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I'm sure some you guys have seen me post in the premed forums and even here about whether I should do an MD or a PhD...
Well, I've finally realized that the best option for me is to do both.
It is funny because last semester I had come back from Wash U in St. Louis having done a great job that summer doing research, and I felt great.
And things sort of all fell apart when I had trouble balancing research, academics, and my RA job.
My GPA took a hit and because at some point I lost my confidence that semester.
I lost my desire to get an MD for some reason and thought that the PhD would be great in a number of ways - benefiting humanity - researching new techniques etc.
Then I went on the SDN, talked to a few PhDs about job opportunities. And they all gave me the insight on how tough it is to find a good job with the PhD and how competitive it is these days especially in academia.
And then I decided to go back to MD only, for a few days.
But then I saw how much paranoia and greed is behind a lot of the MD application process. That is what I always hated about the MD application process, and those feelings of paranoia and greed even started to rub off on me.
Well, I've finally realized that the best option for me is to do both.
It is funny because last semester I had come back from Wash U in St. Louis having done a great job that summer doing research, and I felt great.
And things sort of all fell apart when I had trouble balancing research, academics, and my RA job.
My GPA took a hit and because at some point I lost my confidence that semester.
I lost my desire to get an MD for some reason and thought that the PhD would be great in a number of ways - benefiting humanity - researching new techniques etc.
Then I went on the SDN, talked to a few PhDs about job opportunities. And they all gave me the insight on how tough it is to find a good job with the PhD and how competitive it is these days especially in academia.
And then I decided to go back to MD only, for a few days.
But then I saw how much paranoia and greed is behind a lot of the MD application process. That is what I always hated about the MD application process, and those feelings of paranoia and greed even started to rub off on me.
