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With the assumption that I have the capability to do all the options I am listing. I never really wanted to be a doctor, graduated with a sub 3.0 GPA and have been working for the past few years barely making anything.
I don't want to waste any more time. Not another year. Which option will make me the most money the fastest? I can't even APPLY to grad programs with a sub 3.0 GPA so that's kind of pointless. To continue my schooling I would need to get another undergrad degree. And then what, its MD/DO vs dentistry vs MBA. The lifestyle of Dentists and certain specialties of MD seem nice along with the compensation.
Or I could skip the cost of undergrad and go straight into a Caribbean school, which seems like a good option. I only got 1 recommendation letter from a professor, and it was for AUA and I didn't do my MCAT because I thought for sure I was going to AUA. Well I decided to take some time off, AUA tells me they require the MCAT now, so I just sat down and took it blind and got a 22. But I heard AUA is trash now and they have a cheating scandal or something, making it probably tougher to get into a good residency.
So what now, go back to undergrad then 7+ years of medicine? Is this preferable over an MBA? MBA grads don't make as much as doctors even if you graduate from Harvard though and they have worse hours... Being a doctor sounds okay in terms of compensation but only if I get into a good specialty, and is that possible coming from the Caribbean? TL;DR What makes most sense for me now if all I care about is compensation/lifestyle and the time it takes to get there? Thanks beforehand for any non condescending replies!
I don't want to waste any more time. Not another year. Which option will make me the most money the fastest? I can't even APPLY to grad programs with a sub 3.0 GPA so that's kind of pointless. To continue my schooling I would need to get another undergrad degree. And then what, its MD/DO vs dentistry vs MBA. The lifestyle of Dentists and certain specialties of MD seem nice along with the compensation.
Or I could skip the cost of undergrad and go straight into a Caribbean school, which seems like a good option. I only got 1 recommendation letter from a professor, and it was for AUA and I didn't do my MCAT because I thought for sure I was going to AUA. Well I decided to take some time off, AUA tells me they require the MCAT now, so I just sat down and took it blind and got a 22. But I heard AUA is trash now and they have a cheating scandal or something, making it probably tougher to get into a good residency.
So what now, go back to undergrad then 7+ years of medicine? Is this preferable over an MBA? MBA grads don't make as much as doctors even if you graduate from Harvard though and they have worse hours... Being a doctor sounds okay in terms of compensation but only if I get into a good specialty, and is that possible coming from the Caribbean? TL;DR What makes most sense for me now if all I care about is compensation/lifestyle and the time it takes to get there? Thanks beforehand for any non condescending replies!