i was just wondering what the people of sDN would do if they dont get into medical school. whats your fallback plan ? what do you plan on doing instead.
fallback plan if med school fails.
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Pharmacy school....👍
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volunteering and working on my other hobbies in seclusion for a few months, applying the next cycle. i agree with the above post - i can't see myself doing something else... i might not get in this year, but it's really just a matter of time. 
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pharmacy school or dental school
more likely dental
because pharmacy requires alot of pre-requisites that i wouldnt even think about taking once..
like calc
though.. i think i'd like pharmacy because its sounds like a chemical heavy field.. which i enjoy..
there was never ever any fallback plan for me... and i was worried to be honest. i knew i wanted to be a doctor... i mean. i could take over my father's business or apply to be a mod on sdn *lol* . but i only really had eyes on becoming a doctor.
it honestly is very scary. to know that there is nothing else.
it honestly is very scary. to know that there is nothing else.
I mean, if inevitably it does come to the fact that I did not get accepted anywhere, I would have to think about what I would do. I don't have an answer as of now, because I am only shooting for med school at the moment. Although, I would definitely want to continue my education, Ph.D most likely
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hey i went to stuy too! lol i miss it. but it prepared me for college.
after much deliberation, i've realized I'm not up for doing anything else with my life. I've worked corporate and its so boring!
you should definitely look into the CUNY honors premed programs. they are really great. Also at brown university there is a specialized track for prospective students interested in medicine. Only about 60 students get accepted into the program each year. I was a slacker in stuy, so I knew none of this -__-;
after much deliberation, i've realized I'm not up for doing anything else with my life. I've worked corporate and its so boring!
you should definitely look into the CUNY honors premed programs. they are really great. Also at brown university there is a specialized track for prospective students interested in medicine. Only about 60 students get accepted into the program each year. I was a slacker in stuy, so I knew none of this -__-;
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If you're pre-med, it means you're likely ambitious, dedicated, and intelligent (for the most part) and if you decide not to do medicine or can't get in, you definitely have other options. When I was a senior in college (because I decided to take time off), I applied to a whole bunch of jobs with the intention that I just wanted to make sure I was employed for my 1-2 years after college until applying to med school. I even applied for a corporate management position (why not?) that popped up on my school's career/on-campus interviewing website that ended up offering me $80K + a huge bonus and a car. This is when I was a 21 biology major with no finance or business background to put it in perspective. I ultimately took my low-paying research job at a medical school because I'm a science geek and really felt like I'd miss it too much if I left it at that point. Suffice to say, I've thought of careers in law and business (hopefully with a medical/biotechnology slant) as well as a PhD in Biology...and certainly policy/business/research are things I can revisit while in medical school or later in my career as a physician. For now, I can't imagine a more fulfilling job than serving as a doctor, educator and scientist....but I recognize that I could be happy and successful in other sectors.
If you haven't realized that there are careers outside of medicine where you'd be happy (not necessarily happier, but at least happy), then you clearly haven't really investigated the whole spectrum of things you can do with your life and their various positives and negatives. I'd highly recommend trying many things out and thinking about what you want out of all aspects of your life before applying to med school. Taking time off after college and tackling the real world (where you have to deal with problems of balancing professional and personal life, paying bills, and forging new relationships) has definitely forced me to answer that question in a new context.
Good luck!
If you haven't realized that there are careers outside of medicine where you'd be happy (not necessarily happier, but at least happy), then you clearly haven't really investigated the whole spectrum of things you can do with your life and their various positives and negatives. I'd highly recommend trying many things out and thinking about what you want out of all aspects of your life before applying to med school. Taking time off after college and tackling the real world (where you have to deal with problems of balancing professional and personal life, paying bills, and forging new relationships) has definitely forced me to answer that question in a new context.
Good luck!
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Wow, awesome quote. You just made my day 🙂
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Absolutely nothing else interests you guys vocationally besides medicine?? If this is really true, then you guys must be either insufferable bores or you have no idea how wide the world actually is. Or, you're 22--but that doesn't necessarily preclude the first two explanations.
Honestly if you decide that you want to be in the medical field but you don't have the stats to go on to medical school, why not give Physician Assistance a shot? If you have a passion to be in medicine, P.A. would at least give you a way in.
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my fall back was doing research. I mean, I want to do research anyway eventually but I want to go to med school too. so if I didn't get into med school after a couple tries, I would have tried to get into a PhD program. but thankfully, plan A has worked.
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Cheater.
ETA - To the OP, research was the backup plan. After my MS, I don't intend to do basic science work again. The intellectual side of research is awesome, but I can't handle the monotony and failure associated with bench work. I could be a PI, I couldn't do the bench work and I believe a great PI should work shoulder to shoulder with students and I couldn't do that.
So it's medicine or bust for me.
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If I don't get into med school I'm going to be a career medic.
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1) "Failure is not an option." That is a sad reality though. There are many who dont get accepted, even to one program.
2) If a person cant imagine doing something else, it doesnt mean the person hasnt looked. it just mean their obssessed with med school haha. Which is actually somewhat typical i think among premeds. I was like that before i got accepted.
3) It really comes down to a few factors:
-reapply?
-stay in healthcare (dentistry/pharm/opt/pod/public health etc etc)
-research (phd)
-other (business/law/etc.)
The choice is ur's
2) If a person cant imagine doing something else, it doesnt mean the person hasnt looked. it just mean their obssessed with med school haha. Which is actually somewhat typical i think among premeds. I was like that before i got accepted.
3) It really comes down to a few factors:
-reapply?
-stay in healthcare (dentistry/pharm/opt/pod/public health etc etc)
-research (phd)
-other (business/law/etc.)
The choice is ur's