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Before you begin reading, I would just like to preface that this may come out long. Please skip to the third paragraph if you don't want to read my prologue. I appreciate anyone taking the time to read this. For reference, I am 19.
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In high school, I originally wanted to go to medical school. I took around nine AP courses all related to what I thought I would do and to knock out pre-reqs for medical schools (Calculus I & II, Biology, Psychology, Statistics, Research, etc.). I was set on my goals. However, as college rolled along, I began to question my future. Did I really want to go to school for that long? Did I really want the debt? Did I really want to delay my other hobbies, friend visitation, and most importantly: starting a family with the woman I love? So I sat back, and pondered. I explored other options. I knew I could push through and receive an engineering degree. I knew I could probably do computer science, business, etc. However, I realized almost immediately that these paths were not for me. I could not imagine a future where I was not in the medical field.
It is then that I decided on nursing. Long story short, I am enjoying it so far. I enter into the clinical nursing program next semester, and although I may have lost a semester due to my indecisiveness early on, I feel reinvigorated. This lasted for a little while, until I had a conversation with my general manager and a coworker at the store I work at (Best Buy). They inspired me to reanalyze my decisions, and the more I look at it, the more appealing graduate school appears to me.
I have analyzed the data on a lot of medical specialties and have watched a bunch of "day in the life videos" (still need to shadow some of these professions in person) and the one that appeals to me the most is anesthesiology. However, I see that CRNAs also do much of what an anesthesiologist does. I am honestly torn between what I should tailor my college focus on. I don't know if I should keep taking pre-med courses on top of my nursing curriculum (risk a lower, less competitive GPA for CRNA schools), or drop them and go full focus on my nursing curriculum. I feel like I may be selling myself short, along with risking the safety of patients if I do no go down the medical school route (no disrespect to CRNAs, but I feel that medical school + residency would prepare me better for emergency situations). I also do not want to miss the future weddings of friends, delay having children, missing all my kids' events (assuming I do become an anesthesiologist), and just delaying other "adult" things like home ownership, paying off college debt, etc. I like the doors and room for specialization that an MD/DO in anesthesiology opens, along with the better training. But, I like the "lack of delay" on life the CRNA career can bring.
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I understand answers may be biased as I am posting on a pre-med forum (I hope this is the right spot lol), but I could really just use some insight. Thank you all.
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In high school, I originally wanted to go to medical school. I took around nine AP courses all related to what I thought I would do and to knock out pre-reqs for medical schools (Calculus I & II, Biology, Psychology, Statistics, Research, etc.). I was set on my goals. However, as college rolled along, I began to question my future. Did I really want to go to school for that long? Did I really want the debt? Did I really want to delay my other hobbies, friend visitation, and most importantly: starting a family with the woman I love? So I sat back, and pondered. I explored other options. I knew I could push through and receive an engineering degree. I knew I could probably do computer science, business, etc. However, I realized almost immediately that these paths were not for me. I could not imagine a future where I was not in the medical field.
It is then that I decided on nursing. Long story short, I am enjoying it so far. I enter into the clinical nursing program next semester, and although I may have lost a semester due to my indecisiveness early on, I feel reinvigorated. This lasted for a little while, until I had a conversation with my general manager and a coworker at the store I work at (Best Buy). They inspired me to reanalyze my decisions, and the more I look at it, the more appealing graduate school appears to me.
I have analyzed the data on a lot of medical specialties and have watched a bunch of "day in the life videos" (still need to shadow some of these professions in person) and the one that appeals to me the most is anesthesiology. However, I see that CRNAs also do much of what an anesthesiologist does. I am honestly torn between what I should tailor my college focus on. I don't know if I should keep taking pre-med courses on top of my nursing curriculum (risk a lower, less competitive GPA for CRNA schools), or drop them and go full focus on my nursing curriculum. I feel like I may be selling myself short, along with risking the safety of patients if I do no go down the medical school route (no disrespect to CRNAs, but I feel that medical school + residency would prepare me better for emergency situations). I also do not want to miss the future weddings of friends, delay having children, missing all my kids' events (assuming I do become an anesthesiologist), and just delaying other "adult" things like home ownership, paying off college debt, etc. I like the doors and room for specialization that an MD/DO in anesthesiology opens, along with the better training. But, I like the "lack of delay" on life the CRNA career can bring.
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I understand answers may be biased as I am posting on a pre-med forum (I hope this is the right spot lol), but I could really just use some insight. Thank you all.
