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[toehammer]

you need to get laid.

 

[Dr JPH]

you need to get laid.

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There ARE things you can do with your medical degree besides practice medicine.

Do you think part of the problem is that you have yet to find what specialty or area of medicine you like?

Does your school allow you to take a year off?

 

[Bevo]

that feeling inevitably happens. A lot of times where I feel and start thinking "why the hell am I doing this". I see my friends getting married, starting families, buying houses, etc. And I see myself still living off loans, haven't lived in 1 place for more than year (I've lived in many cities/countries over the past 3-4 years). But then I think of the alternative and how lousy my life could have been if I didn't get myself on track and worked to get into med school.

 

[BeatrixKiddo]

that feeling inevitably happens. A lot of times where I feel and start thinking "why the hell am I doing this". I see my friends getting married, starting families, buying houses, etc. And I see myself still living off loans, haven't lived in 1 place for more than year (I've lived in many cities/countries over the past 3-4 years). But then I think of the alternative and how lousy my life could have been if I didn't get myself on track and worked to get into med school.

True..
By the way, why did you move around?

 

[Bevo]

basic sciences on the island. part of our education in miami. started rotations in nyc. Hated it. Moved to chicago. Moving again for my last electives. Tis the life

 

[gunit07]

the problem with the year off thing is that I cannot afford to start repaying my loans, which is inevitably what I would have to start doing....the other problem with the year off is that i cant finance my living here without a loan...and my school wont give you loans unless u are in school..the last problem with the year off thing...i would like to just get this whole thing over with and not prolong this insanity.

actually i had one rotation that i liked....i really enjoyed psych, and if i do practice, thats what i would end up doing i imagine. however it was my first rotation, so it's hard to tell right?

the thing is the whole medical system frustrates me sometimes. i feel like so much has changed now and doctors cannot practice the way they choose....im afraid of litigation...its a daunting thing to realize that every time i work with a patient, i have the potential of getting sued.

and third year is so crazy. i hate every time when i start a new rotation it's always new and you have no idea what's going on...i hate making mistakes, im always afraid im realllly going to screw up.

i hate being so exhausted and worrying about when im going to get some free time so i can STUDY for the shelf. i hate that i have to see my loved ones so much less because of this lifestyle =(

i guess im just venting now. i have a question for u all, if u could go back to the premed days, knowing everything you know now, would you still go into medicine?? ive asked this question to a lot of people and ive gotten a range of responses...

wait until third year is over. you've already paid for most of it right? just finish it up and see what happens... i myself found myself hating third year a lot and wondering what the heck i was doing here anyways... (why on earth would i move far away from my family so i could go to some random city all by myself to be this miserable??)

third year is the best and worst year of your entire schooling - it's totally unfair in grading and the way people treat you since you're at the bottom of the food chain, but at the same time you get to see/do things that average people will NEVER EVER see/do.
taking shelf exams SUCKS; once you're a fourth year and you dont have to take exams, things are all of a sudden much better🙂 The exams will not be there forever and they'll get easier for you as you specialize in something you actually LIKE.

you will find something that makes you think that this has been worth it. there were many rotations that I absolutely hated, knew i would definitely NOT be going
into that field, but suffered through the 8 weeks... now that it's all over and I am doing rotations that I have chosen for myself, I am much happier and those 8 weeks were miniscule compared to the fact that I get to spend the rest of my career in a field I like. Hopefully you will be able to find a field that does that for you too... dont forget about the fields that we get minimal exposure to as third years (ie: anesthesia, radiology, urology, derm, etc)

a year ago, I would have said that if I could go back and redo everything, I'd have gone to law school or dental school... but - knowing what i know NOW as a fourth year, I definitely would go through it again. Suffering through the rotations I hated are now just bad memories...


stick with it - read some of the posts about how awesome fourth year is - becuase it really is great🙂 good luck🙂