Are you a doctor/surgeon/Did you study medicine

[invictus]

Just curious how many pianists here are docs or have studied medicine

Just so that you guys know, getting into a med school requires phenomenal grades.

[Kassaa]

No, but I'm still 14 years old, so everything is possible ^^ .

[6ft 4]

dood its not that hard 2 get in to most med schools atleast here in the UK

and seriously doctors dont have time to go on forums the only yeses will be medical students.

[zheer]

Just so that you guys know, getting into a med school requires phenomenal grades.

   Not reall i got into med shool last year, and they didnt ask for any grades, i needed to use the toilet.

[pianistimo]

you're too funny.  you are serious, too, so i don't doubt there are people like you who pass for musicians at night - when they are operating during the day.  or, they go and win those amateur piano competitions without even half trying.

[zheer]

you're too funny.  you are serious, too, so i don't doubt there are people like you who pass for musicians at night - when they are operating during the day.  or, they go and win those amateur piano competitions without even half trying.

   Am not one of those people, i was very bad at school. Am looking to study music full time, and am craping myself. Accademic people are scary, the make me sad and make me feel like taking prozac.Am not alone.

[Jacey1973]

No, never studied medicine don't plan to either...it looks rather boring, but quite useful perhaps....someone's gotta do it.

[Tash]

man i'd like to find a doctor who has time to practice piano as well...

i have a friend who was just attempting to get into med this year, she got 99.5 for her uai and still didn't get in silly UNSW...

[drjames]

There are at least two doctors on this forum.  Myself, a pediatrician, and a dermatologist. I can't remember her name.  There may be others who have chosen not to identify themselves as such.  It takes good grades to get into medical school but it also takes persistance.  Many people who don't get in the first time give up.  If that is really what you want to do then keep trying, the effort is noted by admission committees.  And no, I don't have much time to practice.  Short pieces are not much of a problem but anything substantial like a Beethoven sonata is problematic in that by the time I have one movement learned any previous movements have fallen apart.  But I play for fun only, noone else ever hears me. 

[gruffalo]

no, but i have offers from serveral universities to study engineering. dont know about US, but in UK to study engineering in a good Uni requires top grades.

[orlandopiano]

Just curious how many pianists here are docs or have studied medicine

Just so that you guys know, getting into a med school requires phenomenal grades.

I believe "Violinist" is a surgeon.

[invictus]

I remember a neurosurgeon in this forum

Statistics have shown that most doctors or people who got into med schools are good musicians

[ako]

not a doctor...have been chemical engineering student, biotech lab technician, web trading tech support, network engineer, day trader, entrepreneur/consultant, project manager, product manager and the latest....math teacher...who knows what i'll do next...maybe i'm a musician at heart and am just wandering lalong different paths until i get a paying doing music..haha

[chiyo]

I'm gonna be a legal drug dealer in 3.5yrs...I think it kind of relates...we study some patho.

[Waldszenen]

Michelangeli was a qualified doctor. 

[brewtality]

or was it just one of his claims? Noel Mewton-Wood was pretty clued up on medicine too I believe. There's always Marc-Andre Hamelin.

[teresa_b]

There are at least two doctors on this forum.  Myself, a pediatrician, and a dermatologist. I can't remember her name.  There may be others who have chosen not to identify themselves as such.  It takes good grades to get into medical school but it also takes persistance.  Many people who don't get in the first time give up.  If that is really what you want to do then keep trying, the effort is noted by admission committees.  And no, I don't have much time to practice.  Short pieces are not much of a problem but anything substantial like a Beethoven sonata is problematic in that by the time I have one movement learned any previous movements have fallen apart.  But I play for fun only, noone else ever hears me. 

Hi, the dermatologist is me, Teresa.  Drjames is absolutely right about persistence.  You do need grades, but that is not the only criterion.  It's good if you've shown some initiative--for example, worked in a medical research lab, volunteered in a free clinic, etc.  Also, being well-rounded sounds like a cliche, but your musical studies can help.  Many years ago I interviewed for med school with a Johns Hopkins representative who was visiting my own campus.  I happened to be coming straight from my piano class, and had an armful of piano literature.  The interviewer talked to me the whole time about music, and I was accepted to Johns Hopkins.  (Didn't go there for other reasons, but it was a nice feather in my cap.) 

Practice time for me is a toughie, too.  Usually I do some in the mornings and more on weekends.  I have played 4 Mozart concertos with chamber orchestra, but I have to say, I worked on each one for over a year before performing it, and used score on a couple of them because I was unsure of my memory. 

If you love medicine, go for it--but ONLY if you love it, because the work required to get in is nothing compared to the work you will face for the next 8 years or so (Not to mention the rest of your life!)

Teresa

[mpd210]

Actually, I'm a medical student...so I guess you could say I have time to log on to one of these forums (rather this is how I procrastinate). Studying keeps you busy so I sometimes go months without playing. During some breaks though, I have time to pick up a piece (like this Christmas vacation I was able to learn a chopin polonaise).
Other breaks I just spend playing sports, which I think I enjoy more than piano.
During undergrad I had my musical group of friends, my basketball/tennis/snowboarding group of friends, and my premed group of friends. None of my premed friends knew classical music, so I suppose not many doctors out there are classical musicians.