nontraditional premed Archives

Does Massage Therapy Count as Clinical Experience?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 27 Your questions, answered here on the OldPreMeds Podcast. Ryan and Rich again dive into the forums over at OldPreMeds.org where they pull a question…

How Is My Academic Dismissal Going to Hurt My Chances?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 24 In today’s episode, we discuss how an academic dismissal in undergrad can hurt your chances of getting into medical school! Listen to this podcast…

How Much Will My Undergrad Hurt My Chances at Med School?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 23 In today’s episode, Ryan and Rich take a question from the forums over at OldPreMeds.org about whether a poor undergraduate school can hurt your chances at…

How Old Is Too Old to Start Medical School?

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/oldpremedspodcast/OPM2.mp3″ title=”How Old is Too Old to Start Medical School” ] You’re Not Too Old for Medical School. If you’re above the traditional age for medical students, you might…

How to Go From Community College to Medical School

In this episode we talk to Deandre, a 1st year BU Medical Student who was lost as a premed. He spent several years at community college before finding his way!

Medical School Mom: Balancing Family and School

Rebekah Costello is a 4th yr DO student and mother of 3! She shares with us her survival tactics, productivity tips and advice to others starting their journey.

The Nontraditional Medical Student: A Different Path to Med School

Liza Thompson started working with premed students 20 years ago. She has worked with directly with non-traditional medical students during that time with two different postbaccalaureate (postbac) programs at Goucher and Johns Hopkins. She now runs an advising company for medical school applicants and postbac applicants called Thompson Advising.

We’ve covered some non-traditional student stuff before. If you haven’t seen those posts and podcasts, check out the links in the main article.

We talk exactly about what a postbac program is, the different types of post-bac programs and some tips on selecting one. We also discuss do-it-yourself (DIY) postbac programs.

Interview with a 56-Year-Old Medical Student

In Session 11 I talk to Kate. She recently turned 56-years-old, and is a 3rd year medical student at West Virginia School of Medicine. AMAZING! You can read a profile that she wrote for us already here.

Kate shares with us her story of switching from a biology major, focusing on premed, to nursing and how at age 50, she got the itch to go back to school to become a physician. One of the decisions that helped her make the decision to switch to nursing was the cut-throat culture of the premed (I’m hoping to change that here!).