JR transfer rumor question

[Knight78]

Jake isn't transferring away for 1 year of football, when his career track is right in front of him in Iowa City. I could see him stepping away from football to pursue studies full time.

I'm not singling you out, hawkdrummer1, but you as well as many others here seem to think that Jake can only go to med school at Iowa. There are other med schools in the country.

I'm not saying he's going and I'm not saying he's staying, but talking like his only real option is to stay at Iowa is very shortsighted. I've got several medical doctor friends that I've played basketball with over the years. NONE of them have their doctorate from the same school as their undergrad degree, and most of them went to a third place for internship.

 

[guffus]

I'm not singling you out, hawkdrummer1, but you as well as many others here seem to think that Jake can only go to med school at Iowa. There are other med schools in the country.

I'm not saying he's going and I'm not saying he's staying, but talking like his only real option is to stay at Iowa is very shortsighted. I've got several medical doctor friends that I've played basketball with over the years. NONE of them have their doctorate from the same school as their undergrad degree, and most of them went to a third place for internship.

Thanks. I was wondering about that. So did your friends go straight to med school after graduating or did they take some time off? Just wondering if Jake had a break after graduating and before med school, he might as well play football 1 more year.

 

[Billso]

No practical way for Jake or anyone else to play football and attend med school at the same time. There's just no way - med school is all-consuming - any docs here disagree? So if he intends to play next year, he'll need to be in an intermediate grad program of some kind - whether at Iowa or somewhere else.

 

[Sparky]

No practical way for Jake or anyone else to play football and attend med school at the same time. There's just no way - med school is all-consuming - any docs here disagree? So if he intends to play next year, he'll need to be in an intermediate grad program of some kind - whether at Iowa or somewhere else.

Come on man...have you seen anyone around here that MIGHT pass as a doctor? =

 

[NCHawker]

can't comprehend how there can be so much to say on this topic, but there is.

 

[99topdawg]

Come on man...have you seen anyone around here that MIGHT pass as a doctor? =

They call me Doctor Love.

 

[imported_ankle23]

Come on man...have you seen anyone around here that MIGHT pass as a doctor? =

yeah, not sure about that one.....


but if he's done well in school, given his success on the field (meaning the kid can handle a lot of stress, and a heavy workload), he most likely can go to better medical school programs. unless he simply wants to stay at iowa, for a various number of reasons. not saying iowa is a bad school, just that there are better and the arguments on why he would or wouldn't leave iowa because of med school are baseless.

when i was in that process, the story was that it was easier to get into iowa med. school coming in from another school as compared to coming from U. of Iowa - just a numbers thing - they take a certain number of Iowa grads and a certain number from other schools - the ratios to getting accepted favored the applicants from outside U. of Iowa.

And no, he wouldn't start medical school still playing football.

 

[ArvadaHawk]

I'm not singling you out, hawkdrummer1, but you as well as many others here seem to think that Jake can only go to med school at Iowa. There are other med schools in the country.

I'm not saying he's going and I'm not saying he's staying, but talking like his only real option is to stay at Iowa is very shortsighted. I've got several medical doctor friends that I've played basketball with over the years. NONE of them have their doctorate from the same school as their undergrad degree, and most of them went to a third place for internship.

Knight, JR certainly could go to another school for med school. I would wager a very large amount that if he did, he would not play football. Why would he start a new school, in a new city, with the hardest part of his education starting AND have to learn a new playbook? He is entrenched at Iowa academically, in my opinion.