Need help choosing a path to med school

[Yankees2519]

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[lolzilla]

Transfer now. Get strong grades, LORs, strong MCAT, and obtain your clinical experience through volunteering, shadowing, etc. If you do that you will be competitive for medical school.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

Option 2. Couple reasons. Med schools generally dislike it when people go to a program they aren't really interested in. If you are really interested in nuc med, that is better, however it brings up my second reason. I worked with a guy that finished nuc med school a year and a half ago and couldn't find a job anywhere. Not sure what it is like in your area but he was forced to do patient transport because there were no jobs. So having a nuc med career to fall back on may not be the best.

This is anecdotal though so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[mcdtheta]

I agree to transfer now - why wait if its something you know you want to do? You can find other opportunities for clinical experiences along the way.

Good Luck!

 

[Yankees2519]

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[FrkyBgStok]

You need to get your girlfriend to support you. If you can't do that, there will be many more problems down the road. A lot of times there is a sacrifice and people need to decide which of the two things is more important and move on. If she can support you, you can make it.

 

[bassvp]

Just in case you needed more encouragement...transfer now.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that this associates program is the only place to get good experience. You have 4 years of undergrad experience to put together some good EC's (4 years is a long time). If you take a full 4 years to get a BS degree, you will have plenty of time to look like a stellar candidate.

Nuc med...NO. Transfer now...yes.

 

[Yankees2519]

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