How hard is med school?

altereco
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:01:10 +0000

I found this thread while surfing through the web and found it amazingly timely. I graduated a year ago from MSU in finance and am now currently working in corporate finance. Recently I have been thinking a lot about going back to school (premed) and exploring the possibility of getting into med school.

It really just hit me that our time on earth is pretty short and sitting around crunching numbers and running the rat race has (personally) become the biggest waste of my life and abilities. I really want to have an impact on people and the world around me every day that I have, and being a doctor seems to really suit that.

I guess my question is, how feasible is this? Is it extremely rare that people in my position make it into med school after completing a post bachelor premed degree? I have never really gotten into the sciences because I chose the business route, but high level math and problem solving has never been a problem for me, so how hard would getting through a premed program be?

Thanks for any input in advance!