Which one is a better path ??

[NANA HACHI]

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Hello folks ....

I m currently a junior and taking all my pre-med courses....

Just wonder , for my bachelor major , should i go for clinical lab technologist ? or Radian therapy ?

i think RT makes more, and if somethign happened i did not get in or drop out of med school i can still do RT and making 100k year . But most RT works 9-5 , therefore i can not work as a Part time RT during med school.


CLT had more work shifts like evening and night, which can helps me get a part time job during the med school.

Of course, my professor had advised me that justr finish and concentrate on applying to med school and forget about the "back up plans"

He also said that it's best not to work during med school as well.

But I m a orphan I don't have anyone to support me finacially and if any case i can not finish or get into a med school I will have to spent more time and money to getanother healthcare degree.

Any thoughts ?

 

[Compass]

I have never heard of these majors before. They sound more like occupations to me. Do you mean specializations? Where do you go to U?

 

[CoolWhipp]

Most students don't work in medical school. You may want to go the path that will be the easiest. The goal is medical school, not radiation therapy right? So if you are really adamant about going into medicine the pay after your bachelors doesn't really matter as long as you can live and reapply. Med tech's make around 50k a year. I don't know about radiation therapy but if you are correct about the 100k, I would do that.

Depending on the current status of your grades, your plan of attack will be different. You want to consider this, I'm assuming you are competitive for medical school. I have a good friend that was an orphan and, from what she has told me, its been rough. I wish you the best.

Also, you do need a bachelors to apply to medical school.

 

[bellakk]

What university do you attend?

It is not possible to work during medical school. I dont mean that its hard, I mean it is physically impossible. You'll be in class from about 8am to late afternoons depending on the day and then studying for pretty much all of your evenings and weekends. The time not spent studying will be involved with specialty interest groups and club at the med school so you have something to put on your resume for residency applications.

I would be hesitant to major in a "practical application" field like a lab tech and xray tech simply because you usually spend the last 2 years of your undergraduate time at your university's health sciences center and will be taking classes that apply towards those careers and not courses like Cell Biology and Biochemistry, which are recommended/required for med school and required for a "hard science" major like Biology/Zoology. However if you do decide to choose between the majors you listed, your choice should depend on what kind of physician you think you want to be. Do you want to be a research physician who only works in the hospital/clinic one day a week and then spends the rest of their week in the lab (choose clinical lab tech)? Or do you want to be more of a traditional clinical physician who spends all their time in the hospital or clinic (choose RT)?

I also agree with your advisor that you should concentrate on getting into med school and not worry about your "backup" play just yet. You can usually get a job as a research technician at a major university with a bachelor's in any science field, not just a "clinical tech" degree, so there is always that option.

Since you're a junior, you need to start reading up on the MCAT since you will need to take it this coming spring and you need to rock it!

What kind of extracurriculars are you involved in, how much physician shadowing/clinical experience do you have?

 

[RogueUnicorn]

Radian therapy

does this therapy involve pie?

 

[greatnt249]

does this therapy involve pie?

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

does this therapy involve pie?

damn, you beat me to it haha.

i think RT makes more, and if somethign happened i did not get in or drop out of med school i can still do RT and making 100k year . But most RT works 9-5 , therefore i can not work as a Part time RT during med school.

really?

 

[IHeartNerds]

The time not spent studying will be involved with specialty interest groups and club at the med school so you have something to put on your resume for residency applications.

yeah, no actual medical students that i know do things like this. we mostly spend our free time drinking, or sleeping, or if highly talented, doing both at the same time.

thank god residency directors don't care about the same kind of crap that adcoms do...research on the other hand, is a totally different matter.

 

[mvenus929]

I work in the lab, so I'd go for the clinical lab tech... I've heard time and time again that being a med tech gives you a boost for becoming a doctor, because you know what labs to order and when. Since something like 80% of diagnoses are made based on lab results, that'll give you an edge.

BUT... don't go in planning to work part-time in medical school. The vast majority of med students have to pay their own way through school; you will certainly not be the only one. And you will not want to work going through such stressful schooling.

 

[buffaluv]

As a licenced RT I can tell you I do not make 100K a year..the money is good and it gives you a great insight into the clinical aspect of cancer care but I would not advise you to choose this path if you think your going to bring in 100K a year especially to start out. Choose what you think you'd be more interested in. If you want to get into Hem/Onc, RadOnc, or any other type of clinical practice where you have long relationships with patients its awsome.

 

[NANA HACHI]

Most students don't work in medical school. You may want to go the path that will be the easiest. The goal is medical school, not radiation therapy right? So if you are really adamant about going into medicine the pay after your bachelors doesn't really matter as long as you can live and reapply. Med tech's make around 50k a year. I don't know about radiation therapy but if you are correct about the 100k, I would do that.

Depending on the current status of your grades, your plan of attack will be different. You want to consider this, I'm assuming you are competitive for medical school. I have a good friend that was an orphan and, from what she has told me, its been rough. I wish you the best.

Also, you do need a bachelors to apply to medical school.

I thank you for your advice , and really appreciate your blessing 🙂
Yeah it's really hard to manage your life you when u have no one and nothing . I wish your friend is doing well in her life too.

 

[NANA HACHI]

does this therapy involve pie?

LMAO

I was using the Pc in my school library and the keyboard sucks ~ ~
it was funny tho. 😛