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All-In [47750]
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So Kid_of has decided she wants to go to Med school.
Oct 29, 2018, 1:59 PM
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She graduated magna-kume-laude in engineering this past May.
Anybody have any experience with getting into med school? Pre-requisite courses? Strategies? Schools to apply to?
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All-In [35541]
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Tell her to stay away from LSD
Oct 29, 2018, 2:00 PM
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and Tigernet
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All-In [36450]
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thats def how I fd up***
Oct 29, 2018, 2:20 PM
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All-TigerNet [12851]
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Re:
Oct 29, 2018, 2:01 PM
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prerequisite ..... Pre MED
Strategies....... make straight As in PRE MED
Schools to apply.. MED SCHOOL
HTH
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Heisman Winner [135569]
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Does she have a computer?
Oct 29, 2018, 2:02 PM
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She could probably do the University of Phoenix and never have to leave her room until she graduates.
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Yeah, but I'd rather she not disect cadavers in the house.***
Oct 29, 2018, 2:03 PM
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Heisman Winner [135569]
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OK, I get that.
Oct 29, 2018, 2:05 PM
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So she WILL have to go out in the garage once in a while.
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110%er [9093]
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Oculus Spirit [81890]
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Literally laughed outloud***
Oct 29, 2018, 4:07 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79428]
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I think a good strategy would be to start importing cocaine
Oct 29, 2018, 2:12 PM
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in bulk. You're going to need something to provide that kind of cash flow if she's going to continue going back to school. From my observations, it'll be an ongoing thing pretty much forever.
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Oculus Spirit [81049]
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tell her to join the military
Oct 29, 2018, 2:24 PM
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let them pay for it and do her residence, in 8-10 years she'll be a doctor, out of the military if she wants, and debt free.
A friends son did that; he's 32, a surgeon, and has no school debt. Was stationed in Japan with a squadron of f-16's for a while as flight surgeon. He's stayed in the military for another hitch because he likes it. He said he might do all 20 years and retire then do his own thing. He'll be rich by the time he's 50.
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Heisman Winner [135569]
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That sounds good and all, but what if he gets sent overseas
Oct 29, 2018, 2:43 PM
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to a M*A*S*H unit in Korea? I mean, he could come back as a ferret-face cross-dressing drunk.
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All-In [29036]
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Well, she'd get a short lived spin-off***
Oct 29, 2018, 2:53 PM
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CU Medallion [55734]
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^^^this^^^ also, any med school will do, pretty much.
Oct 29, 2018, 2:55 PM
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Buuuuuuut, the real stakes come when one decides in what to specialize. Only the best get the choice specialties. But if you get it, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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Heisman Winner [135569]
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In all honesty...
Oct 29, 2018, 3:35 PM
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it would be cheaper and easier just to stop at QT and pick up a chiropractor degree. She could be practicing this afternoon if she leaves NOW.
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Orange Blooded [4086]
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Re: So Kid_of has decided she wants to go to Med school.
Oct 29, 2018, 3:47 PM
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Serious answer:
Have her talk to her university career center because this is pretty common and they can talk her through requirements/suggested classes.
She will need to take some additional underground classes as pre-requisites like bio-chem.
Talking to the people from Clemson I know who did this, med school just isn't that hard after being an engineering student undergrad.
Where she can go for med school will depend mostly on her MCAT scores.
She needs to consider what her goals are and the payoff of cost/time because most engineering fields do pretty well vs medicine unless she thinks she is she is going to be a surgeon in private practice (starting when she is 35...)
I would guess if she is thinking about being a primary care physician or a pediatrician, the change will not pay off compared to a career in engineering.
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All-In [47750]
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Thanks. She actually met with the Clemson Med school advisor
Oct 29, 2018, 5:26 PM
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today.
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Oculus Spirit [81890]
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Unless if it was a fake engineering, why doesn't she just do
Oct 29, 2018, 4:07 PM
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engineering?!
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I love that the hate of IE's
Oct 30, 2018, 9:45 AM
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is universal.
Imaginary Engineering
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All-In [31449]
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sup.
Oct 29, 2018, 4:10 PM
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Finished med school fairly recently.
This is a huge topic and I’m happy to answer any specific questions. Generally speaking, you can get into med school with any major. You do have to have two semesters of biology, chemistry, o chem, and physics, and have to take the MCAT. At least that’s how it was a few years ago.
Good GPA and good MCAT get you in the door for interviews. Being a normal person and well rounded application gets you accepted.
Apply to several med schools. In state will obviously be cheaper. Contrary to another post in this thread, I would not advise the military route. It’s a long commitment and limits your options, and limits your future earning potential.
Ask me whatever, or feel free to tmell.
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All-In [31449]
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Will also add
Oct 29, 2018, 4:12 PM
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Med school is really, really, really f-ing hard. It sucks.
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Heisman Winner [135569]
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I'm sure med school is hard. It's supposed to be.
Oct 30, 2018, 8:44 AM
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BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS HARD AS GETTING A GED IN STATE PRISON, SO STOP WHINING.
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Oculus Spirit [81049]
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interdasting.
Oct 29, 2018, 5:06 PM
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Friend of's son said that the only way he could have done it, and loves it.
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All-In [47750]
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Thanks.***
Oct 29, 2018, 5:22 PM
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CU Medallion [55734]
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mountains of debt limit your future earnings as well***
Oct 30, 2018, 8:48 AM
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Lot o points [163012]
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Neighbors 2 sons both graduated with engineering degrees
Oct 29, 2018, 6:27 PM
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apparently top of class type stuff, both had either perfect or near perfect SAT's also.
One is now a Patent/Intellectual Property attorney and the other an Oncologist.
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Heisman Winner [135840]
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VCOM here in Spartanburg likes to have a variety of
Oct 29, 2018, 7:29 PM
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undergrad degrees in each year. (And they get free Clemson tickets, well they sign up and hopefully get one of the 12 tickets they have. I took two 2nd years to the Furman game).
They have campuses in Virginia and at Auburn too. I’ve toured, know several students and been to their clinic. Very impressed (fwiw, I’ve toured MUSC too)
http://www.vcom.edu/carolinas
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All-In [40344]
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I mean if she wants two kids, a tramp stamp, a camaro, and
Oct 29, 2018, 7:46 PM
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A smoking habit, any 2 yr associates degree from a community college will do.
She can live at the beach and take classes at trident in Mt P.
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I would encourage her to do it.
Oct 30, 2018, 8:40 AM
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Needs to take certain pre req courses and do well in those. (chem, organ chem, phys, bio) You can easily look these up and she probably had to take a few of these for basic classes before engineering.
MCAT score and GPA is important to get an interview. Then, just be normal in interview and will be OK. In-State is cheaper, but I wouldn't just apply in state because MUSC is pretty highly sought after due to location in Charleston.
Make sure she really wants to do it because it is a grind and really expensive.
I think it's a great profession for women who value family life because you can do it part time and still have high earnings. The loans suck, but after several years, she can slow down and work 2 or 3 days a week in most medical fields pretty easily and still make really nice money if family is important to her.
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