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hello. i am a first year pharm student...repeating my first semester. i came from a community college, did very well, got into pharm school by the skin of my teeth. I made 3C's and 2 D's. it wasn't just the academics i struggled with, but the social aspect, jumping into a highly competitive grad level program... anyways, i am doing better. i have always thought about med school, never thought i could pull it off; have no college graduates in my family; a confidence issue. i am here now and would really like to have more hands on interaction with helping people then i feel like i can get with pharm.. i traveled to s.e. asia solo, went to a small isolated village and saw a little child with a huge deeply infected splinter in his leg....nobody there to do anything. i couldn't help. so my thoughts... p.a. (physician assistant school~2 1/2 year program, more competitive than pharm school) school after my four years of pharm school is over? contemplate med school? med school after pharm? i am 27 1/2years old. should i just stick to where i am in my life, knock out pharm school and utilize my knowledge? I know i am determined enough to not live an unhappy life; my question is about timing...risks and benefits.... taking a chance and know when it is the right time to do it or not...i was extremely intimidated just getting into pharm school. any thoughts would be very helpful. thanks