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Ok, here's my story:
*Junior at the U. of Tennessee
*California resident
*3.5 GPA
*Accounting Major, Spanish Minor
*Resident Assistant
*Orientation Leader
*Many volunteer, club, and student government experiences
*Wanted to be ob/gyn all my life, decided not to only because of a registration glitch my freshman year that put me in geology instead of on the track to premed, doing accounting only because I'm good at it
*Been thinking a lot lately about career choices, and I'm feeling more and more as though I will not be happy unless I pursue my dream and become an ob/gyn (I have no doubts it'd be an awesome fit). And I really want to do this now.
*Problem: I plan to take gen. chem and bio next year (my senior year!) and graduate in may with my accounting degree. I will then take physics and organic in what will be my fifth year, but in addition to taking one more year now, I won't be ready for the MCAT until AFTER my fifth year, putting me TWO YEARS behind for med school.
*Question: Not really SHOULD I do this, but HOW SHOULD I do this: Work and attend JC to fulfill science reqs, stay here as a full time student and volunteer and then work the year after, or what? Knowing that med school is two and a half years off is a little discouraging, but it's better than the prospect of being an unhappy accountant.
*Feel free to tell me if I'm dreaming too, I need feedback from people in the field, because most everyone I've been talking to is supportive, but doesn't really know what I'm facing.
*THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE!!! I APPRECIATE IT!!!
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Go Vols
*Junior at the U. of Tennessee
*California resident
*3.5 GPA
*Accounting Major, Spanish Minor
*Resident Assistant
*Orientation Leader
*Many volunteer, club, and student government experiences
*Wanted to be ob/gyn all my life, decided not to only because of a registration glitch my freshman year that put me in geology instead of on the track to premed, doing accounting only because I'm good at it
*Been thinking a lot lately about career choices, and I'm feeling more and more as though I will not be happy unless I pursue my dream and become an ob/gyn (I have no doubts it'd be an awesome fit). And I really want to do this now.
*Problem: I plan to take gen. chem and bio next year (my senior year!) and graduate in may with my accounting degree. I will then take physics and organic in what will be my fifth year, but in addition to taking one more year now, I won't be ready for the MCAT until AFTER my fifth year, putting me TWO YEARS behind for med school.
*Question: Not really SHOULD I do this, but HOW SHOULD I do this: Work and attend JC to fulfill science reqs, stay here as a full time student and volunteer and then work the year after, or what? Knowing that med school is two and a half years off is a little discouraging, but it's better than the prospect of being an unhappy accountant.
*Feel free to tell me if I'm dreaming too, I need feedback from people in the field, because most everyone I've been talking to is supportive, but doesn't really know what I'm facing.
*THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE!!! I APPRECIATE IT!!!
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Go Vols