Anyone become a doctor later in life, or know of someone who did?

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but anyone have personal knowledge of success stories with this scenario?

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I have a friend that's a successful neurosurgeon that went to law school later in life, makes bank repping all of you clumsy oil field baws

I know a few. All, married with kids while the process started.

1. Let's just say someone was more interested in bragging to anyone who would listen that they were in med school and was on his way to being a doctor. He's no longer married and is selling medical devices now because he forgot that there's actually studying involved in the process.

2. Still married. Ended up in an underserved area because, again, studying is hard with kids and a wife. He too thought he was smarter than he was and let's just say what he wanted to be Dr wise and what he ended up doing are totally different.

3. Going super well. Lots of family support. Had to take a few lumps when match time rolled around but still worked out pretty good.


Long story short, unless you're 100 committed, with beaucoup support from your family such that it is, it won't work out the way you think it will. It's a fricking grind and it will test all your relationships.

Caveat emptor on full blast here.

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know of someone who did

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A good friend of mine was an accountant, quit his job and went to med school in SoCal. He just graduated last year at 38 and is happy he did it.

yes I know one well that was 8 years out and went to med school... doing well as a doc..

I know a lady that got an undergraduate degree, then raised, homeschooled two kids, then went back, took the med school prerequisite courses, got into med school, and is now practicing at 52. Yes, it can be done.

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I know a lady that got an undergraduate degree, then raised, homeschooled two kids, then went back, took the med school prerequisite courses, got into med school, and is now practicing at 52. Yes, it can be done.

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Gzus, I'll be retired at 52. Screw that. I would have rather been a welder or a plumber at 30 than a doc at 52.

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this, and unless it is a self actualization thing, I don't think, from a financial standpoint, that it would ever be much of an ROI, all docs don't make near as much as everyone thinks they do, and I'm sure there would be significant debt to pay off, or trade off in medical indentured servitude

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yup. Ive seen studies and done some napkin calcs. easily you are out 1.5 - 2 million on opportunity costs and actual costs if you go straight out. Starting at 38? During the peak of your potential earning years? yeesh. Plus with medicare reimbursements being what they are its not as rosy as people might think. not like it was 20 years ago anyway.

There was this hot doctor at the LSU Health Center when I was there. She said her husband was a ME for like 15 years, and then went back to become kind of doctor. She was good looking, so I'd say he did well for himself