If you could go back in time, would you become a doctor?
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Nah, doctors go through hell for their graduate years. I couldnt deal with the stress at all. Id gladly stick with my chem eng. degree
Capt Caveman
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I'm in my thirties and next fall will start going for my post-bac in premed. Then either med or veterinary school. It's never too late.
Hell no. I do sometimes regret not applying myself and achieving more academically, I think that's normal, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a doctor and that's why I have the utmost respect for them.
Hell no.
I'd never get past the physics. Hell Id probably never get past the chemistry either.
I'd do what I am best at and thats BS and politics. Probably law school in a year... Unless I can come up with a sound financial plan to live, work, and go to school in DC...
I'd never get past the physics. Hell Id probably never get past the chemistry either.
I'd do what I am best at and thats BS and politics. Probably law school in a year... Unless I can come up with a sound financial plan to live, work, and go to school in DC...
I'd consider going back and becoming a lawyer, maybe.
Or I'd go to the coding side of IT instead of the support/administration side.
Or I'd go to the coding side of IT instead of the support/administration side.
I am a doctor... of philosophy! I got my PhD in chemical engineering.
Do I regret not getting my MD? Not for a second. I don't like the sight of blood or other bodily fluids. It doesn't make me sick, just uneasy. The idea of cutting up a dead body is highly repulsive as well.
Are you asking if it is normal to regret not doing more with your life in general? Such as not becoming a lawyer, astronaut, etc? I think it is normal to have regrets, I know that I have a few from time to time. Just remember that history never reveals its alternatives. You never really know what would have happened had you made a different choice. Be happy with what you have, and you can always work to better yourself and your situation if that is what you want to do.
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Do I regret not getting my MD? Not for a second. I don't like the sight of blood or other bodily fluids. It doesn't make me sick, just uneasy. The idea of cutting up a dead body is highly repulsive as well.
Are you asking if it is normal to regret not doing more with your life in general? Such as not becoming a lawyer, astronaut, etc? I think it is normal to have regrets, I know that I have a few from time to time. Just remember that history never reveals its alternatives. You never really know what would have happened had you made a different choice. Be happy with what you have, and you can always work to better yourself and your situation if that is what you want to do.
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I go to law school in DC. Rethink it. Seriously, unless you really want to work at a big firm, there are better careers around here. Get a clearance, for one, and you're set.
At the least, go at night, that's what I do. I'm at least building a career at a large company where I could go into legal or move into management, depending on how much I actually like law when I graduate. The schedule sucks, but you're not sinking money without any income this way.
Unless you've been there, law school:
a) isn't what you think it is; and
b) leads to the practice of law ONLY (!), unless you're already well-connected.
My tuition has taught me how to read, research, write, and speak to others, but has also made me question whether or not I want to be a lawyer.
Give it some thought. I do enjoy what I've made of the education, but it's vocational. If you don't ultimately want law as a trade, find something else.
To address the OP, yes, I wish I'd gone to med school, every day. I don't think I lack the intelligence, but I do lack the work ethic that a doctor needs. I'm still young, though, and I hope I can pull it together and go at some point.
Well, I suppose that's why I'm applying to grad school. Biochemistry/bioengineering. If all goes well...I'll soon be SWAMPED with high-level work that has a twinge of humanitarianism in it somewhere
I'll be honest, I thought I should have been a physician up until the time I started working closely with them. I am a pharmaceutical rep and now I am extremely happy I did not choose that field. They are some of the most stressed out, unhappy bunch of people you will meet. The entire healthcare industry is trying to move away from physicians and go towards cheaper solutions such as PA's and Nurse practitioners. This is costing the physicians patients and a lot of income. There are some states that have become so socialized that the average physician is making less than $100,000 a year and then they have to pay huge insurance premiums on top of that along with some of the largest student loan payments you will find. They are on call all the time and they are forced to work extra hours to see enough patients to make up for those they are loosing to the quick clinics.
I have had many a dinner with a physician where they envy me as a rep and say that they wish they had made a different choice. The only physicians that seem to be doing a little better are the specialists, such as the dermatologists and plastic surgeons because they have less to bill through insurance and little on call time. So, on the surface the money might look tempting, but when you dig a little deeper, they probably earn less per hour than the rest of us and lead kind of crappy lives until retirement.
I have had many a dinner with a physician where they envy me as a rep and say that they wish they had made a different choice. The only physicians that seem to be doing a little better are the specialists, such as the dermatologists and plastic surgeons because they have less to bill through insurance and little on call time. So, on the surface the money might look tempting, but when you dig a little deeper, they probably earn less per hour than the rest of us and lead kind of crappy lives until retirement.
No, it would be to completely seperate paths. I should have made that more clear.
If I were to go into law Id stay in Texas. DC would be all about getting into politics. I already have experiance to get a job on the Hill, athough which position would rely on a lot of different things. And I can probably get into GW's Legislative Affairs program. The problem is money $$$$. DC's cost of living is expensive. GW is expensive. Financial Aid and Working on the hill would be cutting things close. Then you throw in the cost of a entirely new professional wardrobe(its suit and tie on the hill every day of the week), and moving, etc it adds up.
My ideal scenario, is go to DC, work my way up to cheif of staff by my mid 30's. . Late 30s leave DC and go back to Texas. Go to law school. Then become a lawyer/lobbyist. That is where the $$$$$ money is.
slightlyhuman
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going for my RN right now(won't stop there). currently work in OR now and love every bit of it. i'm not MD material.
Geekbabe
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In a heartbeat... I was on my way to being an MD but an autistic child put the skids to that one.
I interpreted the questions as going back in time...to the medieval period? Sure, I suppose I could make hundreds of "discoveries!"
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