similarswordfish
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I’m a junior (planning on taking a gap year regardless of which route I take), and for the life of me I cannot make this decision.
I call myself pre-med, I’ve been pre-med since starting college, and I’ve followed all of the pre-med coursework and advice I possibly could. Every couple months, PA school creeps back into my head and makes me question everything, and It’s getting to be crunch time. The lateral mobility, shorter timeline, and increased direct patient contact really fits with what I (currently) want out of life. That being said, my mother is a mid-level practitioner who somewhat regrets not taking the physician path due to limitations she faces in her scope. I’m terrified of regret, and I don’t want to realize decades down the road that I should’ve gone to med school. If I’m being totally honest, the academic validation of having a doctoral degree also plays a part in my thought process. Part of me thinks if I’m going to go in, I might as well go “all in” (med school).
I’m feeling very lost and would love some insight from med students, physicians, PA students, or PA’s who struggled with the choice between the two paths.
I call myself pre-med, I’ve been pre-med since starting college, and I’ve followed all of the pre-med coursework and advice I possibly could. Every couple months, PA school creeps back into my head and makes me question everything, and It’s getting to be crunch time. The lateral mobility, shorter timeline, and increased direct patient contact really fits with what I (currently) want out of life. That being said, my mother is a mid-level practitioner who somewhat regrets not taking the physician path due to limitations she faces in her scope. I’m terrified of regret, and I don’t want to realize decades down the road that I should’ve gone to med school. If I’m being totally honest, the academic validation of having a doctoral degree also plays a part in my thought process. Part of me thinks if I’m going to go in, I might as well go “all in” (med school).
I’m feeling very lost and would love some insight from med students, physicians, PA students, or PA’s who struggled with the choice between the two paths.