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Now what?
EDIT: Let me just add that I myself didn't fail to get into med school. I'm just asking.
1. Go to school in another country. I believe there are schools in The Caribbean that are popular for this.
2. Go to a DO school instead of an MD school (DOs do the same work and are doctors just the same, but I'm told MD schools are more competitive.)
3. Wall Street. :)
4. EMT, RN, NP, or PA careers.
Re-applying a year later is quite possible but I don't know anyone who has done it.
Things friends of mine have done: 1. Go to school in another country. I believe there are schools in The Caribbean that are popular for this. 2. Go to a DO school instead of an MD school (DOs do the same work and are doctors just the same, but I'm told MD schools are more competitive.) 3. Wall Street. :) 4. EMT, RN, NP, or PA careers. Re-applying a year later is quite possible but I don't know anyone who has done it.
Yep, but it is complicated when you come back in. There's another exam to pass to practice in the U.S. if you went to school outside of the U.S.
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” -Prof Randy Pausch
One of my friends failed to get into med school after graduating. So she worked at her school's hospital doing various things (sorry I can't elaborate further) for 3 years, re-applying and getting rejected each year. But on the 4th year, she got accepted to a quite good school, and has since crushed it.
Things friends of mine have done: 1. Go to school in another country. I believe there are schools in The Caribbean that are popular for this. 2. Go to a DO school instead of an MD school (DOs do the same work and are doctors just the same, but I'm told MD schools are more competitive.) 3. Wall Street. :) 4. EMT, RN, NP, or PA careers. Re-applying a year later is quite possible but I don't know anyone who has done it.
> 1. Go to school in another country. I believe there are schools in The Caribbean that are popular for this. Yep, but it is complicated when you come back in. There's another exam to pass to practice in the U.S. if you went to school outside of the U.S.
You will end up working as a PA 2-3 years later, with a much better quality of life, less student debt, all while still making a great living.
A site to help find schools to apply to based on pre-reqs: http://paprogramsearch.com/
Michael Chrichton, author of Jurassic Park, attended medical school but always wanted to be a writer. IIRC, he went to medical school at the behest of his family who had no faith that he could make it as a writer. His medical training helped make his writing especially good because he writes very plausible stuff, instead of hand wavy "Uh, radiation explains away my plot hole!"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton
So, what do want to do with your life? Why did you want to go to medical school? Was it family pressure? Were you after social status and a big paycheck? Or do you really want to be involved in making people healthier?
Have an honest heart-to-heart with yourself and base your next move on those answers. If you really wamt to go into medicine, nursing is an option. If you really wanted prestige and money, then maybe law is a good alternative.
The right answer here depends on a lot of factors you did not detail in your question.
Best.