Pharmacy School or Dental School?

[happy_6523]

I have shallowed a dentist and a pharmacist, but I still can’t decide which one I like more. Both professions have something that I like and I don’t like.

I have listed out the things I like/don’t like or good/not good at both professions.


Dental school

Good:

• I love microbiology, physiology and anatomy
• Good future (high paying, can find a job)
• High status
• Provide treatments (more fulfilling because you are making people better rather than doing checking and making recommendations as a pharmacist)
• Work with hands (less boring)

Bad:

• No feeling to teeth (I won’t get excited whenever I see a real or a picture of tooth)
• Not good at doing business
• Not good at talking to people (I can talk to people and explain treatment, but I’m not good at doing small talks)
• High tuition (75k)
• May need to deal with patients with gross teeth or bad breath

Pharmacy school

Good:

• I love chemistry and physiology
• Get excited whenever I see drugs (I don’t know why, probably they look like candies?)
• I love drugs because it’s amazing and help treating people
• Have a deep knowledge in this field. Since I’m a pharmaceutical sciences major, I took some pharmacy classes and attended pharmacy conference. I know pharmacy issues eg. automation, saturation, etc.
• Relatively less expensive tuition (40k)
• Not need to own a business
• Many different pharmacy fields
• I know a lot of pharmacy students (connections)

Bad:

• Job saturation
• Less recognized as dentists
• Salary doesn’t increase much after working for many years
• Not good at memorizing drug names (I can remember medical terms easily, but not drug names)
• Have to stand for all day

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[artist2022]

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