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[quote=Anonymous]My friend went from an assistant professor at a big state college in her 30s to med student at around 44. She was the main breadwinner. Husband probably earns 30k (not DC area). But same as OP, she could not shake off that feeling that diverting from her premed hopes to a non science PhD to academia was a bad choice when she medicine was her calling. So around 40, with all kinds of adverse factors (age, mom to young kids, husband not earning much, not having taken the requisite classes for MCAT), with the support of her husband, made the leap to prepare to apply for med schools. I don’t know what the financial cost benefit will be long term because she has to take out loans for this schooling, but she will be able to practice medicine for maybe two decades after becoming a doctor. 20 years is a long long time. [/quote]
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