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The title perhaps says it all. I'm only in high school (the end of my senior year), and I'm already burnt out. I really am just sick of academics, and I'm starting to re-think my career choice. Can I do another 4 years of undergraduate school, in the hopes that MAYBE I'll be accepted to do another 4 years of medical school, so that MAYBE I can get a residency, and MAYBE I can spend another 4-8 years working 80 hours a week getting paid crap? I just don't know if I can do it. I thought that I'd be more ok with pharmacy: more certainty and definity, and a quicker process overall. I just found out that due to a mistake sending my SAT score reports, which was the company's fault, not mine by the way, that I missed the deadline and am automatically rejected from the ONE PharmD program I applied to. So Pharm is out of the question.
I need money BADLY to support my mother and myself, and I can't wait >12 years (undergrad, med school, residency) to get it... and even then it is just a CHANCE. Think of how many people don't even get into medical school! What would I do then!?!? Again, with the PharmD, after 6 years you make $100K, which sounded good.
So I'm lost. I don't know what to do. Does anyone else feel burnt out like this, this early into the game? Should I stop now and become something like a secretary? It's like I want to just do mindless work because I'm so mentally exhausted. HELP!!
I need money BADLY to support my mother and myself, and I can't wait >12 years (undergrad, med school, residency) to get it... and even then it is just a CHANCE. Think of how many people don't even get into medical school! What would I do then!?!? Again, with the PharmD, after 6 years you make $100K, which sounded good.
So I'm lost. I don't know what to do. Does anyone else feel burnt out like this, this early into the game? Should I stop now and become something like a secretary? It's like I want to just do mindless work because I'm so mentally exhausted. HELP!!