ManateeMan Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Is entering medical school at 24 too old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhumble Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 No. ......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 lol mrhumble To Qualify That Statement - is this 24 in human or dog years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Yes, it really is. You'll pretty much be the grandpa of the group; don't do it. Actually 24 is right around the average age of entering students. I personally know of someone who was 45+ when they started med school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblebath Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Most people are turning 23 when they finish undergrad... and it takes a lot of people 2 or 3 tries to get into medical school. So I don't really understand why you would think 24 is too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 why are most people 23 when they finish undergrad since there is no more cohort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8kg6 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Most med students I know are 16, so yeah, you'll be really out of your element. Or... you could just think about your question for 5 seconds before you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 24 is the median lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I'm 24, turn 25 in july, and would give it another go next year if I had to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost__in__space Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I certainly hope 24 isn't too old for ANYTHING let alone medicine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMmd Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 yes 24 is too old. however, 25 is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles3288 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Wtf. Of course not. The average age of medical students i've seen is around 25/26. Little math lesson: average means half are UNDER and half are ABOVE. So yeah, obviously not too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raed Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Little math lesson: average means half are UNDER and half are ABOVE. So yeah, obviously not too old. No it doesn't, lol. You're getting confused with the median. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC_Ma Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 No it doesn't, lol. You're getting confused with the mean. no, average=mean, do you mean median? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raed Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Sorry I corrected myself right after posting. I messed up cuz I re-read sparkles' post lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Median is half point when you lay out all observations so half of all records are above and half of all records are below Mean is Sigma(x)/n(x) so outliers can influence the mean. Not half records are above/below this value. This is the summation of all records divided by the number of records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMmd Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 geeks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8kg6 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 You're all right, at least partially. Saying that the mean is average is true, but it's not the whole truth. The three ways of expressing average are mean, median, and the little used mode (which is the most common value in a set of data). In saying that half are above the average and half are below, one insinuates the use of median as the standard of average. Of course, this statement wouldn't hold true if the standard of average selected were the mean or the mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 No. The average age is 24 for many entering classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 You're all right, at least partially. Saying that the mean is average is true, but it's not the whole truth. The three ways of expressing average are mean, median, and the little used mode (which is the most common value in a set of data). In saying that half are above the average and half are below, one insinuates the use of median as the standard of average. Of course, this statement wouldn't hold true if the standard of average selected were the mean or the mode. Never ask an engineer to explain measures of central tendency. The average is exactly equivalent to the mean and distinct from the median. - A-Stark, MMath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Average usually means mean. Anyway I've seen places use medians and that falls on 24. It's safe to say that the mean median mode cluster around 24 if they are not all on it, and to answer the initial question, you're not too old you're just about the right age. And would it matter if you're 24? You'll be done at ~32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles3288 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Whoa, lol. Average means = mean unless otherwise stated. Sometimes they have stats where it will say average and then a column for median. Chill out people. And maybe the 25/26 average was from a few years ago. At least in alberta, it may be younger now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles3288 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 No it doesn't, lol. You're getting confused with the median. And no i'm not. I think you're confused =P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 How did this turn into a math debate? Lol... It would be old if you live in the UK, Australia, or some other country w/ a direct-entry program. Even then, 'too old' is not the right term ~ you may be oldER than some classmates. Here, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Lol how is this even being debated....? The median is the 50th percentile score where half will be above and half below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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