What would you do if you did not go into medicine

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I'd become a janitor and occasionally solve math equations written on the blackboard at my local university.
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I enjoyed working in the airlines, so I would try to land a management job again. If not, it would be nice to become a professional pilot. Unfortunately it's hell moving your way up to the majors.
 
prado said:
I'd become a janitor and occasionally solve math equations written on the blackboard at my local university.
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Perhaps at MIT? Get recognized, accelerate to the top, and then give it all up for a girl? Hehe

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Get a PhD in Ancient History or something Bio related and do research. Also be a university professor.
 
Also I can become an entrepreneur. I technically found a way to capitalize on free labor without breaking any laws or draw any criticism.

It's called pre-med volunteers. :D

Now if only there was a way to implement this in a good way. I know a guy who is a business owner that was seriously interested in something like this.
 
I'll found my own law school. :)
 
Public health, research, gov., non-profit. If not health/science related professional viola player, kindergarden ESL teacher or Xmas lights architect, librarian, comic artist...
 
Bio prof, genetics councilor, fishing guide, police officer
 
Research. Maybe PA school
 
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Oh, the options are endless...

Maybe get a PhD in history and be a professor?
Or go into biomedical engineering?
Or be a baker?
Or go to PA school? (less likely)
Or be a flight attendant?
 
I'd become a university professor and build up a reputation so I am the History Channel go to guy for consults regarding aliens.
 
Bunny doctor, HS math teacher, starving artist, or prostitute

Or maybe all 4.
 
I'm already a nurse so I'll probably go on for BSN.
 
Being that I want to be a Psychiatrist,.. or Neurologist. I'd probably go the PhD route and become a clinical psychologist or maybe do Neuroscience!
 
The Buff OP said:
Oh no, don't take this towards yourself, by any means. I just meant I heard of other people not getting in and they decide to go to law school.
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That's actually really common...a good number of law students are failed pre-meds lol
 
pre med 2014 said:
I'd become a university professor and build up a reputation so I am the History Channel go to guy for consults regarding aliens.
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I've worked with the history channel. They prefer self-proclaimed experts without formal education.
 
For all those planning to become a engineer, wouldn't that require you to take many engineering pre-reqs (specifically math)?
 
Hau5MD said:
For all those planning to become a engineer, wouldn't that require you to take many engineering pre-reqs (specifically math)?
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They probably already have the degree, or are currently majoring in engineering.
 
If neither MD or DO was a possibility, I would become a midlevel. I would maybe consider dentistry, but I think it would be too manual for me. Pharmacy would be the only other career I'd consider in healthcare... but I probably wouldn't pursue in today's environment given its analogous situation to law schools.

If nothing in healthcare, I'd consider being a HS teacher.
 
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Lexdiamondz said:
That's actually really common...a good number of law students are failed pre-meds lol
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And a good number of law students are also failed lawyers. Something like 50% of law school graduates never get a job as a lawyer because the market saturation is beyond screwed. :laugh:
 
Start up. I'd want to open up a cafe & bakery.
 
Culinary school and/or see what happens in Hollywood.
 
Since I'm still deciding between a PhD in Clinical Psych or going to Med School, if I couldn't do the latter, I'd probably do the former (though getting into a PhD program in Clinical Psych is not a laughing matter...of course the PsyD is also an option).

If not that, then maybe PA school. Could still practice medicine and make a good salary so the trade-off wouldn't be horrible in the least.

If not that...well maybe physical therapy since I enjoy weight lifting and the physiology behind it.

...and if not that...well I'd probably try my hand at becoming a police officer. Because why not?
 
I'd go into something similar in healthcare, such as nursing, PA, etc. with potential for academic affiliation and research involvement. Might dabble in the business/admin side of things too. The possibilities are similar in some ways to those available with the MD/DO degree. Times are changing. There are nurse practitioners who run their own practices, for example.
 
Public health - promotion/prevention research
Work for a non-profit
University professor

Or...

Hammock and hike across the United States and eventually open up a cupcake shop called "The Cupcake Bar" with cupcakes based on/made with beers and cocktails. :thumbup:
 
circulus vitios said:
And a good number of law students are also failed lawyers. Something like 50% of law school graduates never get a job as a lawyer because the market saturation is beyond screwed. :laugh:
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Yeah lol because a lot of them have a heart and don't go into to the main money earning practices i.e. Corporate liars and divorce lawyers.
 
I've always thought this was a weird interview question. The question forces you to presume the world is a state which precludes you from being a doctor for some insurmountable reason. On the surface it sounds like a reasonable hypothetical, and I have a hypothetical answer, but as a realistic question? I think it sucks.

I can't actually see myself going through with other plans because I haven't arrived at the career pursuit I have through a thought process acknowledging of my inability to be a doctor. This hypothetical condition on my choice of career is one that applies to a decision I can only make after having arrived naturally, over time, at the choice of physician. How can my answer be realistic?

Plus, I haven't done the extensive research or had the personal exposure to these other possible fields as I have medicine. How do I know I wouldn't love to be a police detective? It's not something I ever seriously considered because medicine was a bigger draw for my interests, so among several other things that just "sound cool," how can I have a serious choice when I wouldn't have made the serious choice to pursue medicine without such deliberation?
 
gettheleadout said:
I've always thought this was a weird interview question. The question forces you to presume the world is a state which precludes you from being a doctor for some insurmountable reason. On the surface it sounds like a reasonable hypothetical, and I have a hypothetical answer, but as a realistic question? I think it sucks.

I can't actually see myself going through with other plans because I haven't arrived at the career pursuit I have through a thought process acknowledging of my inability to be a doctor. This hypothetical condition on my choice of career is one that applies to a decision I can only make after having arrived naturally, over time, at the choice of physician. How can my answer be realistic?

Plus, I haven't done the extensive research or had the personal exposure to these other possible fields as I have medicine. How do I know I wouldn't love to be a police detective? It's not something I ever seriously considered because medicine was a bigger draw for my interests, so among several other things that just "sound cool," how can I have a serious choice when I wouldn't have made the serious choice to pursue medicine without such deliberation?
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gettheleadout said:
I've always thought this was a weird interview question. The question forces you to presume the world is a state which precludes you from being a doctor for some insurmountable reason. On the surface it sounds like a reasonable hypothetical, and I have a hypothetical answer, but as a realistic question? I think it sucks.

I can't actually see myself going through with other plans because I haven't arrived at the career pursuit I have through a thought process acknowledging of my inability to be a doctor. This hypothetical condition on my choice of career is one that applies to a decision I can only make after having arrived naturally, over time, at the choice of physician. How can my answer be realistic?

Plus, I haven't done the extensive research or had the personal exposure to these other possible fields as I have medicine. How do I know I wouldn't love to be a police detective? It's not something I ever seriously considered because medicine was a bigger draw for my interests, so among several other things that just "sound cool," how can I have a serious choice when I wouldn't have made the serious choice to pursue medicine without such deliberation?
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Maybe you could be a philosophy professor.
 
Get my PhD and do either Physics or Biochem research.
 
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