Hey everyone.
I'm going to be a high school Senior, and I'm pretty much dead set on eventually going into military healthcare. I've always wanted to be a Doctor up until about a year ago, when I came to the realization of how hard it is (which is weird, because I'm usually pretty fearless with this sort of stuff). I have this huge fear that I'll fail and have to be a teacher or something. So then I started looking into Nursing. The ROTC nursing scholarships aren't competitive (thus the money is pretty much given automatically), which is great because my family has no money to put toward school, and I'd have a "good" career at 22. But deep inside, I know that nursing isn't right for me. I like MEDICINE, not nursing. This sounds corny, but my heart is telling me Physician. I don't care one bit about the salary or prestige, I just want to A) serve my country and B) be a great doctor. But nursing seems VERY secure for me right now, I just don't want to do it as much as medicine. I can just see myself being a Doctor.
If I don't get an ROTC scholarship, I'd have to attempt to take out a massive loan for pre-med (One that I don't know if I can even get due to my family's awful credit). I'm assuming if I got one, the interest rate would be incredibly high. If I didn't get into medical school, wouldn't I be financially screwed?
I'm trying to stay chill about this stuff, but I need to be realistic. I need to pay for school, and I have to mark "Nurse option" or "regular" on these scholarship forms. Once I hit "submit", there's no turning back.
What should I do?
I'm going to be a high school Senior, and I'm pretty much dead set on eventually going into military healthcare. I've always wanted to be a Doctor up until about a year ago, when I came to the realization of how hard it is (which is weird, because I'm usually pretty fearless with this sort of stuff). I have this huge fear that I'll fail and have to be a teacher or something. So then I started looking into Nursing. The ROTC nursing scholarships aren't competitive (thus the money is pretty much given automatically), which is great because my family has no money to put toward school, and I'd have a "good" career at 22. But deep inside, I know that nursing isn't right for me. I like MEDICINE, not nursing. This sounds corny, but my heart is telling me Physician. I don't care one bit about the salary or prestige, I just want to A) serve my country and B) be a great doctor. But nursing seems VERY secure for me right now, I just don't want to do it as much as medicine. I can just see myself being a Doctor.
If I don't get an ROTC scholarship, I'd have to attempt to take out a massive loan for pre-med (One that I don't know if I can even get due to my family's awful credit). I'm assuming if I got one, the interest rate would be incredibly high. If I didn't get into medical school, wouldn't I be financially screwed?
I'm trying to stay chill about this stuff, but I need to be realistic. I need to pay for school, and I have to mark "Nurse option" or "regular" on these scholarship forms. Once I hit "submit", there's no turning back.
What should I do?
