Parents forcing me to be a doctor!

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meats said:
hello fellow brownies!
dude, i think you need to talk to your parents one-on-one and discuss this thoroughly...as ppl have suggested on here before. Also, why not try out a summer pre-med program which would provide a good exposure about medicine as a career?? I think you should atleast give it a chance...instead of just flat-out rebelling...
BTW are your parents doctors???
oh and life1chance...you remind of a d desi guy i went to school with...it was nothing but philosophies of life ALL the time....you may want to consider getting a life?!!

P.S this discussion is very entertaining...:laugh:
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Ah, but what is life?
 
Maxprime said:
That's absolutely fantastic. I'm glad to know - I'll jot this down in my journal tonight. What does this have to do with the OP?
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Like I said before... There are no "right" reasons to go into medicine. Anyone who says they have said reasons are lying. 🙂
 
anyways were not on here to talk about life.....we need to help out a fellow brownie...so stop!!
 
Same thing happened in my family (I'm also Indian).

This happens with every single kid that grows up in my extended family and all of us kids have devised a brilliant and foolproof plan:

Tell them you want to do major in English, and spend time writing poems. They'll be horrified and will try to convince you otherwise. Then, after a couple months when all hope has left them, mention what you really want to do in passing, saying you're thinking about it, and they'll jump on it and try their best to convince you to do it, and you'll all be happy.
 
take a dump in their top drawer.
 
life1chance said:
Like I said before... There are no "right" reasons to go into medicine. Anyone who says they have said reasons are lying. 🙂
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I actually want to help people - it's not my only reason, but it's still one of my reasons. I don't think it's required and it's silly to think everyone thinks that way - but it doesn't make everyone's reason a lie if it's common or genuinely good.
 
foster033 said:
maybe he is just trying to start something, but I do find it amusing that people get so offended that someone wants to be a doctor because of the prestige of being a doctor, what is wrong with that? I'm sure that most people wouldn't do it if there was no money to be made.

If you are really that passionate about helping people there are a lot of other fields you can go into where you will work more directly with people who need help..nursing or social work, for example.

Just because someone is motivated in part by making money and being respected (and actually admits it) doesn't make them a bad person or any less capable of being a doctor.
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👍 (Sorry, I'd give ya two, but I'm using the other hand for something else.)
I feel so... so... understood! Psychiatrist, right?
 
scowdeva said:
Yeah that one's kind of easy...just completely suck at the MCAT, write bad essays, or have fun and be ridiculous at interviews...any of these would guarantee a rejection. If they want to foot the bill to apply, let them. Just don't TRY to get accepted, then they are happy and you can do what you want to do.
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Like Harold and Kumar go to White Castle... 🙂

Here is the video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=purlWMac6-s

Hilarious
 
Maxprime said:
Well, Mr. Fellow Internet Guy, my helpful advice was to grow a pair and act like an adult. I suppose my answer was too straightforward or accurate. You're right - I should go onto a different message board and whine about how mommy and daddy are forcing me to reply to your posts. I guess I could just post on here and tell you not to be miserable because your parents want you to be - given that you're of legal age to be on your own. Of course, that's not helpful.

Join the wonderful group of us that told our parents that we're not as ignorant as them and don't need their money. You'll suffer more in college but enjoy the rest of your life.
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First of all, how about reading my posts before making stupid-*** comments. Second of all, you have no idea about my culture and everything else going on. If it was just an issue of financial matters, I would have gone into whatever field I want and take out some loans to go throught college. However, they are telling me that they will cut off all ties if I don't go into medicine. This is really bad since family means a lot to me and they won't even let me in the house anymore either.

As for the more rational people on this forum, thanks for the advice so far. I already volunteered in a hospital and shadowed a doctor (parents made me) and every day I was there, I hated it more and more. I will try to have a thorough discussion with them but I don't think anything will change.
 
foster033 said:
maybe he is just trying to start something, but I do find it amusing that people get so offended that someone wants to be a doctor because of the prestige of being a doctor, what is wrong with that? I'm sure that most people wouldn't do it if there was no money to be made.

If you are really that passionate about helping people there are a lot of other fields you can go into where you will work more directly with people who need help..nursing or social work, for example.

Just because someone is motivated in part by making money and being respected (and actually admits it) doesn't make them a bad person or any less capable of being a doctor.
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For one the guy is obviously a troll. And I hate to piss all over your party but if you think you are going to A) Get respect and B) Get paid more than the guy who dropped out of college you are in for a huge reality check. There are FAR better fields for making money and gaining respect. So going into medicine just becase you want money and respect is not a good idea. The same as going into medicine only because you want to "help people" is not a good idea.
 
don't worry; with your attitude you won't even stand a chance ..
 
Rooter76 said:
For one the guy is obviously a troll. And I hate to piss all over your party but if you think you are going to A) Get respect and B) Get paid more than the guy who dropped out of college you are in for a huge reality check. So going into medicine just becase you want money and power is not a good idea.
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you know, what's a troll? I hear it tossed around but not sure about what it means
 
well, to be honest...i was very much so in this situation too...but you really have to look at the positives too of going into medicine. I dont think you're going to enjoy volunteering/shadowing if you go in with a biased attitude to begin with...
and rmr medicine is a very broad field...there's so many option it's crazy...yeah it's hard to have your whole family against you...it sucks...all desis know what it's like...
maybe over time your parents will understand that medicine isn't your ultimate career choice and you won't be happy with it...afterall it is your life you career. But then, desi parents and their expectations...
i think though that you need to sincerely give it a chance...and after sometime talk to you parents...it's not like you're goin' to have start med school right away anyways...
give them some time....and take your time too....:luck:

P.S Mauja hi mauja is the best song ever...wish i could so some bhagra in the lab...:laugh:
 
Maxprime said:
Grow a pair - time to act like an adult.
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I'm also Indian, and have little sympathy for those who are unable to stand up to their parents. Classic example is my wife (white girl from Idaho). My parents met her and decided, "she wasn't good enough for me" and told me that if I chose to marry her, they would cut me off and all my financial responsibilities would be my own. I told them that they gotta do what they gotta do, and I gotta do what I gotta do. They respect me more for having done what I did.

My parents also pushed me into medicine, but I always loved medicine (specifically the idea of surgery) from a young age. I had many arguments with them, and at one point wanted to do something else just to spite them. Believe me, I know how our culture stresses that if you're not a professional, you're a total failure. I don't place much value in such a shallow community's opinion, to be honest with you. My experience has shown me that the community, (your parents included) will respect you much more once you show them that you have a pair of testicles and are a man. Show them that the power of the purse-strings (their favorite ace-in-the-hole) means nothing, and that in America, once you're 18, you can get a job and an apartment and live without mummy and daddy.

They don't want to cut you off and kick you out. Kids are the only thing Indian parents live for. It's at the root of the problem--they don't have lives of their own. Seriously--do your parents have any hobbies besides telling you how to live your life? Mine sure didn't.

Not being physicians, they didn't understand what this whole process entailed. Sure they're willing to pay application fees and pay for Kaplan and med school tuition...my parents are completely baffled at why I never have time to call them. It's like, "Duh, I'm a surgery resident. And I have a wife and a house to tend to." They respect me a lot more nowadays, that's for damn sure.
 
Rooter76 said:
For one the guy is obviously a troll. And I hate to piss all over your party but if you think you are going to A) Get respect and B) Get paid more than the guy who dropped out of college you are in for a huge reality check. There are FAR better fields for making money and gaining respect. So going into medicine just becase you want money and respect is not a good idea. The same as going into medicine only because you want to "help people" is not a good idea.
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A)I'm not sure why you think doctors aren't respected. The average person looks up to an MD, and why shouldn't they? Having an MD (or DO) means you are a highly educated individual that has devoted your life to helping other's obtain a higher quality of life (even if helping people was not necessarily your intended goal).

B)I understand there are other professions that make a lot more money than doctors. Although most doctors do make a fairly comfortable living, there are surely easier routes to making money if that is your ultimate goal.

I'm simply saying that just because someones' reasons might not be as altruistic as you would want them to be doesn't make them any less deserving of being a doctor.


Also, I'm not sure why he is obviously a troll because I tend to agree with him. I want to be a doctor but I am not about to say that my reasons are to help people. I really don't like people that much. I want to be a doctor because I think it will be interesting and challenging and something that I will enjoy without getting bored or hating my job. Maybe that's too honest for some people, but it's the truth and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
 
meats said:
hello fellow brownies!
dude, i think you need to talk to your parents one-on-one and discuss this thoroughly...as ppl have suggested on here before. Also, why not try out a summer pre-med program which would provide a good exposure about medicine as a career?? I think you should atleast give it a chance...instead of just flat-out rebelling...
BTW are your parents doctors???
oh and life1chance...you remind of a d desi guy i went to school with...it was nothing but philosophies of life ALL the time....you may want to consider getting a life?!!

P.S this discussion is very entertaining...:laugh:
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if you're a brownie at DMU, you need to talk to Dr. Pandeya, and ask him about how he left india, and a guaranteed spot in medical school to come to america and do it on his own. He came here, busted his hump working on road crews and as a lab tech to support his wife and kid through medical school, and became a successful plastic surgeon. Now he drives a rolls royce and travels around the world for 3 months a year. His family told him he would be flipping burgers. He basically was, for a while, but I have utmost respect for him--he did things his way.
 
Felix17 said:
First of all, how about reading my posts before making stupid-*** comments. Second of all, you have no idea about my culture and everything else going on. If it was just an issue of financial matters, I would have gone into whatever field I want and take out some loans to go throught college. However, they are telling me that they will cut off all ties if I don't go into medicine. This is really bad since family means a lot to me and they won't even let me in the house anymore either.

As for the more rational people on this forum, thanks for the advice so far. I already volunteered in a hospital and shadowed a doctor (parents made me) and every day I was there, I hated it more and more. I will try to have a thorough discussion with them but I don't think anything will change.
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If your family means so much to you, and they're willing to throw you out of the house if you don't become a doctor, then you better just roll over and take it in the corn-hole. Personally, it's this kind of manipulative BULL$#!t that got me so fed up with my parents in the first place. you gotta take a stand, draw a line, and see how much they really "love" you. personally, if they're willing to kick you to the curb for not becoming a doctor, then they're more in love with money, prestige, and what the rest of the desis in town will think than they are with you. take a step back and analyze the situation objectively. To say that they will cut off all ties if you don't become a doctor is completely ridiculous. I'm guess that your parents are not doctors, because at least fellow physicians would see that our job is kind of crappy and not everyone is cut out for it.
 
Lokhtar said:
Same thing happened in my family (I'm also Indian).

This happens with every single kid that grows up in my extended family and all of us kids have devised a brilliant and foolproof plan:

Tell them you want to do major in English, and spend time writing poems. They'll be horrified and will try to convince you otherwise. Then, after a couple months when all hope has left them, mention what you really want to do in passing, saying you're thinking about it, and they'll jump on it and try their best to convince you to do it, and you'll all be happy.
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Surprised my idea isn't gaining more traction amongst the Desis - it's tried and true people! 😛
 
it works?? really?
i thnk the idea is to truely dissapoint them...and then later on...tell them you will be doing something worthwhile...lol
 
meats said:
it works?? really?
i thnk the idea is to truely dissapoint them...and then later on...tell them you will be doing something worthwhile...lol
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Sound stupid, but it has worked twice. Of course, substitute Poetry for any profession that you know they'll flip out with. And mention the profession you want after a couple months but mention it in passing, and I bet they'll grab it with both hands and they might even think it was their idea and how they saved you from a life of poverty.
 
RajMahal said:
if you're a brownie at DMU, you need to talk to Dr. Pandeya, and ask him about how he left india, and a guaranteed spot in medical school to come to america and do it on his own. He came here, busted his hump working on road crews and as a lab tech to support his wife and kid through medical school, and became a successful plastic surgeon. Now he drives a rolls royce and travels around the world for 3 months a year. His family told him he would be flipping burgers. He basically was, for a while, but I have utmost respect for him--he did things his way.
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I sure will once i get there! wow that's crazy! what an accomplishment :hardy:
 
Lokhtar said:
Sound stupid, but it has worked twice. Of course, substitute Poetry for any profession that you know they'll flip out with. And mention the profession you want after a couple months but mention it in passing, and I bet they'll grab it with both hands and they might even think it was their idea and how they saved you from a life of poverty.
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ah, we're such bad bad bad desi kids!!! hahahahah
 
etf said:
when i get home tonight i'm going to hug my indian parents for not being like this.
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great idea!! mine def influenced my choice to pursue medicine...but they weren't that obsessed about it!!!
i should too do that same when i get home tonight!😍
 
Tough break, wow. What about being a pharmacist. No blood there and still a professional
 
Hey OP: Some advice. It sucks that your parents are so hard core. I would suggest talking to them, but if they still refuse to budge you have to make a choice. Leave them, and work your way through college or be a doctor.

As someone who pursued other interests prior to medical school, let me say that you have NO IDEA how your feelings may change between now and, say...10 years from now.

Also, medicine is a HIGHLY VARIABLE field (one of the things I love about it). There are tons of specialties and different ways to practice. I would HIGHLY suggest taking UVA's medical specialty aptitude test (just google it) and see how you do, then shadow THOSE specialties. The test is a personality type psych test, and was very good for me.

What is it about medicine that you dislike? Be specific or we can't give good advice. Sick people? Charting? Blood and guts? There are answers to all of these problems and many more...for example, if you don't like seeing patients, then go into pathology. There's also research, administration, and industry jobs for physicians that don't really resemble Hospital/Clinic work.

If you've only shadowed some general practicioners then your view of medicine is rather myopic. It really is a great field with a great future, and there are places where you can be happy...no matter what.

What else would you rather do?
 
Okay, I haven't read through this thread before replying, so it's very likely someone has already said exactly what I'm about to say, but...

If you hate medicine, or for that matter even if you are completely neutral on medicine, and you try to go to medical school then you are in for a long long miserable few years and/or life. To many people, medicine is there life's calling, they love it, and yet med school/residency is so intense that they are completely changed by the experience and often get burned-out and want to quit. Again, if you hate medicine, you CANNOT let yourself go to medical school.

I am not Indian and so forgive me if I display a complete misunderstanding of your culture, but one of my friends was recently in a similar situation. I advised him that he was an adult now, and this was his life. I advised him to take out enough loans to finish undergrad if his parents indeed did cut him off. Then if he wanted to pursue another grad/professional school program, he could take out more loans and pay his own way, even if that meant getting a job for a year to get a more firm footing. He is now applying to law school and his parents are still helping him out. Good luck.
 
Hi, I went through something similar with my family. Not in the sense that my parents were forcing me to become a doctor. (Quite the contrary, everyone in my family thinks I am way too serious about school/life/etc.) I went through something similar in the sense that all through high school my parents were telling me how to be. How to exist, what to wear, how to think. I wanted to make them happy because I love them so much. It got to the point where I would most often think about how they would feel in a situation or how they would react to what I was doing instead of thinking things like "what do I want?" "Is this going to make me happy?" Etc...

Living this way taught me on some unconscious level that I could not trust myself and consequently, I forgot how to listen to what I need or what I want. I messed up some friendships and relationships trying to jump through my parents' hoops and trying to make them happy. In the end, they were not happy-- (because you can't please unhappy people by just doing what they want, their unhappiness is their own problem and not a result of anything you did, no matter what they say)-- and I was completely miserable. I left their home in the end of high school and lived with a friend until I moved away to college where I found some scholarships and worked to pay my way.

We have a better relationship now, but it's on healthy terms. When I left and decided what I want out of life and refused to let them dictate my future, they were forced to respect me because after all, what choice did they have? They could either turn their back on me and refuse to have any relationship or they could accept that I was going to be my own person and make the best it. Most parents, no matter how nuts they can be will opt for the second choice. They love you and I know it seems crazy, but they are trying to control you because they want to protect you and give you the best out of life. They only know how to do it a certain way and it's up to you to decide whether or not that is what you want.

It will be a hard choice either way, but I think if you do what is right for you now (even if it breaks your parents' hearts or disappoints them a lot) you will respect yourself a lot more down the road and you will learn how to listen to your own needs inside, how to follow your own moral compass.

As much as this situation sucks, I think it is very common with all kinds of families from all kinds of backgrounds. Maybe we'll understand better when/if we have families of our own. Until then, I think you should express your deep love and respect for your parents but let them know that you have to do what you have to do in your own life. It might hurt them, but even that pain will dissipate in due time.

Good luck and I am so sorry you have to go through this. It is a very painful life lesson to have to go through and if you want to PM me, feel free.

Best wishes.
 
I am so sorry you are going through this. I am applying to medical school this year. I have a family friend whose mom forced him to go to med.school and he wanted to get his PhD in physics.
He still complains about it and regrets his decision everyday and he tells his mom that EVERYDAY! You don't want to be that person.
Indian parents try to load their unfinished dreams or aspirations on their kids.
It gives Indian people a bad name.
I am assuming you are young. I am applying as a non trad indian (32years old and not married) I have been written off as ancient according to the Indian system. As someone older let me assure you in the long run it works out.You decide to not go into medicine and don't go,they cut you off or whatever. I guarantee you in 1 month they will be looking for you to comeback.
Its the bollywood system at work. Trust me I have been there and done that. So take heart and follow your chosen path.
Felix17 said:
My parents are forcing me to become a doctor and medicine is a field I can't stand. I hate blood and can't stand dealing with sick people.

The problem is if I say I don't want to become one, they said they will stop supporting me and cut off everything to me (no money and won't be allowed in the house) and as of right now, I only have a small part-time job in addition to college so there is no way I can support myself. Another problem is that my entire culture (I'm Indian) and all of my relatives have this view that if you're not a professional of some sort, then you're a complete failure. It doesn't help that all of my cousins are either in med school, going to med school, law school, or MBA programs. Then they also lay the guilt trip on me talking about how much they supported me all these years. I realize they don't have to support me now, but I have nowhere to turn and don't know what to do.

I would rather someone who's actually interested in medicine (like many people on this forum) become a doctor rather than someone like myself who can't stand that field and has zero interest.
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Felix17 said:
My parents are forcing me to become a doctor and medicine is a field I can't stand. I hate blood and can't stand dealing with sick people.

The problem is if I say I don't want to become one, they said they will stop supporting me and cut off everything to me (no money and won't be allowed in the house) and as of right now, I only have a small part-time job in addition to college so there is no way I can support myself. Another problem is that my entire culture (I'm Indian) and all of my relatives have this view that if you're not a professional of some sort, then you're a complete failure. It doesn't help that all of my cousins are either in med school, going to med school, law school, or MBA programs. Then they also lay the guilt trip on me talking about how much they supported me all these years. I realize they don't have to support me now, but I have nowhere to turn and don't know what to do.

I would rather someone who's actually interested in medicine (like many people on this forum) become a doctor rather than someone like myself who can't stand that field and has zero interest.
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Have you ever had a serious conversation with them on this matter? Tell them that you don't want to be a doctor, and instead tell them exactly what you want to do and how you are going to do it. I'm sure your parents really do love you, and I would say that there is almost no chance that they would actually kick you out of the house. Sure they may be unhappy with your decision, but eventually they'll get over it. My parents are kind of like yours (although not as hard core about medicine) and have alway kind of pushed me and my brother towards medicine. I decided that I definitely want to go into the field, but my brother really wanted to go into business. I'm sure they were dissappointed for a while but eventually they came around.
 
RajMahal said:
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I'm also Indian, and have little sympathy for those who are unable to stand up to their parents. Classic example is my wife (white girl from Idaho). My parents met her and decided, "she wasn't good enough for me" and told me that if I chose to marry her, they would cut me off and all my financial responsibilities would be my own. I told them that they gotta do what they gotta do, and I gotta do what I gotta do. They respect me more for having done what I did.

My parents also pushed me into medicine, but I always loved medicine (specifically the idea of surgery) from a young age. I had many arguments with them, and at one point wanted to do something else just to spite them. Believe me, I know how our culture stresses that if you're not a professional, you're a total failure. I don't place much value in such a shallow community's opinion, to be honest with you. My experience has shown me that the community, (your parents included) will respect you much more once you show them that you have a pair of testicles and are a man. Show them that the power of the purse-strings (their favorite ace-in-the-hole) means nothing, and that in America, once you're 18, you can get a job and an apartment and live without mummy and daddy.

They don't want to cut you off and kick you out. Kids are the only thing Indian parents live for. It's at the root of the problem--they don't have lives of their own. Seriously--do your parents have any hobbies besides telling you how to live your life? Mine sure didn't.

Not being physicians, they didn't understand what this whole process entailed. Sure they're willing to pay application fees and pay for Kaplan and med school tuition...my parents are completely baffled at why I never have time to call them. It's like, "Duh, I'm a surgery resident. And I have a wife and a house to tend to." They respect me a lot more nowadays, that's for damn sure.
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Wow. That's such an accurate description of the problem. I don't think that I could have put it so well. Great post. (I'm one of those fellow Indians)
 
foster033 said:
A)I'm not sure why you think doctors aren't respected. The average person looks up to an MD, and why shouldn't they? Having an MD (or DO) means you are a highly educated individual that has devoted your life to helping other's obtain a higher quality of life (even if helping people was not necessarily your intended goal).

B)I understand there are other professions that make a lot more money than doctors. Although most doctors do make a fairly comfortable living, there are surely easier routes to making money if that is your ultimate goal.

I'm simply saying that just because someones' reasons might not be as altruistic as you would want them to be doesn't make them any less deserving of being a doctor.


Also, I'm not sure why he is obviously a troll because I tend to agree with him. I want to be a doctor but I am not about to say that my reasons are to help people. I really don't like people that much. I want to be a doctor because I think it will be interesting and challenging and something that I will enjoy without getting bored or hating my job. Maybe that's too honest for some people, but it's the truth and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
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He's a troll because he never really stated his true opinion in a meaningful answer, you just guessed it correctly from his short, unhelpful and unconstructive posts.

Anyways, I don't necessarily disagree that money and respect can be part of the reason to choose the field. Financially, it is a very stable career so long as you plan it correctly (and don't screw it up). Although we both agree that there are better and less stressful careers if you just want to make money.

The respect issue is more complicated. You do get a lot of respect, but people are not exactly kicking down the doors to offer you praise at what you do any more than many other careers. And I guarantee that almost every day in your career someone will piss you off for lack of respect at what you have done and been through. You have to understand that most people have no idea what you have had to do to get there, and how hard medicine can be. Wait until your first rotation when you get the classic "Your a doctor because you are rich, and you are rich because you are a doctor" from your patients. And there are plenty of other careers that are the same way with regards to respect, police, fire, government, law the list goes on. So that is why I argue that it should not be the only reason you go into medicine. Judges earn a lot of respect, why a doctor and not a judge?

Financial stability and general "respect" can and usually are good reasons, but you can get this elsewhere so they shouldn't be the only ones. Personally, I'm not that altruistic either, I never wanted to be a doc until after college and to be honest I think it is a job. But I have my reasons other than financial stability, respect, and wanting to help people, because you can get these in other fields.
 
My parents are similar except they're convinced theirs no point of getting a job outside the healthcare industry. My dad often tells me: "your wallet should always be full of money and your job should be very secure, and you should be able to work and live anywhere in this country, or the world. Their should always be constant income, and you should be respected. What other job can give you all this?"

I've always been interested in business. I'm a very creative and innovative person, and a great people person - I think I would do extremely well in the business world. However, whenever I utter the word business my parents tell me "Wheres the job security? What power do you have? They'll kick you to the curb" etc etc

Someone please tell me - Is their any job secuity in "business"? I know their is plenty of politics in medicine, but I'm sure its even worse in the corporate world. How hard is it to get an MBA and job that pays 120k out of business school?
 
Depends what you do in business. You ace the GMATs and get some leadership experience in as many clubs and organizations you can, develop a plan for your future, and you'll be competitive for the best schools in the world (you need like a 3.5, but they don't really dwell on the GPA, try for 700+ GMAT for the top tier ones).

The top tier MBAs average 100-120k, but their salary tends to skyrocket much faster than any profession. They did a survey of MBAs from those top places (not all MBAs) five years down the line, and the median was well above $200k at that point. Of course, if you go into a crazy work-a-holic field like Investment Banking, and you could pull a lot more.

But frankly, who cares about your parents? If you like anthropology, go major in anthropology.
 
I've always loved technology. It fascinates me. I have had dreams of being a senior executive for one of Sony's electronics divisions. Or owning a bunch of hotels, real estate or something - a business mogul/entrepreneur.

I would be a perfect fit for IT (software engineering or something similar as I love working with computers), however I am well aware that their is absolutely no job security in the field. I hear about mass lay offs all the time, and outsourcing just makes the situation even more dire. So I've thrown IT out the window.

What are the most technology oriented specialties in medicine, where I can use the most cutting edge technology?
 
Auron said:
I've always loved technology. It fascinates me. I have had dreams of being a senior executive for one of Sony's electronics divisions. Or owning a bunch of hotels, real estate or something - a business mogul/entrepreneur.

I would be a perfect fit for IT (software engineering or something similar as I love working with computers), however I am well aware that their is absolutely no job security in the field. I hear about mass lay offs all the time, and outsourcing just makes the situation even more dire. So I've thrown IT out the window.

What are the most technology oriented specialties in medicine, where I can use the most cutting edge technology?
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Radiology might be good for you. All kinds of imaging technology that is rapidly improving and advancing.
Along with computers and big machines that make funny noises 🙂.
 
Anesthesiology is pretty tech oriented too. Especially if you start getting involved with full scale patient simulators there can be a great deal of programming and hardware involved.

I used to work in IT, it really isn't that bad outside of programming. Security, networks, and hardware is kind of difficult to off-shore😉 But yeah, job security isn't that great. Personally for me I think that IT is a skill that is very useful as complimenting medicine, like with helping develop telemedicine.
 
I'm Indian too and my parents gave me the same crap about choosing my own religion. It's an incredibly hard thing to do, but I told them I wanted to be something else and reaped the ensuing whirlwind. It sucked for a long time (years), but my parents finally came to respect me more for my ability to stand up to them and choose for myself. After I became smarter in my arguments, my dad came to accept the fact that I knew what I was doing. He and I have theological/philosophical conversations regularly now.

Telling your parents off will make you miserable for a long time, but getting a burden off your shoulders that was forced on you is a great feeling. In the end, if your parents really love you (and they do despite the "cut-you-off" crap they feed you), they'll invite you to justify your choice and eventually come to accept it.

Good luck.
 
Felix17 said:
First of all, how about reading my posts before making stupid-*** comments. Second of all, you have no idea about my culture and everything else going on. If it was just an issue of financial matters, I would have gone into whatever field I want and take out some loans to go throught college. However, they are telling me that they will cut off all ties if I don't go into medicine. This is really bad since family means a lot to me and they won't even let me in the house anymore either.

As for the more rational people on this forum, thanks for the advice so far. I already volunteered in a hospital and shadowed a doctor (parents made me) and every day I was there, I hated it more and more. I will try to have a thorough discussion with them but I don't think anything will change.
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obviously your parents dont care to much about you since they will cut you off from all ties if you dont go into medicine. so **** 'em
 
Sorry, my parents are doing the exact same thing to my brother, but the thing is they keep telling me to get in to nursing lol funny ehe?

Just talk to them, oh and tell them if they don't let you choose a career of your choice then no grandchildren for them!
 
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