Overwhelmed with gratitude to be MS1 in August, looking for ways to pay forward all the kind assistance I received on this journey as I remember this time last year...
All I can say is hang in there, guys, keep your head down and check one box at a time. Anyone who says this application year isn't draining is not shooting straight--especially if you are nontrads, juggling management of a family, taking classes, working, and then piling onto all of this, flying and driving around the country for interviews. No one will ever know what it takes for us to pull this off unless they've done it.
If there's one thing I would constrain you to get squared away, it's this: For a nontrad, you want to very clearly be able to answer the question, "Why now?" --for yourself first, then for the personal statement and the interviews. The PS readers and interviewers need to be able to follow a logical progression through your story that has led you to this point in your life where you believe medicine is right for you. This is worth the trouble to think through and figure out exactly how to articulate, as it will keep coming up over and over.
Don't let anyone tell you that you are too old for this. You can decide you are too old for it at any point along the arduous path, but no one else can make that call for you. Just one more layer of encouragement--I have never seen anyone as old as I am on SDN as a premed, so if I'm not too old, you definitely are not.
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2016 Nontrad Applicants' Progress Thread
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