Italian Medical School as an OLDER Student
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Starting medical school in Italy can be an intimidating process, especially if you're an older student who's about to start classes with teenagers. In this video Serra who also started medicine at an older age explains why it's not a big deal, and anyone who wants to pursue medicine should regardless of age :)
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I am in the second year of Sapienza's IMS and I am 23 right now. I was one of these people who worry about being too old to start medicine and i would be one of the oldest in my year, but in reality... just a year later, I have already forgotten these fears! I am actually in the younger range of students and this shows how much diversity there is in our course! There are people from all over the world and people after their mid-thirties and everyone is friends with everyone. No one is making fun of you for being old or young. It's actually the opposite, since the older people usually have more experiences to share and also most of the older people hold at least one bachelor degree, so you understand that in this course there are smart and well educated people. So if age is your worry... just dont worry!
I'm 36 and I wrote the IMAT this year. I graduated with a BSc at 30 and a technical diploma at 28. Age is but a number if you want to do something in life.
Congrats for achieving this milestone. Could you please tell which university did you got admission and are you an international student?
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS ty for sharing!
@@AcadIMAT Will post about results/acceptance after 7 nov, when universitaly posts the universities' selections.
What a long and strange journey this year has been.
@@wcjerky have you got in? im curiouss
That's nothing. I'm starting my medical school journey at the age of 37 (been an ICU nurse/paramedic for 12 years). Strongly considering school in parts of Europe. I just got out of debt during the pandemic thanks to travel nursing and I'm looking for a more economical means of earning a medical degree. I just wish school wasn't 6 years in duration there, but I suppose that's a fair trade off with the reasonably low tuition.
Yeah that's the point. It's nothing, and not a big deal :) Glad to hear you're out of debt! It's definitely infinitely cheaper :)
I'm 37 and I have just begun my medical studies. I'll be damn near 50 by the time I become a practicing physician. All these youngins make me LOL.
Omg right, it's ok they'll cringe at young people in a few years. It's the circle of life :)
:) @@AcadIMAT
You know the other thing about being an older student? think about the VALUE of what it means to have some life experience under you. How much more you'll be able to empathize with your patients instead of looking down at them and wagging your finger. Thank god for a life well lived prior to medicine! @@AcadIMAT
I really do thank you for your honest and raw opinion, Congrats on graduating!
i started feeling the young kid in me again.....thank you so much
Thank you for saying this 🥺
I like your philosophical kinda perspective regarding to the age factor. Hoping for getting into medicine in 2024 at the age of 21. Thankyou Very much for giving confidence to people like us.
Man honestly look up the top regrets of dying people, almost all of them say I wish I didn't work as hard or as long. What's the hurry to being miserable and overworking 😎
I like your content. This one is excellent. Comparing oneself with other people is very bad😢
I also want to add that it doesn't matter how many time you have been trying to pass the entrance test. It doesn't matter at all even 10 tries won't do any difference later
Really love your work. God bless you.
Can you please create a video on the new dentistry course in sapienza(in English), since I am planning to apply there next year.😁
Yes, soon hahaha poor Sapienza gets so neglected in everything on this channel haha :)
@@AcadIMAT 🤣😭
Congratulations on graduation!
Thank you so much 🥳
Thank you for ur video❤ Much needed . I have been going back and forth with pursuing medicine for 3-4 years now. In my late 20s now , I keep thinking because I am married and it would be a little harder. Since it is 6 years as compared to 4 years in the US where I currently live. ( but that would save me like 160-200k usd).
Do you happen to know any stats on which school has more diversity in terms of student age range? or which is the most friendly school for older students? Thanks
Do you know the stats
Thank you for sharing this! I'm 24 now and just wrote the IMAT this year after being just 2 points short last year (I'm non-EU). I must say thoughts of being too old definitely creep up more now 😅
You got this! In 10 years from now you'll think about how young you were and how you wish you saw it :)
@@AcadIMAT Thank you for your kind words! Looks like I have a good chance this year after checking the answers (knock on woods) and I can't wait to start my journey
Thank you a lot for this! What I usually find it strange is that the idea of age seems to be an issue for some people only when it comes to medicine. I always hear about people going back to school later in life to study different majors and it's never an issues, in fact it's considered impressive. But some how only medicine shocks people. Although as you mentioned it has higher retirement age than other professions, so it should be the opposite lol.
Controversial, but I think it's because medicine attracts a lot of try hard types. Part of being a try hard is having to over achieve on things, and I think people are aware that there are going to be people who are "perfect" so feel inadequate if they haven't been perfect achievers their whole lives.
Actually I would say that in Germany, where I come from, it's quite the opposite. Due to Medicine being so hart to get in, a lot of people start it quite a few years after they finish high school. Two guys from dorm will be older than 30 when they graduate medicine, and still they said that studying medicine was the best decision they could have made! I guess its hardly ever too late to make a change in your life and follow your dreams!
@@Hitzu99 Thanks for your input! I appreciate it, and I agree with you. Good luck to you and to your friend 😊
pls do analysis of recently imat exam especially difficulty level and safe cut off for an non eu student
7:31 - 7:48 Communication and marteking student here, started at 28 years old, same girl same 😂😂😂
Hello Dr, Please, Where can i get necessary information about IMAT exams and also if it is possibke to transfer to any Italian Uni without IMAT?
acadimat.com
@acadimat (university of bologna) vs (biccoca), please tell which university is better academic wise. City wise for me both are better than the rest of italy. But academic wise?
Both are similar and fine
I want to know if it's easy during the semester to travel back home or smt? I heard that you only have to attend 2/3 of the class, does this alo go for labs or hospital days?
Thanks
Well how far back is home? If it's in Europe yeah it's very easy to hop back and fort, but if you need to travel half way across the world, realistically you'll only be able to twice a year max. If there are mandatory labs and hospital days yo umust go to them, or talk with the professor to make up the days you miss.
@@AcadIMAT yes, it's in eroupe. Does the first semester usually end in the first week of December, even for the 5th and 6th years?
The italian culture/way of life really change your attitude vs live.
I levelled up and became happier, Italy could try to take credit for it, but I like to think it's wisdom and reading books about how short life is, and how to make the best of it 😎
@@AcadIMAT kitaplardan bazılarını söyleyebilir misiniz? (türk olduğunuzu duydum)
I did the IMAT 2023 a few days ago and completely missed out on the second half of the chemistry section (It was under my draft papers) and only discovered it when the invigilators said its time up. I got 31.3 points from the exam and im EU 22 year old, if I found the missing paper I would have gotten like 38 points. Hopefully 31.3 is enough to get into some unis.
They didnt have staplers lol
@@hmmmhmmm6917the great staples shortage of 2023
@@PriyaaanshuThakur Yes sir, hope the scores drop or its another year for me lol
This honestly cracks me up so much, imagine cheaping out on staples like lmao
Hey serra plz reply this comment
I am an indian student and recently there is occuring some changes in rules and regulations in india regarding studying Medicine Abroad
one such issue is that for getting licenese in India we should be studying Medicine in that university which have 1 year dedicated to internship. And i am very shattered hearing this as i don't know if italian universities provide 1 year internship or they have a 6 year course with practical exposure in between the course randomly.
Plz give me some hope about this 😞😞😞😞
There is no 1 year dedicated to internship
@@AcadIMAT No internship in any university ?
@@supergiant563 Nope the Italian system is standard in the entire country. 300 hours (3 months) of internship baked into the final 2 years, that's it.
@@supergiant563 does this mean you cannot Persue IMAT?
Is 59.5 enough for imat 2023 for bicocca for eu?
😂are you fr or just fishing for compliments
@@PriyaaanshuThakur while the exam in 2023 was very easy all the cut off marks will rise like in 2020s cutoff ...Cutoff for bicocca , milan will rise to the 60s ...So I am nervous about that...I know I will get an offer in many scrolling may be in 3 rd, 4th round ...But I want to get in in the first round ...
Can I go med school in italy ,?
Now I'm 30 yr old .
Yeah that's the point of the video lol.
😊😊tysm, for some people,theyy wana try to hear good info second time because of positive mind .
Good luck Naomi!
The definition of expats is so hilarious. I wonder if there is a special term for Ukrainian/white refugees 🤣
It's a term that makes me so mad ahahahha