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26 years old Finance guy who now wants to become a doctor... |
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Also in Business, Thinking about Med School |
| Date Posted: |
02/19/2002 |
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I'm 26 years old and getting closer to 27. I graduated college with a business degree and quite frankly, business sucks. Over the last couple of years I've considered the idea of actually going back to school to become a doctor. I would have to go through at about of year of post-bac classes and take the MCAT. Then, I'd have to wait a year before getting into a school. I'd then have 4 years of Med School, and finally the 3 years of residency. This puts me at age 35 before I start making a true living as a doctor. I'm currently involved with a woman my age (26) who has a 7 year old child. Marriage and such is a definite option for our relationship. Here's my question...
Does anyone out there have experience about starting a family while in med school? How hard is it to do? What do you do about money? What does the stress of medical school and doctoring do to a relationship? Any advice would be greatly appreciated... |
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Wondering if you've made your decision re: med school, what it is and what influenced your ultimate decision. I have been in business for six-seven years and am also disillusioned. I'm unhappy and have had medicine in the back of my mind since college, when I was pre-med for two years. I'm currently struggling with the decision to do medicine, since the time and effort will be great, and there are other things that I want out of life as well (marriage, family - I am a 29 year old female). Any ideas or pieces of advice that you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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