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I really need some perspectives on this.
I haven't been on here for a while and to be honest I'm pretty confident I've pooched myself forever with any chance of gaining admission into a North American med school (eating tons of crow after I bragged about getting 2/5 A's on my last semester which were then followed by the later postings of: B-, B-, C+ which all tallys up to cGPA 3.07, sGPA 2.97 on 153 credits ) I was pretty convinced that giving up would be the right thing to do because 1) I didn't want to lose my fiance over it (although I'm sure med school wouldn't do wonders for the relationship either) and 2) I don't have any family to support me so doing something outrageous like doing an SMP or going to the Caribbean or some other country (residency considerations aside). Before anyone mentions DO, I loathe the idea of learning OMM and loathe the idea of being represented by the AOA moreso.
All of that being mentioned, forgoing dreams of medicine sounds like the wisest course of action, obviously, but I can't help missing it and doing stupid things in my spare time like reading up on pathology or pharmacology (although the latter is for my job, Mental Health Worker, essentially an unqualified RN). If I didn't need somebody else's permission I would gladly study medicine independently (and in a sick sort of way, I kind of am) to be able to practice.
I always knew going into this that there is a very important saying: 'If you can see yourself doing anything else besides medicine, then do it' but the more I try to forget it about and see myself doing something else it seems like the more I'm thinking to myself... ****! I can't!
I haven't been on here for a while and to be honest I'm pretty confident I've pooched myself forever with any chance of gaining admission into a North American med school (eating tons of crow after I bragged about getting 2/5 A's on my last semester which were then followed by the later postings of: B-, B-, C+ which all tallys up to cGPA 3.07, sGPA 2.97 on 153 credits ) I was pretty convinced that giving up would be the right thing to do because 1) I didn't want to lose my fiance over it (although I'm sure med school wouldn't do wonders for the relationship either) and 2) I don't have any family to support me so doing something outrageous like doing an SMP or going to the Caribbean or some other country (residency considerations aside). Before anyone mentions DO, I loathe the idea of learning OMM and loathe the idea of being represented by the AOA moreso.
All of that being mentioned, forgoing dreams of medicine sounds like the wisest course of action, obviously, but I can't help missing it and doing stupid things in my spare time like reading up on pathology or pharmacology (although the latter is for my job, Mental Health Worker, essentially an unqualified RN). If I didn't need somebody else's permission I would gladly study medicine independently (and in a sick sort of way, I kind of am) to be able to practice.
I always knew going into this that there is a very important saying: 'If you can see yourself doing anything else besides medicine, then do it' but the more I try to forget it about and see myself doing something else it seems like the more I'm thinking to myself... ****! I can't!