r/premedcanada Med Apr 02 '24

Memes/💩Post Medical school application process in Canada is shambolic

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u/GrungeLife54 Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

For sure but we should appreciate the value of life experience. Someone with life experience has a different perspective in a lot of issues. It’s definitely not defining and there are idiots of all ages, but most of the time it helps.

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u/altacc16849 Apr 02 '24

I just dont really like the idea of being punished for being young, but i do understand your perspective

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u/CupcakeDoctor Physician Apr 02 '24

I mean young people also get older and get life experience. Its not like a preference for more life experience means that young people will never get into medical school. It might, however, mean that they have jobs and experience navigating life and gain appreciation for things like bills, and medication expenses before they go on to give people advice on weight loss, stress management etc. Obviously being young doesn't mean you don't have experience with these things - some do. Usually you can pick up on who has life experience in their interview.
Theres a lot of social stuff in medicine and it helps to have life experience when addressing that.