This is an interesting perspective article on age as a factor in admissions decisions to medical schools and has attracted much online discussions from people all over the world.
The author, a Ph D in condensed-matter physics, entered medical school at 26, now assistant professor of medicine in NY, writes in The New England Journal of Medicine about nontraditional medical students who enter medicine at a later age and without the traditional pre-med background. He said that these nontraditional students are often a challenge to medical educators but the class is definitely enhanced by their presence.
Medical schools now routinely admit older students who already have families or another career. The author writes ".... perhaps they believe that medicine needs new voices…"
Source: "From All Walks of Life — Nontraditional Medical Students and the Future of Medicine" NEJM 2008, 359(3) : 224-227 ( free full text)
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