is 47 too old to go to medical school?

by ReturnToMed (Posted Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:11 pm)I went back to do a residency in my 40s; it hasn't been bad, except the financial hardship. I'm getting paid a resident's salary which isn't enough to support a middle-class family. My path is 4-5 years shorter than what you are proposing and I started residency at a younger age than you will be starting med school.Being an older physician-in-training I would put a word of warning on your path. What is your goal? To treat patients in an outpatient setting for 10 years? If you have to take loans to go to med school you will retire in debt, never having recouped your investment. I would also make sure that lending agencies would lend to you since you would be at a higher risk of defaulting than younger students.If you are independently wealthy and want to do this as a retirement career, go for it!
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