A life situation, what do I want to do?

[JohnChops]

So I'm a Biochemistry major at a D1 university, great school. I love my professors and love learning new things every day. From Day 1 of getting into college I wanted to go to Medical School and become some type of M.D. But now that im getting more involved with my major I don't know if I want to become a M.D. anymore. I work in a hospital. I see doctors, all the money they have, cars, and of course their workload. But I also realize now that money doesn't buy happiness. Obviously having a good income is great but being rich and depressed go hand in hand.

I'm not one to give up something because of workload, nor am I to give up when something gets tough. I can't tell if I truly do NOT want to go to Med. School because I want to do something else in life or if this is just a phase. After reading Pooks post about feeling down about your life, I have to say chasing your love is what life is all about. I don't want to submit myself to some type of security.

I seriously want the opinion of the older crowd here at SS.

The problem I have is this. Some of you say, "well if you don't want to go to med school then don't go, plans change your views change, and situations go in the opposite direction and you find that you actually do not want to do something that you thought you wanted to do".

But see two things here. 1. I can't pin point the problem as to if this is just a phase where I feel like the workload and everything is just going to get harder and what if I fail? And if I don't make it to med school, am I a failure? It's like if I get a bad grade all I think about how much farther med school is and this just adds so much unwanted stress. Then if I don't worry about my bad grades, rarely happens, but when it does I feel like I need to worry about them to a certain point where im on the edge, mentally.
2. Is changing my carrer path a bad idea ? Everyone around me, including my parents, "oh its such a great income, you'll be set for life and its worth the sacrifices you have to make blah blah usual crap". But they aren't the ones going through any of this. I'm fine with sacrifices but I am not fine with sacrificing time I could be investing elsewhere to something I love doing.

I feel like I still have some exploring to do before I can fully decide on a carrer path. But I know for sure there will be some type of bio/chem involved. Maybe I have more searching to do.

Any opinions would be great guys. Thanks, I appreciate it.

 

[RobMan55]

Read the thread I just made. All the money in the world isn't worth feeling like gouging your eyes out or slitting your throat for a third or in your case half your life and even more of your waking life.

If you hate your job, that's how you'll feel.

I'm doing 40 hours a week on a corporate Finance job and if you told me I had to do it for the rest of my life, I wouldn't do it for a trillion dollars a year.

I would seriously recommend shadowing some doctors, imagining yourself in their shoes, before making a decision. I know that I felt the way I do now in an internship, just forgot how much I hated it after those 2 months were over.

 

[JohnChops]

Read the thread I just made. All the money in the world isn't worth feeling like gouging your eyes out or slitting your throat for a third or in your case half your life and even more of your waking life.

If you hate your job, that's how you'll feel.

I'm doing 40 hours a week on a corporate Finance job and if you told me I had to do it for the rest of my life, I wouldn't do it for a trillion dollars a year.

I would seriously recommend shadowing some doctors, imagining yourself in their shoes, before making a decision. I know that I felt the way I do now in an internship, just forgot how much I hated it after those 2 months were over.

thats what ill have to do before i decide. you really can't hate your carrer because its the rest of your life pretty much

 

[switch]

you my friend sound exactly like me when i was 15 -16...maybe my long lost twin bro
im still interested in biotech or biochem to be honesy

ok as a recently graduated dentist ill give my 2 cents
first realize that i graduated outside of USA.so i don't know the situation in the US.
that said , a dental/ med school isn't a big deal. trust me.
if you want money business is the way. there are a lot of businessmen who make more money than doctors.
being a doctor is all about , how can i put it, a feeling of satisfaction.
its like when you do your first filling on a patient or give them a denture, you feel satisfied.knowing that you actually helped another person.
its difficult to explain the feeling to be honest. money is not really an issue, as i said a business is way better.

also most doctors are faggots who end up marrying golddiggers or a *****, why? because a medical or dental degree is like the best virginity protection ever, absolutely guaranteed.during the course you'll be too busy studying, to actually party or think about women. you will for the most part be drinking red bull and cramming anatomy at your dorm , then going to the hospital to fill some teeth and sh!t....
after you graduate you'll be thirsty for a hole, and that's when golddiggers start hunting you. trust me,i speak from experience.

actually i'm starting to regret it now, i think it was better for me to study something that i like, rather than thinking about money.

now before you make your choice let me tell you that dentists/doctors are full of sh1t, i hate my colleagues and they hate me.also stop listening to your parents , they don't know jack when it comes to med school.
money = business , why? because you have to take LOTS of loans to finish med school, unless your dad is rich....

a typical dentist day ...go to clinic at 8am ...go for lunch at a nearby mall at 12pm , go to clinic at 3pm, go home at 8pm, sleep and enjoy back pain

for doctors its more like 6am -11pm nonstop work, trying to steal patients from the hospital and refering them to your friends or your private practice...
what is the reason that you want to be a doctor?
women?
money?
fame?
dreams?

 

[sageproduct]

You have soooo much time man. Anytime between now and pretty much day 1 of medical school you can back out without not having lost much. You could take a gap year or two if you feel like it. Plus there are plenty of different things you can do with an MD.

Nothing beats shadowing

 

[JohnChops]

you my friend sound exactly like me when i was 15 -16...maybe my long lost twin bro
im still interested in biotech or biochem to be honesy

ok as a recently graduated dentist ill give my 2 cents
first realize that i graduated outside of USA.so i don't know the situation in the US.
that said , a dental/ med school isn't a big deal. trust me.
if you want money business is the way. there are a lot of businessmen who make more money than doctors.
being a doctor is all about , how can i put it, a feeling of satisfaction.
its like when you do your first filling on a patient or give them a denture, you feel satisfied.knowing that you actually helped another person.
its difficult to explain the feeling to be honest. money is not really an issue, as i said a business is way better.

also most doctors are faggots who end up marrying golddiggers or a *****, why? because a medical or dental degree is like the best virginity protection ever, absolutely guaranteed.during the course you'll be too busy studying, to actually party or think about women. you will for the most part be drinking red bull and cramming anatomy at your dorm , then going to the hospital to fill some teeth and sh!t....
after you graduate you'll be thirsty for a hole, and that's when golddiggers start hunting you. trust me,i speak from experience.

actually i'm starting to regret it now, i think it was better for me to study something that i like, rather than thinking about money.

now before you make your choice let me tell you that dentists/doctors are full of sh1t, i hate my colleagues and they hate me.also stop listening to your parents , they don't know jack when it comes to med school.
money = business , why? because you have to take LOTS of loans to finish med school, unless your dad is rich....

a typical dentist day ...go to clinic at 8am ...go for lunch at a nearby mall at 12pm , go to clinic at 3pm, go home at 8pm, sleep and enjoy back pain

for doctors its more like 6am -11pm nonstop work, trying to steal patients from the hospital and refering them to your friends or your private practice...
what is the reason that you want to be a doctor?
women?
money?
fame?
dreams?

im interested in the human body, how disease work, how they manifest themselves and manipulate cell activity ... just everything about how the body metabolizes things is fvcking amazing to me. I want to help people and thats the way I think that I can put my knowledge and mygoal to help people to work.

Pft, I already study a lot as is. Go out? HA good one man. I ditched so many parties with this major its insane. "Oh no I cant I have an exam on thursday so I need to study sat/sun -____-" . Sometimes its stressful and sometimes its just amazing and worthy of my attention.

I honestly do NOT care about money, its my dad telling me "oh youre going to have women and all the moeny you could ever want" and I keep telling him" I dont give a sh1t about money or women, I want to help people with the knowledge I learned".

But sage you're right, I can do everything and head into med school and choose to back out or not. I know that with an M.D. I could go a lot of ways. I wanted to be a neuro/endo specialist but we'll see where that goes.

Actually since I posted this I came up with a back up plan of getting my Ph.D and working in a lab. Nothing is more fun than lab work, hands on bio/biochem is the best thing ever.I wouldn't mind spending my time in a lab doing reserach for new products and such that would be a good time.

But we'll see. The way I;ve been going I knocked out a semester off my undergrad so far so ill graduate quite early. Ive been burning through my courses and studies so far. But we will see what the future holds