Avg. age of entering students?

[bgnj]

anybody have an idea? or can guess/recall just from looking around the class?

[Shadowstar]

Average age is about 26.

[thomasfx10]

I will be 45 if I get in. That will jack up the average!

[hopelessMD]

I will be 45 if I get in. That will jack up the average!
hey its never too late dude! I know people in their late 50th who went to med school in california.

[Laconic]

jee i am 26 and I thought i was starting late when I saw a 23 yr old kid posting :rolleyes:

[singer]

There are also many students that followed the traditional route of going to Medical school right out of college instead of thrying for years to get into a US MEdical school. He started Ross at 21 and has finished his first year of Residency at 26. Wow even got a wage increase in his pgy2 contract. That means he can aford some snacks this coming year.

[ILPsychDoc]

Theres a guy that looks like he's sixty in our class... follow your dreams...

[Closter]

oh yes....that guy...:rolleyes:

[hopelessMD]

oh yes....that guy...:rolleyes:

why the roll eyes?

[911Med]

I will be 45 if I get in. That will jack up the average!

Dude you are my hero.

That takes cojones.
Bravo!

[thomasfx10]

Thanks ... I do have good genes, most people think I am around 28, so I goes I will fit in with the young whipper-snappers :)

[ScottsdaleIndian]

jee i am 26 and I thought i was starting late when I saw a 23 yr old kid posting :rolleyes:

when you saw a 23 year old posting?, well what'd you expect, i bet 75% of the people on this forum are like 21 or 22 and finsihing undergrad

[mad6russell]

is it bad that some of us are younger?

[DEQNY85]

I would say most of the students are somewhere in their 20's

[Sideswipe]

is it bad that some of us are younger?

Its not bad, just make sure you are focused. People who are older are usually more mature and focused. They have gone through some of the crap life throws at them and they are more committed to their decisions. All of us become that way with age.

Just make sure you KNOW what you want and that you aren't going to get dristracted. Its hard to ask that of someone in their early 20s. I probably couldn't have done Ross if I was 23 when I started. I'd be too distracted.

[hopelessMD]

Its not bad, just make sure you are focused. People who are older are usually more mature and focused. They have gone through some of the crap life throws at them and they are more committed to their decisions. All of us become that way with age.

Just make sure you KNOW what you want and that you aren't going to get dristracted. Its hard to ask that of someone in their early 20s. I probably couldn't have done Ross if I was 23 when I started. I'd be too distracted.
I agree with you, I am in my late 20s and I been through enough to know exactly what I want.

[DEQNY85]

There is nothing wrong with being younger. I am in my early 20s and haven't had a problem. If anything, your body can endure more physical stress (weather, lack of sleep etc). You simply need to stay focused and not let anything else distract you.

[guitarheroMD2B]

anybody have an idea? or can guess/recall just from looking around the class?


With Carib med schools I'd say the average starting age is as follows:
Men 25
Women 23

I was 28 when i started, so I was a few years past the average for guys.

[Scylin]

Why would the average age be different for men vs. women?

[guitarheroMD2B]

Why would the average age be different for men vs. women?

I don't know why, but almost every girl in my first sem class was 22-24 with very few older than 25 (maybe 5% of the girls). The guys were mostly 22-26 but there was still a good amount 27-34 (maybe 20% of the guys).