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JonLaw
Jon you may be interested in the following non-traditional med school site. If you finish at around 47 you would by no means be the oldest. The site is absolutely fabulous and a boat load of info; diaries, MCAT, etc. There is a conference this summer in Orlando sometime in June. Also the procedure since you have not been in school for I guess more than 5-10 years is to take a post bac program for 1-2 years, then the MCAT, then a glide year, then med school internship then residency. I will send you an additional link specically for non trads who are over 50 when I find it.

http://www.oldpremeds.org/

For the non trads who are over 50, could you include the link here? Fascinating! Even if just to learn ... umm, for fun. I'm so excited!

The thread for 50+ year olds is on the same site, but a poster or two have grouped some threads together on the topic. I have that thread bookmarked on my other computer, when I get to it I will certainly post it.

Jesse,


http://www.oldpremeds.org/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/73443/

Jesse,
Here is the link of the 50+ thread;

http://www.oldpremeds.org/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/73443/

There are a few links within this link that give interesting examples. Also at the end there is a View the Entire Topic link that I think had more examples and links. Enjoy

I'm 37, so the 47 comment was for the end of the entire process. I only require about 4 credits to hit all of the pre-requisites.

I figure that a medical degree couldn't hurt. But then, that's what I thought about a law degree. Also, I'd have to break my habit of never attending class or studying.

And as to the question of "what do I enjoy doing"?

I currently enjoy watching the Italian 10-year bond yields spike. I'm waiting to see if the Italian debt markets implode. It's at 6.5% now. I think the danger zone is 7%. It's like watching a huge barrel of TNT hooked up to a very, very long fuse.

I'm not good at figuring out what I enjoy doing. I used to really enjoy reading fiction and playing computer games, but that kind of got really old, being that the negatives outweighed the positives.

Well, didn't you just say it, JonLaw? You like the trade. You find the game interesting. Which is what I say about gifties all the time.

Don't need a degree, just the discipline.

What do you mean by "the trade"?

Wall Street/finance in general?

Wall Street has been shedding jobs since 2007 and they aren't coming back.

I do some recruiting for my company (engineers and computer scientists), and few things put me off more than a candidate that complains about a challenge. If you tell me that you ran from a challenge with your tail between your legs, your resume isn't going to be looked at again once you leave our booth.

The military has some interesting ways to motivate students. I did the math and found out my naval electronics training involved more class hours than a full 4-year degree, so when they say it's equivalent, they're not far off.

You're tested every week, below 75% is failing, and if you consistently fail, you're sent to the fleet to chip and paint. That keeps a student motivated through the driest of subjects.

Which is good, because multivibrators aren't nearly as interesting as they sound.