It's not like I'm totally against going into pharmacy. I still think it's interesting but giving it more thought, I like how doctors can do physical examinations and diagnosis patients. Pharmacists can't do that and yes they can counsel but I don't think I'd get the satisfaction out of that . I'm in my third year of undergraduate and I've been working as a pharmacy technician for awhile and I'm on board for the pre-pharmacy club. I've always tried to decide between pharmacy school and medical school and I thought my calling was pharmacy but I've thought about it again and now I'm hesitant. I'm so close to finishing undergraduate and I'm doing all these things related to pharmacy, would I still have a chance if I applied to medical school? My GPA isn't so good at the moment (3.3) and I haven't taken the MCAT. I've volunteered a bit and I was a PCA for half a year at a senior home. I just need someone to help show me my options and why or why shouldn't I stay in pharmacy.
To each their own, but I would hardly define a job a sole "calling." Fishing / Hunting are my callings (they just don't pay the bills, no matter how many youtube clips I could do with state record bucks and angler fish
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To avoid rose colored glasses, you need to shadow a variety of attendings and look at the pros and cons. Matter of fact, I don't see why you shouldn't shadow different healthcare fields during your last year of undergrad (PAs, NPs, Physical Therapists, Dentists, Optometrists, etc.). Whatever decisions you make, your looking at sacrificing the next 4 to 10 years to study for a career that you'll be pulling six figure loans out to pursue.
No matter what you are pondering, you need to get your GPA with an upward trend. Ask some of our adcoms on the site: your sGPA needs to be hovering at a 3.5 or better to really set you up for an MD route. Not only that, but until you take the MCAT there is no way in telling if you are ready to apply to any MD/DO program. Do all the prerequisites for a majority of your healthcare fields so you set yourself up with more opportunities.
Other than that: presuming you had a 4.0 GPA, 1000 hours of volunteer work, 2 years in a pharmacy and 2 years as a phlebotomist, perfect score on PCAT & MCAT, 500 hours of shadowing physicians, PAs, NPs, on and on and on.....most would say go MD/DO route. For your final questionnaire: Pharmacy is saturated with wages lowering and tuition costs being as high as some MD schools without the potential pay. Pick your Poison.
TLDR; Jobs are hardly a calling. No one knows what you want. Do all prereqs and shadow a variety of healthcare fields (even those that diagnose and prescribe). Your GPA needs to be higher. Without a MCAT score no one can say what chance you have (although as said, your GPA is on the low end). Pharmacy is saturated and wages are going lower. In a perfect GPA + PCAT + MCAT score of a world, go MD/DO route.
