LAW STUDENT applying to medschool. Please help!

Jugulator20
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:36:42 +0000

FWIW

Med school application is a year long process. For you to start med school in say year after you graduate would require you to submit a competitive application (including, in part, ECs, MCAT) in summer after your second year. And if you plan to apply once you have MCAT after you graduate, you still need ECs. Without ECs, you would be quickly rejected. And it’s not just a matter of having “x” number of hours, but in your ECs, PS, and interviews, if offered, you’ll need to demonstrate you have traits they expect to see in a future MD (eg compassion, leadership, altruism, maturity, etc). In last reported cycle 61% of those that applied failed to get even one acceptance, including those with 4.00 GPAs and high MCAT scores.

https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2019-11/2019_FACTS_Table_A-1.pdf

So a career in medicine is not impossible, but assuming you can get into any med school, you’re probably looking at 2 or more gaps years once you finish law school, but then you’re looking at 4 years of med school, 3-5 years of residency depending on specialty, 2 or more years of fellowship training should you decide to subspecialize. And while in residency or fellowship, you will be paid but not enough to make any serious reduction of your student debt. And if you again change your mind about a career in med school or after, your med school will leave you with a nice parting gift (aka a huge pile of debt)

As to reading and writing: S and DIL are both MDs. Writing and reviewing notes are a big part of their day.

Good luck.