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I came to the US when I was 19 (by then I only finished 2 years out of 5 at a university in my country in Interpreting department and quit due to moving out of country).
It took me 6 years to get my Green Card, so now at age 25 I can finally go to college with financial aid (I didn't go earlier, because I can't afford it).
I had been thinking a lot about who I want to be (obviously, I don't see myself as an interpreter anymore - for a number of reasons) and about 2 years ago I came to a conclusion that Psychiatrist is my dream job.
Having done some research on the cost and timing, I feel that I am ready to invest in this career (even though science has never been my forte, I've always been interested in chemistry, biology, anatomy, and the ways the human mind works...), I am ready to devote my life to it, but there is one problem: I am 25.
By the time I am a Doctor (and that is if I manage to get into medical school right after getting Bachelor's) I am going to be almost 40. My husband wants to have a child within the next 10 years (we don't have any, yet). Plus all his family and himself are against me going for a career in medicine (the enormous debt, the time, the age and the fact that I won't have time for family).
Before that I was determined to become a psychiatrist, but after I spoke with some of my husband's family members, I started doubting... To be honest I am very mad at them for scaring me like that and not believing in me.
At this point I just don't know what to do anymore... Should I push it? Will I be able to have a child, if I go to medical school? Or is it over for me at my age?
Also, how hard is it for a Psychiatrist to pay off the debt? Is there a chance I won't be able to find a job?
Please, be straightforward. I am ready for any answer, I just need it to be impersonal and candid.
Thank you in advance!
It took me 6 years to get my Green Card, so now at age 25 I can finally go to college with financial aid (I didn't go earlier, because I can't afford it).
I had been thinking a lot about who I want to be (obviously, I don't see myself as an interpreter anymore - for a number of reasons) and about 2 years ago I came to a conclusion that Psychiatrist is my dream job.
Having done some research on the cost and timing, I feel that I am ready to invest in this career (even though science has never been my forte, I've always been interested in chemistry, biology, anatomy, and the ways the human mind works...), I am ready to devote my life to it, but there is one problem: I am 25.
By the time I am a Doctor (and that is if I manage to get into medical school right after getting Bachelor's) I am going to be almost 40. My husband wants to have a child within the next 10 years (we don't have any, yet). Plus all his family and himself are against me going for a career in medicine (the enormous debt, the time, the age and the fact that I won't have time for family).
Before that I was determined to become a psychiatrist, but after I spoke with some of my husband's family members, I started doubting... To be honest I am very mad at them for scaring me like that and not believing in me.
At this point I just don't know what to do anymore... Should I push it? Will I be able to have a child, if I go to medical school? Or is it over for me at my age?
Also, how hard is it for a Psychiatrist to pay off the debt? Is there a chance I won't be able to find a job?
Please, be straightforward. I am ready for any answer, I just need it to be impersonal and candid.
Thank you in advance!