is med school worth it thread (as per direstrait's request)

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so is it?

 

[Blade28]

Yes, absolutely. 🙂

 

[PiccoloPlaya]

No way man, hell no. Drop out, grab a guitar, and become a rock star touring the world smokin' dope and bangin' groupies (of whichever gender you prefer) in the jacuzzi in the back of your Porsche. What the hell was I thinking.

 

[Mike59]

No way man, hell no. Drop out, grab a guitar, and become a rock star touring the world smokin' dope and bangin' groupies (of whichever gender you prefer) in the jacuzzi in the back of your Porsche. What the hell was I thinking.

I completely agree, except that I'd prefer to do it R. Kelly style: heading to the afta' partay', Bouncin' in the Land Rover Limo on 24's (that's pronounced "twenty'foh's")

Yes, get out now....now 😱

 

[bigdan]

R.Kelly style would also allow you to urinate on women, too, as an added bonus. And he doesn't owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in educational debt either!

dc

 

[0T6]

I wonder how well the RKel thing would fly in a peds residency interview 😛

 

[Jalby]

no

 

[BaylorGuy]

I wonder how well the RKel thing would fly in a peds residency interview 😛

Hahahahah....you could talk about wanting to specialize in pediatric gynecology.

 

[eatapita]

so is it?

I wish I knew the answer to that question. Being in third year, I'm seriously having my doubts. There doesn't seem to be any field in medicine that I can see myself enjoying for the rest of my life. Maybe it's only worth it, if whatever field you go into gets you all fired up and wanna wake up the next day and go to work. If you wake up every day thinking to yourself, " damn, I have to wake up and get through another hellish day and I know it's going to be this way for the rest of my lfie...," then no it's not worth it.

I've been trying to find any other option, other than going into a residency after I graduate. People say there are lots of jobs for people with MD and MBAs or MD w/ degree in health administration. I haven't looked myself, but that sounds definately more pleasing than another 4 years of slaving my butt off at something I don't particularly like.

I don't know what I like anymore. I just know that I'm tired and burned out, and don't wanna go back to the hospital anymore and do more H and P's and all that crap.

 

[Arsenic]

so is it?

yes 😎

 

[LevatorAni]

Absolutely.

 

[CTSballer11]

I wish I knew the answer to that question. Being in third year, I'm seriously having my doubts. There doesn't seem to be any field in medicine that I can see myself enjoying for the rest of my life. Maybe it's only worth it, if whatever field you go into gets you all fired up and wanna wake up the next day and go to work. If you wake up every day thinking to yourself, " damn, I have to wake up and get through another hellish day and I know it's going to be this way for the rest of my lfie...," then no it's not worth it.

I've been trying to find any other option, other than going into a residency after I graduate. People say there are lots of jobs for people with MD and MBAs or MD w/ degree in health administration. I haven't looked myself, but that sounds definately more pleasing than another 4 years of slaving my butt off at something I don't particularly like.

I don't know what I like anymore. I just know that I'm tired and burned out, and don't wanna go back to the hospital anymore and do more H and P's and all that crap.

Why do you think that you cannot find a field that you will enjoy? Did you have a particular specialty in mind when you entered medical school?

 

[YouDontKnowJack]

more money, more bitches.

all in 8 years.

i can't imagine anything better. but i've always wondered how much i'd make being a gigolo.

It's a tough choice. but in the end, unrestricted access to meds and medical marijuana wins all.

 

[thewebthsp]

Yes... but only if you have the right attitude 🙂

more money, more bitches.

all in 8 years.

i can't imagine anything better. but i've always wondered how much i'd make being a gigolo.

It's a tough choice. but in the end, unrestricted access to meds and medical marijuana wins all.

 

[Blade28]

Being in third year, I'm seriously having my doubts.
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I haven't looked myself, but that sounds definately more pleasing than another 4 years of slaving my butt off at something I don't particularly like.

I don't know what I like anymore. I just know that I'm tired and burned out, and don't wanna go back to the hospital anymore and do more H and P's and all that crap.

But you just started third year, right? At least give the core rotations a chance - you might find that you love exploring the mind (psych), or operating (surgery), or helping kids (peds).

 

[Hoo\/er]

so is it?

NO.

 

[it.]

NO.

it's settled then. i'm not going.