Wow you turned down U. Vermont to applied to pharm school? Interesting. For me, it was the other way around. I used to work at a pharmacy for 4 years and realized that it wasn't a good fit for me. Good luck with your endeavors.
Well, note that most of the med schools he applied were good for primary care. From a pure financial standpoint, to become a primary care physician the numbers just don't add up as pretty as being a pharmacist.
I was in a similar boat. I was accepted into Wayne State med school, but me and my ex-gf was crazy in love at that time, so I turned it down to be with her. Things didn't work few years later, besides wishing I hadn't lost my head over a girl, I was trying to decide whether to go back to med school or go to pharmacy school. One of the deciding factor was time, cost and return on investment.
A primary care costs $200k+, takes 7 years to complete. Pays about $150K for 60 hours workweek. Well, I was into oncology, it pays more but would take me another 11 years from start to finish.
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Then there is pharmacy school. Only costs $60-80K and 4 years. Pays $100K for $40 hr workweek, or $150K for 60hr, same as primary care.
It's difficult to justify the huge time and student loans. It's numbers like this that explains why there is a shortage of primary care docs -- people are practical, $$$ and time have to make sense.
this thread. It's kind of why I avoided opening up until after I heard from everyone.
