poker days, it turned into a steadyish but good income. I realized I am going to want more from life even though poker was still appealing short term, I shadowed/volunteered/took classes and started really liking medicine and since making the transition have found it increasingly difficult to put in hours playing poker now that I know it won't be a career.
A few things I found to be interesting:
Working with people instead of sorta against them is great.
I remember reading an article from one of the poker chicks saying "you can have a room full of 100 poker players and nobody knows how to dance". I also realized it might be the same for doctors after going to a dermatology practices Christmas party.
The radiologist I shadowed said like all he did was play poker and party when he was younger. He seemed to think radiology uses a lot of similar logic which I thought was pretty cool.
Just because I crushed poker does not make me some kinda of super genius that can autocrush anything I got some ****ty grades even after trying hard. MCAT was relatively easy but still a big challenge.
I've yet to meet a pro poker player over the age of 35 that seems happy with his life at all regardless of money. This includes many of the big name guys I've met.
I think med school admissions committees generally want people with a history of "sit your ass in a chair and study/pay tuition and wanting to be a doctor since you were 5" way more than people with interesting stories. Having both helps though.
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