Dental School vs Anesthesiologist Assistant Masters program

[tbone0217]

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I am a recent graduate with a Bachelors in Biochemistry. Considering the AA program at emory university and dental school. i have taken all the necessary prereqs for both. I have also taken the MCAT, GRE, and am taking the DAT next week (as you can see I'm indecisive). All i know is that i want to work in healthcare and have reasonable hours. I am trying to justify the extra school and debt that Dental school would require. On the other hand, I am worried that AA's will only be able to work rough hours (call, nights and weekends) and only be able to work close to large cities (I live in Ga= ATL).
Which career do you think would be better in terms of job security, flexibility, stress, work hours.
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Compensation, taking into account 2 years of school for AA and 75k in debt versus 4 years of dental school and 150k in debt + the cost of buying a practice.

thoughts?

 

[12345a]

why work for someone else when you can work for yourself....go with dentistry

 

[Emmie]

I am a recent graduate with a Bachelors in Biochemistry. Considering the AA program at emory university and dental school. i have taken all the necessary prereqs for both. I have also taken the MCAT, GRE, and am taking the DAT next week (as you can see I'm indecisive). All i know is that i want to work in healthcare and have reasonable hours. I am trying to justify the extra school and debt that Dental school would require. On the other hand, I am worried that AA's will only be able to work rough hours (call, nights and weekends) and only be able to work close to large cities (I live in Ga= ATL).
Which career do you think would be better in terms of job security, flexibility, stress, work hours.
and
Compensation, taking into account 2 years of school for AA and 75k in debt versus 4 years of dental school and 150k in debt + the cost of buying a practice.

thoughts?

"as long as I'm making 6 fig, I don't mind to be a doctor, a dentist, or a AA..." Why not go for a CEO position of some big @$$ company, who wanna make 6 fig when you can make 7!

 

[slm266]

Have you shadowed any of these careers?
Be an optometrist if all you care about is an easy medical related job and want to make 6 figs. It's not as competitive as dentistry, average salary is maybe 20k or 30k less than that of a dentist. Dentistry can be pretty stressful. I love it, but it's not for everyone.