"THOUGH IT IS COMMON TO begin dreaming of a career in medicine early in life, some people come to the realization that the medical profession is their calling only after they have finished college and begun working.
Michelle Benedict, a medical student at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor who worked as a senior engineering project manager at Apple, says premeds who are older than their peers should view their age and life experience as selling points.
‘You have had more time to cultivate your interests, demonstrate competence, and often have a stronger “sense of self” and real-world resilience,’ Benedict, a member of the national leadership team for the American Medical Women’s Association, wrote in an email. ‘If you have come to know deeply that medicine is your calling, you should absolutely pursue it.’" …