I graduated high school in 2017 and haven’t even started college yet and will be starting in the fall of 2018 at a community college. I’ve thought about nursing, becoming an X Ray Tech, getting a B.S. in Biology and then going to PA school. My math and science background in high school wasn’t anywhere near stellar and I graduated with a 2.5 GPA. This is because I was very unmotivated and lazy. I also don’t have a lot of money so my parents have told me I should do something to get into the job market quickly and not go to school for 8 years. They would like to see me go to medical school but they want me to “stair step” my way into med school. Should I get an Associates Degree In Nursing and be a Nurse for a few years while working on a B.S. In Biology and all the necessary pre reqs for most D.O. schools. I know if I have a chance at getting into a medical school, or would be an osteopathic school. I have also thought about becoming a mid level provider but my gut tells me to become a physician and that I have what it takes to become a physician. What should I do?
I graduated high school in 2017 and haven’t even started college yet and will be starting in the fall of 2018 at a community college. I’ve thought about nursing, becoming an X Ray Tech, getting a B.S. in Biology and then going to PA school. My math and science background in high school wasn’t anywhere near stellar and I graduated with a 2.5 GPA. This is because I was very unmotivated and lazy. I also don’t have a lot of money so my parents have told me I should do something to get into the job market quickly and not go to school for 8 years. They would like to see me go to medical school but they want me to “stair step” my way into med school. Should I get an Associates Degree In Nursing and be a Nurse for a few years while working on a B.S. In Biology and all the necessary pre reqs for most D.O. schools. I know if I have a chance at getting into a medical school, or would be an osteopathic school. I have also thought about becoming a mid level provider but my gut tells me to become a physician and that I have what it takes to become a physician. What should I do?
I was like you at one point. Unmotivated, didnt like to study, just barely wanted to get by. Heck even in college, up till about my junior year, I was about a 2.5 gpa student. Then I went through a very bad break up, it hit me then. NO one will feel sorry for you, no one will pay your bills. You got to do it yourself. I got into ECs, open my own organization for the homeless, became president of various clubs, got a pharmacy tech job, became an EMT, got straight A's from junior year into graduation.
Got a masters, did well, got a 3.9, and now im sitting in DO school at the very top of my class. It wasnt easy, it still isnt. It wount be easy for you. But the thing that got it for me was, I couldnt imagine myself being anything else. I wanted to save lives, I wanted people to remember my name that I made a tangible difference in their lives for the better. Ive gone through my own health issues and I came out stronger.
I think you need to first find motivation. Find that reason why you want to medical school. Not for your parents, not for the money, not for the prestige. You need to create your own story. Its not going to come offf of SDN, its not going to come by watching a feel good movie. You need to go through experiences in the healthcare setting see how lives are changed.
As the poster above said, find a healthcare job, or do volunteering, do well in school. Doesnt matter if you go to CC or a Univ, just do well. Prove to others you can handle the academics. Dont do nursing because its for the money, do something where you can actually enjoy it.
