The transition from engineering to medical school is not all that uncommon. Medical schools in the U.S. generally don’t care about your undergrad major. There are even cases where people have gone from studying humanities and arts to medical school. As long as you can show your aptitude for the medical field, you stand a fair chance of getting in. You can do this by scoring high on MCAT and taking relevant courses depending on a particular med school’s requirements.

“Age is just a number” was probably coined by someone unrealistically ambitious. In the literal sense, age is, in fact, just a number. However, our biology is not impervious to the laws of the universe. The ticking clock that is life has claimed many ambitions, and a lot of the times, we can do little but surrender to its whims.

While age is just a number, it is also the reason why you can’t become a world-class athlete, an MMA fighter, or a professional swimmer in your middle age. However, some pursuits in life don’t abide by the tyrannical impulses of time, and, luckily, becoming a doctor is one of these exceptions.