What if I'm too old and dumb for med school

thumper1
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:38:23 +0000

LoserWorm5671:

What did you do in the mental health field and did you enjoy your work / were you satisfied with the pay?

I wish you would stop fixating on the pay. I worked my whole career in an allied health profession (mine is clearly stated here). I loved my work, and that is what mattered. I was paid well, but not nearly what a doctor earns…but that was never my goal. My goal was to do a job I loved.

Let me put it this way. You will have 4 years of medical school that will cost you about $100,000 per year. You will then have likely 4 years of residency. You can ask any doctor…their hourly pay was less than minimum wage during residency. Then you might do a fellowship…pay isn’t terrific there either. So…10 years from when you start medical school…if you do…is when you might start seeing some income. But you will have tons of loans to repay unless you have $400,000 socked away someplace.

There are lots of medical careers. I would urge you to read this site.

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