Advice, dropping out of med school? keep pushing?

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...and I think the majority of med students would agree with me. those who think otherwise went to med school for all the wrong reasons and those who complain about being a third year have very little perspective. you've got to start somewhere and in clinical medicine the learning curve is very steep so yes, there will be a lot of standing around and not knowing what's going on and various people not including you but it's up to you to try to learn something from every situation.

Well I thought 3rd year sucked. I don't know why anyone would enjoy essentially starting a new job every few weeks for an entire year. Add overworked residents as your boss and a very subjective grading system it is a recipe for an no fun experience.

Now, being done with 3rd year and knowing the basics of medicine is pretty cool.

 

[omn]

No one believes a medical students that they dropped out because they didn't like it... 99.9% will believe you failed your exams even if you didn't take them or did take them and passed them.. I'm sorry but that's the cruel thing people have in their head.

I agree, these are the kinds of posts that make me think that some of the threads on studentdoctor.net are made up for effect.. but seriously, it does seem a bit irresponsible to be all the way into your third year and give up.. if this is a real story, let me try to give you some wisdom, it seems like you have gotten this far successfully working with your medical instructors and classmates and that's the kind of thing that will be invaluable no matter where you end up... so I agree with the sentiment above with the addition that, to be honest, this seems a bit of a made up story, but alas, likely there's no way of knowing for sure.. as we all know..... also, I am in my 40's and in my 3rd year, so I hope this is wisdom... :/ don't do it...

 

[Kale01]

No one believes a medical students that they dropped out because they didn't like it... 99.9% will believe you failed your exams even if you didn't take them or did take them and passed them.. I'm sorry but that's the cruel thing people have in their head.

Are you questioning the authenticity of the post? If not, who cares what people think? In the real world, unless it's your boss, that person's opinion doesn't matter.

 

[omn]

Issue being ? ... it won't be only your boss(es) .. opinion that matters, rather for example, HR recruiters', coworkers', alumni, and managers in lateral departments where you might want to move who will look at your résumé and may raise questions; i.e., not just take your boss(es) opinion.. it's more likely in a big company (a Fortune 100 company for example) they won't even know your boss, but the HR recruiter (who will know you as an employee ID # AND with "such and such" amount of experience) will see your boss(es) reviews (perhaps a number scale from 1-5 on various points (say he/she liked you and you got mostly 4's) and then, for example, quite commonly, that HR recruiter will recommend or not recommend you to other people In the company based on it...
or maybe a very powerful HR recruiter won't even bother to forward it because they think your background is strange... say or imagine that they r jealous of someone who was smart enough to go almost 3 years to medical school ... so they consistently "ditch" yor resume..
so would disagree with this " - it's only your boss that matters - kind of feeling about it... I really think it's an incorrect way to understand our workforce... especially Fortune 100 companies...

 

[Kale01]

Issue being ? ... it won't be only your boss(es) .. opinion that matters, rather for example, HR recruiters', coworkers', alumni, and managers in lateral departments where you might want to move who will look at your résumé and may raise questions; i.e., not just take your boss(es) opinion.. it's more likely in a big company (a Fortune 100 company for example) they won't even know your boss, but the HR recruiter (who will know you as an employee ID # AND with "such and such" amount of experience) will see your boss(es) reviews (perhaps a number scale from 1-5 on various points (say he/she liked you and you got mostly 4's) and then, for example, quite commonly, that HR recruiter will recommend or not recommend you to other people In the company based on it...
or maybe a very powerful HR recruiter won't even bother to forward it because they think your background is strange... say or imagine that they r jealous of someone who was smart enough to go almost 3 years to medical school ... so they consistently "ditch" yor resume..
so would disagree with this " - it's only your boss that matters - kind of feeling about it... I really think it's an incorrect way to understand our workforce... especially Fortune 100 companies...

I was primarily discussing the opinion of the general population - their opinions don't matter. To be fair, a dropout probably has to go back for another (hopefully less expensive) degree to have a shot at jobs in other fields. To be frank, I don't think a med school dropout is qualified for a job at a corporation or Fortune 100 company. They don't usually look for people with biology degrees. Neither is a medical school graduate for that matter. So either you commit to the profession or do another degree and go into another field.

 

[lmay0001]

I am teaching English after medicine in japan....like everything is possible. they call me Doctor and not SensEi 😀 plus I love the job even if I live in a small apartment and eat 7eleven food. !

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

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