Questions - Please help

[Confusedlad21]

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Ok, let me first introduce myself. I am a 20 year old Community College student who pays for his education as a part-time grocery worker. Currently right now I am going to CC because I want to get my AA and hopefully transfer to a 4-year university. However I recently had a relapse of thought because when I entered into college I didn't know what to do.

The thought of the medical field came to me when I realized that I liked helping people, plus blood and guts doesnt bother me. I'm just confused of what to do right now. I'm a current volunteer at a hospital as a Messenger, but I have yet to start that process and I'm going to ask questions.

What would you guys recommend that I should do? Stray away from the AA degree and get a Phlebotomy license and/or CNA license or keep continuing onward with getting the 2 year degree?

Any help is greatly apperciated.
-Thanks

 

[schrizto]

Keep going with the AA degree so you can transfer to a university. Plenty of people have gotten Phlebotomy licenses and CNA licenses alongside school.

 

[Catalystik]

Getting a license that would lead to a job with patient contact is a fine idea. Getting involved in some form of community service is great, whether medical or nonmedical. I think that right now hospital volunteering is a good step toward figuring out if medicine is right for you; the more patient contact your position provides the better. As a messenger, you'll get a good idea of what a hospital environment is all about. More important than the above, is to keep your GPA high so all options are open to you when you finally settle on a career. For med school purposes, it doesn't matter what your major is, so long as you fit in the typical med school prerequsites. If you like your major, you're more likely to get great grades. Keep in mind that a 3.65 GPA is the median for those accepted to med school, and that all the grades you earn at a CC will be submitted, along with those at your four-year college, if you apply to med schools.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Keep going with the AA degree so you can transfer to a university. Plenty of people have gotten Phlebotomy licenses and CNA licenses alongside school.

That'd be my strategy. You can also try shadowing doctors to see what's going on. It's unlikely that volunteering will teach you anything useful about medicine, but since you've got to have it on your resume, you might as well start getting involved.

I'm going to move this to the pre-med forums.

 

[Confusedlad21]

Alright, thank you very much for the informational support you guys. 🙂