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[Jon Robert]

 bnied8, on 09 March 2012 - 04:19 AM, said:

if you can get in as a pro at a military facility you make bank.  those places have no budget.  pm with any questions.  I am a professional, and would love to talk to you about what you want to do, and your ideas about the profession.

This is completely bogus. Military facilities have far more to think about than spending sums of golf course workers. I'm a vet as well, been there seen that.

Let me think bio-chemistry grad, vet of war bored with playing with explosives, brains to be a doctor, scratch golfer, married, kid(s) friends in the golf industry.  - and is asking what to do with his life from random who knows who on a golf forum.  Yeah OK then.

[Ezgolfer]

I say go to PA school and train to be an anesthesia PA .
They make almost as much as an Internist now a days . You will have less rigrous work hours and will be able to golf .
Kellygreen can help you more.

[Par Fore]

Or go to nursing school and become a CRNA better pay than a Anesthesia PA, you aren't required to work under an MD or DO and you can work in any state.  There are more states that don't recognize the licensure of an anesthesia assistant than there are that do.  Well until Obamacare kills healthcare at least.

[OptionlessM]

realistically speaking... neither

[Thrillhouse]

 OptionlessM, on 18 December 2012 - 11:49 PM, said:

realistically speaking... neither

Well, there is nothing stopping him from becoming a club pro if that's what he wants to do.

And while a 3.4 won't get you into any med school that I know of there are still plenty of things someone with a 3.4 can do, like find something else to do in the medical field as others have mentioned, or get a masters in something else should he want to.

A decent gpa and a military background looks pretty marketable to me to be honest.

[ChipDriver]

 Thrillhouse, on 19 December 2012 - 03:02 AM, said:

 OptionlessM, on 18 December 2012 - 11:49 PM, said:

realistically speaking... neither

Well, there is nothing stopping him from becoming a club pro if that's what he wants to do.

And while a 3.4 won't get you into any med school that I know of there are still plenty of things someone with a 3.4 can do, like find something else to do in the medical field as others have mentioned, or get a masters in something else should he want to.

A decent gpa and a military background looks pretty marketable to me to be honest.

With all due respect - GPA is one criteria for admission and an important one - but not nearly the only criteria.  3.4 PLUS meaningful or extraordinary experience = invitation for admission.  

GPA merely demonstrates your ability to learn.  Life experience makes you interesting and an asset to the community.   I'd wager that a 3.4 GPA who is a war vet can be pretty special and interesting to the community VS a 4.0 with limited or boring experience.

Everyone is smart in elite professional schools - but not everyone is interesting or extraordinary.  But you can be extraordinary without being "perfectly smart".  Finally, this is the US - there are many ways to become a physician, you don't even need an elite program - no it's not easy - but far easier than you seem to think.

Edited by ChipDriver, 19 December 2012 - 08:31 AM.

[Tallen01]

 John Kreese, on 15 December 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

The doctors I know play a lot more rounds than the golf pros I know.

My experience as well.  You can make a great living as a doctor, and still play more golf than the golf pro.  I see it as a best of both worlds, if you can get admitted to, and make it though, medical school.  Just my two cents.

[MadGolfer76]

Go music, and THEN go to med school:

Did You Know?

Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school. Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. For comparison, (44 percent) of biochemistry majors were admitted. Also, a study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.
Sources: "The Comparative Academic Abilities of Students in Education and in Other Areas of a Multi-focus University," Peter H. Wood, ERIC Document No. ED327480
"The Case for Music in the Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, February, 1994

link

[MadGolfer76]

Boom! ^

[dgould91]

med school!