Hello!
I am going to be a 3rd year undergraduate student studying public health and biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University. I am currently a pre-med student but I have put deep consideration into other career routes. I am still currently deciding if the cons of being a doctor outweigh the pros, but like I said, I am trying to research possible careers for me! I really really enjoy biochemistry (not the actual class), medicine, genetics (again not the class haha), virology and pathology, and environmental interaction. In fact, I am currently doing environmental-genetic interaction and health disparities research with one of my professors and I absolutely love it.
I don't know if this is worth mentioning, but by far my favorite class I have ever taken during my undergraduate thus far is anatomy and physiology. I found it so interesting how and why we become paralyzed on the chemical level when we are bitten by a spider or something. I found it so applicable.
I like to be mentally challenged even if it stresses me out. I think this does me more good than harm. I also love the idea of forming a relationship with people which is one of the main reasons I wanted to be a doctor in the first place. That is also part of the reason I have considered genetics counseling, and even a nutritionist.
Some other careers I have researched a bit on is epidemiology and biostats/bioinformatics. I have read how epidemiology is not a rewarding career, if we are talking about money.
I hate to say this, but I want to make quadruple the national average salary (which is ~$25,000 give or take) by the time I hit the peak in my career. This sounds really greedy and I understand that money management is based on how you spend and not how much you make.
Feel free to message me or comment about any careers you think I would enjoy! I feel like career research isn't done enough and there are some careers/jobs out there that aren't in the mainstream.
Another thing worth mentioning is that I kind of do not want to work as a nurse/community health worker.
I am going to be a 3rd year undergraduate student studying public health and biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University. I am currently a pre-med student but I have put deep consideration into other career routes. I am still currently deciding if the cons of being a doctor outweigh the pros, but like I said, I am trying to research possible careers for me! I really really enjoy biochemistry (not the actual class), medicine, genetics (again not the class haha), virology and pathology, and environmental interaction. In fact, I am currently doing environmental-genetic interaction and health disparities research with one of my professors and I absolutely love it.
I don't know if this is worth mentioning, but by far my favorite class I have ever taken during my undergraduate thus far is anatomy and physiology. I found it so interesting how and why we become paralyzed on the chemical level when we are bitten by a spider or something. I found it so applicable.
I like to be mentally challenged even if it stresses me out. I think this does me more good than harm. I also love the idea of forming a relationship with people which is one of the main reasons I wanted to be a doctor in the first place. That is also part of the reason I have considered genetics counseling, and even a nutritionist.
Some other careers I have researched a bit on is epidemiology and biostats/bioinformatics. I have read how epidemiology is not a rewarding career, if we are talking about money.
I hate to say this, but I want to make quadruple the national average salary (which is ~$25,000 give or take) by the time I hit the peak in my career. This sounds really greedy and I understand that money management is based on how you spend and not how much you make.
Feel free to message me or comment about any careers you think I would enjoy! I feel like career research isn't done enough and there are some careers/jobs out there that aren't in the mainstream.
Another thing worth mentioning is that I kind of do not want to work as a nurse/community health worker.