10 tips for non-traditional medical school applicants
I would like to offer some words of encouragement to what many call the “non-traditional” students pursuing medicine.
The term encompasses people in different aspects in their lives. It may be someone in a different line of work looking at medicine as a second career or another just getting started that didn’t take the traditional path in undergrad.
My own journey
I started medical school at 28 after spending six years as a …
10 tips for non-traditional medical school applicants



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