Starting Medical School at Age 25 - Big Mistake? 💉

[@robynscott4758]

I started medical school as a graduate at 23 and I was so worried about being behind my friends and other people my age but I seen someone say “you’re going to be 28 anyway, you may as well be 28 with a medical degree” and it shifted my perspective completely

[@DoctorKenji]

Wow that's such a good perspective!!

[@adarshpandey2461]

I started at 22 and this very prospective gives me strength to continue

[@robynscott4758]

@@adarshpandey2461 ☺️☺️☺️

[@mgaines4178]

My husband and I both lost our jobs the year we got married. I decided to go back to school, not even remotely thinking about medicine. It came about organically. Asking my husband for his support of me not working for 6+ years was hard, but the conversation came down to "do you want to be 40 and married to an office manager or do you want to be 40 and married to a doctor?" I'll be 34 if/when I matriculate 🤷🏽‍♀️ life is too precious to waste worrying about if you are too old

[@lokeshkoomarstyagee3718]

@@mgaines4178 so encouraging thanks

[@kerryfitting6070]

I knew a woman who started medical school at 50! She was brilliant. Never to late to follow your dreams.

[@DoctorKenji]

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing that

[@DonLyfe]

I’m 38 headed to med school 😂😂😂

[@Kookbandit]

I started med school last year at 29, after biomed and working for a few years, turning 30 this summer. I can relate to this a lot.

[@hsumyatpwintwai8152]

This gave me motivation

[@missailaivy9739]

Graduated with my first bachelor degree at 23 years old. Work full time (and still am), and come back to school to continue my professional study at age 27. second all your points. Learning is a life long journey. 💪🏻

[@DoctorKenji]

Ayyy 💪💪

[@johngrey1074]

The average age of medical school matriculants in the US is 24. Personally, I started at age 26.

[@johngrey1074]

@Tom Harris It's going well so far. I'm starting my third year shortly, and I look forward it. If you go to a US MD or DO school, the institution will do anything it can to ensure that you succeed and graduate, regardless of your age. Best of luck! The biggest hurdle is getting in.

[@anshulsharma8138]

I am from India after graduation in bsc I also trying to enter at 23

[@xander_k_]

That’s because we need a bachelors degree first. In the UK they literally start medical school after high school.

[@raunaksinghhacker4576]

@@anshulsharma8138 all the best bro

[@mimistudyvlogs8122]

@@anshulsharma8138 I'm also trying to enter at 24

[@jackdunne7510]

Starting med school as a graduate this year at 25 can defo relate to the feeling behind in life but I think your point about how life experiences will prepare you for the stresses in the course is spot on. Although I'm starting a little later than i would've liked, I feel that I'm so much more prepared than I would have been at 18/19. Great vid!

[@DoctorKenji]

Thank you bro and good luck!!

[@Jeremy-sj3pr]

Starting at 25 is not really strange in the US. It probably is in the UK though given that you start medicine at 18.

[@gtotalman]

It’s bullshit how people are fixated on age, age is nothing considering medicine is currently offered as post graduate course. I know a lady who started medical school at Yale university at 45 years of age.

[@veronicawilliams1048]

I’m 23, turning 24 in a month, studied Biological Sc, worked for 7months, trying to apply to medical school, i can relate

[@wisteria1739]

We're the same age with same ambitions...and I'm getting my bachelors in Chemistry too

[@mediokritet]

There are all kinds of pressures and fears of missing out which are human to a degree. But if you zoom out and realize your career spans over more than 40 years, a couple of years of difference is so miniscule. People start new careers in their forties, fifties or even later. You will probably live a long life if you take reasonable amount of self care. In fact probably longer than any other generation before you with more resources and opportunities than ever before so might as well use it! Best of luck xx

[@DoctorKenji]

Amen!!

[@zamieca.]

I'm 26 and I'm starting Med School, I am at less than 1min of this video and I'm thrilled.

[@DoctorKenji]

Hope you enjoyed it!!

[@English1band]

i hope ur doing well, how did it go with you

[@zamieca.]

Hey! Update, I'm in MedSchool now. ✨

[@imtryingmybestman]

I’ll be 28 when I start! Wrapping up an MPH beforehand and working at the same time, I definitely could have started when I graduated from undergrad but I honestly think taking that time helped me understand myself and my place in the world

[@MK-np3sd]

good luck

[@ArunJayaraj]

Hope you found this useful! Let me know if you have any questions 🙏🏾

[@shivsethi5004]

Dude, you're a very, very interesting guy - people like you remind me that greatness manifests deeply within a person

[@ArunJayaraj]

@@shivsethi5004 well that’s an amazing way to validate my existence right now. I appreciate that 🙏🏾😌

[@simrannarmis5328]

Thankyou for being very honest🙂 this really helped me in a similar situation right now.

[@loveranime160]

I would like a bit of guidance.

[@BallyBoy95]

Just want to say thanks for giving this interview, I learned a tonne.

[@lokeshkoomarstyagee3718]

Hey guys, So glad to watch this video! I am 23, finishing my nursing (BN) program next year and planning to start med school but not quite sure. You guys helped a lot understanding what it is all supposed to be. God bless you both!!! A big fan of you both today onwards.

[@dawncosmic8080]

Hey did you start meeting school?

[@yasrabcalyar1160]

Hey Lokesh! did you go to med school?

[@knw-seeker6836]

a samurai quote: "Seek the uncomfortable not the comfortable"

[@DoctorKenji]

Amen!

[@knw-seeker6836]

right now i´m studying psychology and started over 30 And i don´t regret it, it´s totally fascinating and anything else than mediocre

[@DoctorKenji]

Thank you for sharing!

[@sanjibonnyburagohain4995]

I am in my final year of engineering from a Government College. And I have so much passion for being a Cardic Surgeon, even when I know it's a total 12 years.

[@abirboudahdir2177]

Same!! We go for it queen?🥰

[@anasabdeen7931]

Sameee

[@Sb26__]

I'm at law school and a woman. The pressure to find a balance between a successful career and doing family plans/ starting a family/ having kids is really high rn since my enviroment is getting married, having kids and building houses. Idk if I could put 100% in all at the same time. I choose the career path for now and hope that I could use the time wisely to build myself. But I definetely support the statement: One should not compare himself to others. Thanks alot for this discussion 🙏🏼💙

[@DoctorKenji]

Thank you for sharing your story! 💜

[@randomniche1345]

I am 22 and starting a Masters in Clinical Neuroscience this fall. I have wanted to study medicine for as long as I remember but have not been able to because of funding. I am at the age where I am starting to reconsider and rethink my commitments to the field but every time I do so I feel so much guilt for even thinking about quitting the one thing I'm truly passionate about. Honestly great video

[@dawncosmic8080]

Hey babe. I’m checking on you. How’s it all going now

[@alexandra734]

I'm saying this here because I need to take this weight off my heart. I am 19 years old and in a month I will be a student at the best university in my country, the faculty of electronic engineering and telecommunications and although I lied to myself that I will be fine there, I know that my heart belongs to medicine, that I would give all the money I could earn as an electronics engineer to be with those in need. I don't know how I got to the wrong faculty, I just know that I'm afraid to give up my current place, to disappoint those who helped me get here, to be a year behind the others, I'm afraid to fail, but even more afraid to live a life with the regret that I did not do what my heart asked me to do. Reading your comments I understood that I am not the only one who feels that way.

[@sazonaghazalona]

Im 24 nd graduated from bs psychology now im doing mbbs from kazakh thanks for being motivating

[@jforjyn5602]

I’m moving to the UK soon, 17, but I’m so behind compared to all the UK students. Realistically, I won’t be able to apply to med school until I’m 25+. I honestly needed this to cheer myself up every time I start thinking about this.

[@DoctorKenji]

You’ve got this!

[@tehseowwen8788]

Hey Kenji and Arun, happy to come across this, really needed this :) Just a few weeks ago after my Obgyn appointment with a very inspiring doctor, I realized that there was this long-forgotten goal of mine, which is to become a doctor and save lives. I joined the St.John Ambulance when I was younger because I have always been passionate about helping people out and being there for them during some of their most vulnerable moments in life, but this goal of mine sort of drifted away after I stepped into the commerce stream for my senior high school years. This goal of mine has been long-forgotten at the back of my mind until a few weeks ago I went to visit the obgyn for some emergency matters and met this gynaecologist that is absolutely friendly, calm, and patient. I wouldn't be going into too many details here about my appointment with her, but all I can say is that I was at my absolute worst state during the time she saw me, I felt extremely unwell, vulnerable, and was really anxious as it was my first time at the hospital by myself (+ never have I expected that my first visit to the hospital by myself would be the gynae's office haha). She managed to calm me down during the ultrasound and gave me sound advice on my issue. I'm not sure how to describe the feeling, but after the appointment with her it just struck me that hey I would like to be there for patients too when they're feeling vulnerable, it reminded me of why I joined St.John in the first place during high school, it reminded me of the goal I left off. I'm currently 23 and in the final year of my accounting degree, I'd say it's a good career pathway in monetary terms, but I figured out that what I really wanna achieve in life is not just about getting a lot of money, I genuinely just want to help people out, and for that, I don't even mind about the amount of pay that I will be getting when I think about it. Hence, my plan right now is to, of course, focus on completing my current accounting degree now, I will still be in this field for maybe the next 5-10 years (to earn and save enough for med school), but I'll be taking up my foundations and basics in sciences at the same time. So hopefully by around 30, I will have gotten everything ready to get into med school, to learn what I'm passionate about, and to do what I'm passionate about for the next half of my life. Also, I think I'll probably go for obgyn for my specialty too. When I was younger I've never thought or taken this specialty seriously until now that I've grown up and realized that it's a very meaningful specialty where you get to help not just patients who are at their most vulnerable moments, but you also get to be there to welcome new lives into the world (Obs). I'm leaving this comment here first, and hopefully, in a few years' time, I'll be able to come back to this comment and let you all know that I've successfully made it. Also, to anyone out there that is considering taking up medicine as a second career in life, go for it! I'm sure we will be able to achieve what we want to!

[@DoctorKenji]

Thank you so much for sharing this and I wish you all the best in your journey!

[@ArunJayaraj]

This was absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing story and reflection. I’m glad you’re playing the long game and are engaged with a very strong sense of purpose. I’m sending you good energy to work on this over the next few years 🙏🏾

[@tehseowwen8788]

@@DoctorKenji Thank you, Kenji! All the best for you in life as well :D

[@tehseowwen8788]

@@ArunJayaraj Thank you so much, Arun! I'll be sure to come back and give an update here too :D Sending you good vibes and energy as well on your journey in medicine! 🙌

[@aneesahasnain6925]

My god I am about to cry!! I am in accounting to!!! I am 24 and I am thinking of going to medical school!!!! It's crazy to see someone who is the same as me! I have no science background? How do you plan to maneuver your way to medical school? This would really help me!!

[@shakeelahamed4677]

Didn't realise you had a KZbin channel until it popped up as a recommended video. Glad to see you've been well and keep up the great work, Kenji!

[@xXAnni3LuvsYhuXx]

Kenji how on EARTH are you already in 4th year?!? Woooooowww time flies!!! It feels like just yesterday you were starting medicine 😭😭

[@DoctorKenji]

Hahaha i know! Time is flying :P

[@adeshkhalate1]

At age 30 with medical degree is much better than, without degree at 30

[@michaelnickson8289]

I needed to see this, great video. Thanks for posting!

[@DoctorKenji]

You are so welcome!

[@Sara-md8nu]

Its never to late to go to school. I just got accepted to a SDSU BSN program at 38 years old.

[@DoctorKenji]

Amazing!! All the best

[@mgaines4178]

Congratulations!

[@domiusdom7883]

Congrats 😲🔝

[@meiiilin]

I’ll be 25 when I graduate my undergraduate but I really want to apply for med school but I was worried about finishing med school at the age of 29 😭😭😭

[@AyaHB-rz9mc]

I started pharmacy school pharmd program at the age of 27 will graduate at the age of 32 . I'm not sure if I will regret or not for now I just want to finish what I start it . If u ask why so late ? I came to the US at the age 22 took many classes at a community college to figure out my passion , worked a little bit . By the time I was actually admitted to the program I was 27 . Life happens ! And all these milestones of achievements we have is just our brain putting more strain to our journey 😇

[@dawncosmic8080]

Hey. Just checking on you. How’s pharmacy going ? I’m 22, the age you were when you came to the US except I’m from South Africa. I’ve been considering pharmacy after being confused for a long time

[@farradyl]

im 21 this year. next year im gonna get into medschool after 3 years of trying. i hope i could get there. i hope i could achieve that dream job, a doctor.

[@calebbrininger7483]

ehh, I'm 27 and haven't even started college yet..

[@aliaskuriakose2374]

For me learning new things in life doesn't need a time frame,if you are so passionate about studying medicine ,I suggest you to do what your mind says,after all medicine is a branch of science in which knowledge should be updated from time to time till we die,so in that sense age doesn't matter .Follow your passion, by the way I graduated from medical school at the age of 31.

[@ProvocateurOfEmotions]

I started medical school at the age of 27, in the first two years I became very disappointed with it for 2 main reasons: 1. You will study certain subject that has absolutely nothing to do with medicine and can be very demotivating. 2. You will study for 5-6 years and you will only have the ability to prescribe drugs (not medicine or medications) unless you study further to specialize in a particular field. This was the breaking point for me. So I transferred to dental school and im so happy with my choice because I'm as knowledgeable as any doctor, can also write prescription without any issue, work only in the oral cavity and make much more than any medical doctor whilst being my own boss.

[@English1band]

Hi, I hope you're doing well, I'm 26 and I want to apply to dental school and I really want to know how things went for you

[@ProvocateurOfEmotions]

@@English1band thank you I'm very well. It's fantastic, very stressful job but nobody will pay you a good salary without high levels of responsibility and stress. But due to my over inflated ego(I'm working on it); I enjoy the prestige and the title of profession. But let me know where you plan to go for study, I can give you more insight about Europe and UK.

[@TemtionzZ]

Asked great questions Kenji and very good answers from Arun. Wishing you guys best for the final year of medical school, keep it up!

[@DoctorKenji]

Thanks so much!!

[@AleksN]

I needed to see this - great advice thank you!

[@DoctorKenji]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nervygamming404]

Although I m a science student but alaways found your videos helpful 🥰🥰

[@DoctorKenji]

Happy to hear that! Thank you!!

[@_streak]

Very insightful...thank you Kenji for bringing this on❤️❤️

[@DoctorKenji]

You're welcome!

[@thenatureviews]

in Canada, all of our medical schools require an undergraduate degree, and most undergraduate programs takes 3-4 years to complete. We finish highschool here at 18, then 3-4 years Undergrad, we get into med school at about 21+

[@lukundosiame]

Started medical school at 23 years and finished at 28 . And I doing a masters in Human anatomy. Its really hard

[@simongurung7715]

Full marks for this boys 👊🙌

[@DoctorKenji]

Thanks so much!

[@nonaadam949]

I will start at 23 i thought it will be difficult thanks for your video i will never give up keep going me

[@wasanalzadjali1556]

I really can’t thank you both enough for this video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 really needed this positive prospective 💪

[@DoctorKenji]

Our pleasure!

[@edwardchan1805]

We are both on the same boat and from the same country and I am applying for medical school at age 25 as well, medicine its not a race but its a marathon.

[@phoebestleger7711]

Wow this is exactly what I needed to hear. Saving for next time I doubt myself!!

[@blueworld117]

I'm 24 and I'm preparing for my medical exam. I have a biochemistry degree but i have always wanted to become a doctor. I actually took a year gap and prepare for medical college 4 years back and I failed.

[@DoctorKenji]

All the best!

[@blueworld117]

@@DoctorKenji thank you sir.

[@noahakpanke8320]

Thanks for the information. I'm 24 and graduated from microbiology. Considering to enter medical school and this video is truly a light.

[@DoctorKenji]

So glad!

[@mehmetpektas9752]

25 year old too young to stop dreaming for anything in life.

[@wasanalzadjali1556]

Thank you so much for this,the point that really hit me , why em I thinking about age and society and people, i am doing this to make MY dream come true ,and it is never too late to start making your dream come true 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@DoctorKenji]

thank you so much!

[@aaliyahcox8293]

I'm so happy I watched this.

[@DoctorKenji]

I'm glad!

[@June-oe6rx]

This August, I am going to the UK to study biomedical sciences. I didn't take A levels or IB. I took the foundation course so the only test I took is IELTS. Kenji's videos are making me consider entering medical school. Does anyone know if there is a way for international students to enter graduate entry medicine without an A-level score? I searched some schools but they all seemed to ask for A-level test scores or something equivalent. I think preparing A levels now to enter the standard medicine course is a bit late since I already used my money for the foundation course. I also don't think I will be able to get enough score to enter. (I've never studied English abroad.) One thing I have in mind is to take A levels while doing bio-med but I don't know what to start and I think it will eventually lower my undergraduate grade which is really important not just for entering graduate medicine but for my whole life of getting a job.

[@trijyatuli1802]

I am 27 and starting my mbbs this year. I am so depressed due to my age barrier.

[@vishnur5964]

I'm planning to go to med school next year btw I'm 22, if you don't mind shall we have a talk about this?

[@repliconeams4501]

Hi , Thats great .. are you doing mbbs in abroad?

[@pawanrauniyar5245]

Thanks youtube for recommending this video ...... In india after completing class 12 th .. whoever want to pursue medicine has to go through a exam called as NEET .......which has so high cutoff that out of 25 lakh students only 10 to 15 thousand get their chance to fulfill their dream ...... I am among them .. i passed my 12 th back in 2017 ..... But i had no intrest in being a doctor i was searching for other carrier option but didnt realise how time gone away ....so few years back i got serious about my carrier as a doctor and i apperaed in NEET exam ..... Scoring 610 out of 720 but their is no possibility that i would get any government collage on this mark despite coming under 25 thousand rank out of 25 lakh and private medicle degree goes around 120000 dollars which is no way i can offord ......... Next year i will be 25 ..... And still depandent on parents .......worst son i am to them ......not getting idea what to do next .

[@carolynesarracino4893]

Great tips!! Thanks for sharing!

[@DoctorKenji]

You're welcome!

[@interestingvideo9830]

I was very disturbed by me being starting at age of 24 whose done bsc but now I know the way I am going is right and join med school 😌.

[@morningflowerrrrr]

I really needed to see this. Thank you!

[@DoctorKenji]

You're so welcome!

[@kyurindiaryvlogs7714]

Thank you so much for such an insightful video helping me to decide!

[@DoctorKenji]

You're very welcome!

[@Poppomatic64]

I was so confused by comments but I forgot people in other countries can start at 18 and not 22 like in the United States.

[@fakejawad1186]

I need a help..that is before mbbs in which segement we have to study??.....do we have to study pre clinical year like..... contained bio chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology etc...then mbbs or like.... what's the procedure

[@jasmineprasad7808]

Do you think being older and going to med school affects what kind of speciality you’d want to do? Ie would you be less inclined to do a specialty like surgery or something which requires a long training programme? Have been thinking about this a lot recently

[@longtimelurker6504]

I needed this video so Much, TY

[@DoctorKenji]

You’re very welcome! :)

[@DonLyfe]

😂😂😂There are 40 & 50 year olds in med school 25 pssshh you’re just a baby… Being a physician is something you can continue to do well off into your 70’s…. you are just fine…

[@khadijahpatel5624]

How do you get into medicine as a mature student ? I took the wrong a levels and my teachers wouldn’t let me take up sciences and I didn’t realise it was too late .. does kings college uni accept access course to higher education ?

[@shivsethi5004]

How did you find the lab experience in Taiwan? - Thank you in advance!

[@DoctorKenji]

I explain it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmrpGuGmZJ1npY Here is the video whilst I was in Taiwan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6vchYKPrbeibdU

[@luminous7422]

Hi bro...I have a doubt that I don't have surname in my passport but I have given my first name as last name (surname) in my ucat appointment as it say it is mandatory....will be there any problem with that at exam center? Please tell me...

[@Glodwra]

I may not be in med school until 34 but my dream is EM Doctor...

[@DoctorKenji]

It will happen!

[@Glodwra]

@@DoctorKenji Thanks man! Currently an LPN on a med surge float going for RN, afterwards I may finish up a few classes at my community college, transfer to the Uni and start pre-med while doing my online BSN

[@marissaryan44]

What is your take on someone who is a Philosophy major and Holistic Health minor wanting to go to med school?

[@DoctorKenji]

If it’s your dream, I think you should go for it!

[@veronicawilliams1048]

I’ve always wanted to medicine in england, God willing, what are the requirements, are their any scholarships for international students??

[@sargamtiwari114]

Going to be 24 🙂i already feel its too late to start medicine

[@shakilakh7392]

sorry I sent you an email for feedback but I didnt recieve any respond 😕

[@siakagassama8441]

Kenji, you moved from Kenya to UK and you moved to UK around 14 or 15 years, you would be young at this time who do you live with at that time and which family member do you currently live with in UK because you said mum lives in Kenya, and Dad is Japanese, I know little about Kenya because am also an African, a Gambian, your capital is Nairobi and president is Uhuru Kenyatta.

[@DoctorKenji]

I lived with my mum at the time but i now live with other medical students

[@siakagassama8441]

Kenji, I am also a Biology student studying at the University of The Gambia, I will graduate in January 2023. I am planning to come to the UK and study medicine, but even if I get a place in medicine I will be charge as an international which is around £30,000 yearly am thinking funding this could be tedious.

[@anshulsharma8138]

I am from India here mbbs starts at 17 I am a BSC graduate want to go for mbbs at 23

[@vishnur5964]

I'm also on the same boat If you don't mind can we chat in instagram brother?

[@venuja4642]

Hi, I will start to 22 bio medical science .so i will study to medicine 26 is it worth

[@freya683]

Yessss!

[@kareena6360]

I m also starting at 25

[@inesdz438]

Is 21 late 😢

[@DoctorKenji]

I started at 21, not at all!

[@LeahRebecca]

great vid

[@DoctorKenji]

Thank you!!

[@veronicawilliams1048]

It’s a hard decision personally, being thinking about it non stop, finally got the courage to get the form today. I need a friend that’s starting medical school or already in Medical school. Please reach out

[@bestmarketingchannel7574]

Biotechnology thoughts👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZTLpWBnn551hNk

[@lexfluor]

Really needed this rn 🥹

[@wasanalzadjali1556]

I really can’t thank you both enough for this video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 really needed this positive prospective 💪

[@DoctorKenji]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mohsinkhan8563]

You both are amazing! Great video! Great Advice! Cheers guys

[@DoctorKenji]

Thanks so much!