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[quote=Anonymous]I went from engineering to law (not IP).  It helped that you can go to law school part time and I did not have to fully commit to changing careers overnight like you would with medical school.  I had the comfort of a second household professional income too.  But one of my engineering colleagues did the same thing with medical school a few years before me and he just embraced living like a student again in his 30s.

Med school is extremely difficult to get into in the best of circumstances (though I understand alumni/family connections can smooth the way).  Start by getting in, with the pre med classes and testing and application cycle, that alone will likely take 2 years... then decide how much you want to do it after the decision is really in front of you.

But we live a long time, there's always time to explore a new passion and a new career.  I wouldn't let age stop you!  Nor would I worry about ROI too much unless you are going to indent yourself with lots of loans to make this happen.  I actually really enjoyed law school, for example, and if you enjoy the new subject you are studying the time is well spent and inherently valuable it doesn't need a later return.[/quote]

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