3.8+/1500+/175+/T6/decent UG/econ major with LOTS of math (3.9+ in math classes)/~30 years old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010140)

It doesn't specifically say which schools, but if I remember Dartmouth, Brown, and Rochester do not require it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16011968)

I actually would put the practice of medicine on par with the sports and entertainment fields in that you are doing what you love and it's really not a job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010229)

anyways some people are motivated by achievements, others by prestige, others by $$$$, etc. Just let the man be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010231)

if he was a partner clearing over 800k and he was giving that up to pursue medicine, then perhaps I'd buy his bullshit. but he's just looking for massive jump in income/prestige, and that is pure fucking striving. can't say I blame him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010313)

you get more respect/pussy as a med student/resident than biglawyer. women are fucking obsessed with doctors. people treat you like a god.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010408)

and trust me, bitches' pussies get wet just thinking about doctors. the lay prestige is unmatched.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010462)

You're getting out of a shitty career to one with more money and prestige. I'd say a lowly med student is more prestigious than a big lawyer because that med student is guaranteed to be making ridiculous money for the rest of his life. the same cannot be said about the biglawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010361)

How many years out of undergrad are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010747)

trust me, you're not the only d00d trying to do this right now!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010238)

Now I have always been a loner and been motivated by achievement. My belief is that my interest in medicine (and in a specific field) is so much stronger than others' in med school that it will spark me to be the best which will ultimately lead to $$$$$$ for me. Just remember, not all doctors are created alike and the best are the most successful.. it's either that or you can toil in misery in the rat race for the rest of your life. That's how I looked at it and it was not longer a stressful decision for me to make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010320)

I have wanted to do ophthalmology for years now - et it slide a bit in undergrad when law seemed more suitable. Now I have a matter of days to make an epic fucking decision. No matter what I do in life, no matter the accomplishment or achievement, no matter how good things may seem or possibly could be, regret of not finishing up the pre-med requirements and taking the MCAT just sits in my head like a fucking time bomb.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010384)

Do you want to be the typical 20something working in a cubicle for a boss, having a great group of friends! being in coed leagues, always being in a relationship, facebooking all day, waiting for the weekend so you can be outdoors! and trying to get that first condo and maybe even be part of a homeowner's association! or do you want to be out in the true outdoors of the world working for yourself and having all the power and treating patients? It's your call man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010451)

so I will have an MD at age 32. Practicing by 36 or 37. Not too bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010270)

My whole experience was abysmal. Applying for jobs for which I was completely overqualified and having to beg for what others with connections got handed to them. I got sick of it and realized "hey look, here's a profession where my career is based upon my intelligence and hard work rather than on someone's subjective whims, and I can control my destiny."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010342)

thoughts on DO docs in general, are they untrustworthy TTTs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010236)

Seems to me that if u can pass the boards - doesn't really matter much where you went (assuming u want to do private practice and not research/academia)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16010245)

GPA or MCAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419528&forum_id=2#16012431)