Hi, I'm new here and have a lot of questions
I've been reading these boeard since I've been 17 and I always come back to the Pre-med/nontrad forums...
I'm 19, freshman, second semester starts in the Fall and I don't really know what I want.
I know that I want to work in the medical field.
I know that I want to take care of people, be there when they are at their worst and help them get back up, explain what happens with their bodys and how it can be fixed, listen to their concerns and problems...
That sounds like nursing, I could really see myself as a NP but I can also see myself in the future being not completely satisfied, wanting more...
I want to do something meaningful, something big, extremely challenging, something thats bigger than me and I also always come back the thought of going to med school. I don't know why medicine, I just always come back to it, watching documentaries about the application process and med school in general, reading these boards for hours to read different experiences.
Nothing ever went as I planned it in my life but I have this need to know now what I want so I can make a plan, what courses to take, when, where with the ultimate goal in mind. I feel like I need to know if it's going to be nursing or medicine and it's driving me crazy that I can't figure it out. I don't want to regret any decisions I make and do it right the first time, not sure if that is even possible.
One thing that scares me about the med school path is that I think that I want children in my twenties, wouldn't want kids in med school,but I just think that I would want kids then and I don't know if I will even have a guy for that when that time comes. I want to travel and see things and I'm not sure if I would be able to do that while getting the best grades I can, volunteering and so on. I want to start earning money and be independent and then there is the huuuge time comittment...that should tell me that it's not the right thing for me, but I always come back.
So I guess my questions is, how do you know? How do you know for sure? I feel like I know absolutely nothing right now
I've been reading these boeard since I've been 17 and I always come back to the Pre-med/nontrad forums...
I'm 19, freshman, second semester starts in the Fall and I don't really know what I want.
I know that I want to work in the medical field.
I know that I want to take care of people, be there when they are at their worst and help them get back up, explain what happens with their bodys and how it can be fixed, listen to their concerns and problems...
That sounds like nursing, I could really see myself as a NP but I can also see myself in the future being not completely satisfied, wanting more...
I want to do something meaningful, something big, extremely challenging, something thats bigger than me and I also always come back the thought of going to med school. I don't know why medicine, I just always come back to it, watching documentaries about the application process and med school in general, reading these boards for hours to read different experiences.
Nothing ever went as I planned it in my life but I have this need to know now what I want so I can make a plan, what courses to take, when, where with the ultimate goal in mind. I feel like I need to know if it's going to be nursing or medicine and it's driving me crazy that I can't figure it out. I don't want to regret any decisions I make and do it right the first time, not sure if that is even possible.
One thing that scares me about the med school path is that I think that I want children in my twenties, wouldn't want kids in med school,but I just think that I would want kids then and I don't know if I will even have a guy for that when that time comes. I want to travel and see things and I'm not sure if I would be able to do that while getting the best grades I can, volunteering and so on. I want to start earning money and be independent and then there is the huuuge time comittment...that should tell me that it's not the right thing for me, but I always come back.
So I guess my questions is, how do you know? How do you know for sure? I feel like I know absolutely nothing right now