Anyone who was a pre-med turned optometry?

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[4Eyes]

I was a pre-med turned pre-opt. I had considered optometry before, then decided that I wanted to go to med school and hopefully go on to ob-gyn. About midway through sophomore year (before I had taken the MCAT), I started thinking optometry again. GPA wasn't a problem, but I did start thinking about what I wanted my life to be like when I was out of school. There are medical professions that allow a 9-5 work schedule, but ob-gyn is not one of them. I thought about it a lot, observed some ODs, and decided to pursue optometry instead. Of course lifestyle isn't the only reason I decided to go the optometry route, but it is a valid one. It wasn't a hard transition since the pre-reqs are more or less the same.

Edit: I think there are actually a LOT of us out there with similar stories....

 

[princesspinknes]

I was a pre-med turned pre-opt. I had considered optometry before, then decided that I wanted to go to med school and hopefully go on to ob-gyn. About midway through sophomore year (before I had taken the MCAT), I started thinking optometry again. GPA wasn't a problem, but I did start thinking about what I wanted my life to be like when I was out of school. There are medical professions that allow a 9-5 work schedule, but ob-gyn is not one of them. I thought about it a lot, observed some ODs, and decided to pursue optometry instead. Of course lifestyle isn't the only reason I decided to go the optometry route, but it is a valid one. It wasn't a hard transition since the pre-reqs are more or less the same.

Edit: I think there are actually a LOT of us out there with similar stories....

ditto for me actually..i also wanted to pursue MD ob-gyn (!!) but I volunteered at a hospital and I really disliked the atmosphere and the relationships the doctors had with nurses and patients alike. not to say that an experience in a private practice wouldn't have been different, but this initial reaction steered me away from MD. I found out about OD in my physics class, shadowed, and loved it. the rest, as they say, is history.

 

[hfpepperbean47]

ditto for me actually..i also wanted to pursue MD ob-gyn (!!) but I volunteered at a hospital and I really disliked the atmosphere and the relationships the doctors had with nurses and patients alike. not to say that an experience in a private practice wouldn't have been different, but this initial reaction steered me away from MD. I found out about OD in my physics class, shadowed, and loved it. the rest, as they say, is history.

I've always wondered who "they" are.

 

[IndianaOD]

I graduated Pre-Med (yes that was the major) with a very high GPA. I too just liked optometry better and the flow of the practice. My med school choices were dermatology and ophthalmology. I still think dermatology is intersting, but not as much as optometry.