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Hello SDN,
First time poster here. A little about myself: I'm a non-trad student (hence the forum selection). I started school at a community college years ago, say 8 or 9, did the troubled youth thing, went from being a straight A student to failing a bunch of classes my last semester, and finally took a nice, long break. Said "I'll go back to school one day" about a billion times, before life finally shook me back and forth, and I went through a quarter life crisis. I saved up money, re-took all the classes I failed, and bumped up my GPA from a 2.7 to a 3.7 in a single semester.
I've decided to pursue medical school, because I think it will make me feel really fulfilled in the long run. I'm thinking I would like to pursue Psychiatry or Neurology, but I'm well aware I could change my mind once I'm actually in med school, and I'm keeping my mind open to other possibilities. I'm a long way off from having that be my main concern.
I'm now transferring to a major university, and about to begin my junior year. Here's the deal: I was previously a psych major, and have almost NO prereqs done. I'm kinda freaking out, because I don't know if I should 1.) switch majors to Biology, so I can get all the prereqs done in 2 years, or if 2.) I can stay within Psych, and still get all the prereqs done?? I have a friend who just graduated med school, and he said if I switch to Bio I might have to start all the way at the beginning, and add an addition year or two on time to completion of my Bachelors. I'm not in a financial position to do this. Basically, a really awesome person has agreed to fund my living expenses while I go to school full time, but I could not ask them to do this for more than 2 years.
Not sure if anyone has any similar experiences/advice on finishing all the prereqs in 2 years, and if this is possible in a non-bio major. Really wish I'd known what I wanted to do a little sooner in life, but you know what they say, hindsights 20/20!
First time poster here. A little about myself: I'm a non-trad student (hence the forum selection). I started school at a community college years ago, say 8 or 9, did the troubled youth thing, went from being a straight A student to failing a bunch of classes my last semester, and finally took a nice, long break. Said "I'll go back to school one day" about a billion times, before life finally shook me back and forth, and I went through a quarter life crisis. I saved up money, re-took all the classes I failed, and bumped up my GPA from a 2.7 to a 3.7 in a single semester.
I've decided to pursue medical school, because I think it will make me feel really fulfilled in the long run. I'm thinking I would like to pursue Psychiatry or Neurology, but I'm well aware I could change my mind once I'm actually in med school, and I'm keeping my mind open to other possibilities. I'm a long way off from having that be my main concern.
I'm now transferring to a major university, and about to begin my junior year. Here's the deal: I was previously a psych major, and have almost NO prereqs done. I'm kinda freaking out, because I don't know if I should 1.) switch majors to Biology, so I can get all the prereqs done in 2 years, or if 2.) I can stay within Psych, and still get all the prereqs done?? I have a friend who just graduated med school, and he said if I switch to Bio I might have to start all the way at the beginning, and add an addition year or two on time to completion of my Bachelors. I'm not in a financial position to do this. Basically, a really awesome person has agreed to fund my living expenses while I go to school full time, but I could not ask them to do this for more than 2 years.
Not sure if anyone has any similar experiences/advice on finishing all the prereqs in 2 years, and if this is possible in a non-bio major. Really wish I'd known what I wanted to do a little sooner in life, but you know what they say, hindsights 20/20!
