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If I could get the same being a rock star, I'd choose rock star without hesitation.
a well established rock star own private jets.....ur never gonna efford that on doctor salary.
Lol of course not. I'd get a PhD in history and psychology and call it a day. I'd have so much more fun doing that rather then working 70 hours a week with so much government bull****.
Btw work on the grammar, proofreading will make it a bit easier to get appropriate responses. Also make this a poll as well, I'd love to see some stats.
Honestly in my opinion money matters a lot. If it wasn't for the financial stability and safety that medicine offered, I'd be a fool to consider it. I've always loved the social sciences and understanding people and history. However the reality is that history and those fun things don't put bread on the table. If they did, I would be the first of 99.99% of pre-meds to throw away medical nonsense,
No. I'd probably be a teacher if I could make 200k and get two(ish) months off in the summer.
I'd likely join the Army Rangers. They ought to get paid more than physicians as it is.
I have to say: your posts are so ridiculous that I wish you would stop being the first person to comment on everything. I'm pretty sure that mostly everyone who reads this forum would become a doctor regardless. Maybe you should be an historian or something other than a premed.
And if your thing is that you want to make money doing basically anything, maybe you should consider a different field. Most of us on here want to be docs because we can't consider another option and it's just who we are. Not to be blunt (lol), but no-one wants to hear your garbage.
No offense?
Morsetlis... you going to St. Georges Univ. in the carib?
If I could pursue an interesting and rewarding career that didn't land me in astronomical debt and didn't steal away so much of the time I could have just had fun in my youth, and still get paid what a doctor gets paid, I think I definitely would! That career for me would have consisted of being a photojournalist for the National Geographic
Oh, and BTW, anyone who says money isn't a factor when it comes to pursuing medicine is either:
1) incredibly wealthy already
2) naive and idealistic
3) lying.
4) used to not having money
I'm doing medicine because I think it would be a psychologically rewarding career for me, I think I'd be good at it, I have the interest, and yes, IT PAYS. I want to live nicely and be rewarded for all my hard work on this track. For the most part (esp. when it comes to primary care physicians), I don't think a dime of what they make isn't well-earned.
I have to say: your posts are so ridiculous that I wish you would stop being the first person to comment on everything. I'm pretty sure that mostly everyone who reads this forum would become a doctor regardless. Maybe you should be an historian or something other than a premed.
And if your thing is that you want to make money doing basically anything, maybe you should consider a different field. Most of us on here want to be docs because we can't consider another option and it's just who we are. Not to be blunt (lol), but no-one wants to hear your garbage.
No offense?
I have to say: your posts are so ridiculous that I wish you would stop being the first person to comment on everything. I'm pretty sure that mostly everyone who reads this forum would become a doctor regardless. Maybe you should be an historian or something other than a premed.
And if your thing is that you want to make money doing basically anything, maybe you should consider a different field. Most of us on here want to be docs because we can't consider another option and it's just who we are. Not to be blunt (lol), but no-one wants to hear your garbage.
No offense?
The higher you are, the farther you fall, my friends. There are some people - like at least one of my roommates - who really do go into medicine solely to help people. There are also others who preach sanctimoniously about idealism and then buckle and show their true colors when they find out how hard this life really is. The vast majority of sunshine-and-rainbows pre-meds fall into the latter category, as evidenced by how few med students and doctors spew this diatribe. It's also a safe bet that anyone who "would be a doctor for free" has never endured any sort of financial hardship at all and would not feel the way they claim to if they had any idea what they were talking about.Royalewithcheese, I'm so glad that there are people like you going into medicine. I too can't see myself doing anything else regardless of pay.
The higher you are, the farther you fall, my friends. There are some people - like at least one of my roommates - who really do go into medicine solely to help people. There are also others who preach sanctimoniously about idealism and then buckle and show their true colors when they find out how hard this life really is. The vast majority of sunshine-and-rainbows pre-meds fall into the latter category, as evidenced by how few med students and doctors spew this diatribe. It's also a safe bet that anyone who "would be a doctor for free" has never endured any sort of financial hardship at all and would not feel the way they claim to if they had any idea what they were talking about.
Even if you do end up practicing what you preach, looking down on others for not being with you at the extreme end of the self-sacrificing spectrum is simply foolish. You may be willing to serve in Africa for subsistence money, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be compensated fairly for the sacrifices one makes.
If I could've made $200,000 teaching high school physics or biology or chem, there's not a chance in hell I'd be in med school right now. That doesn't mean I don't want to be a doctor or don't enjoy what I'm doing. It means I picked something else that I enjoyed and didn't have to incur $400,000 of debt and give up 7+ years to do.
Even if you do end up practicing what you preach, looking down on others for not being with you at the extreme end of the self-sacrificing spectrum is simply foolish. You may be willing to serve in Africa for subsistence money, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be compensated fairly for the sacrifices one makes.
If I could've made $200,000 teaching high school physics or biology or chem, there's not a chance in hell I'd be in med school right now. That doesn't mean I don't want to be a doctor or don't enjoy what I'm doing. It means I picked something else that I enjoyed and didn't have to incur $400,000 of debt and give up 7+ years to do.
Agreed. Unfortunately, a lot of pre-meds are in this for the money. It doesn't mean they don't love what they do, but if there was another option that may have involved less sacrifice, competition, and debt, I'm pretty sure they would have taken another route.
I would.
I'm one of those commies who would work for 100K a year if the govt would clear all my loan debts.
If I could pursue an interesting and rewarding career that didn't land me in astronomical debt and didn't steal away so much of the time I could have just had fun in my youth, and still get paid what a doctor gets paid, I think I definitely would! That career for me would have consisted of being a photojournalist for the National Geographic
Oh, and BTW, anyone who says money isn't a factor when it comes to pursuing medicine is either:
1) incredibly wealthy already
2) naive and idealistic
3) lying.
I'm doing medicine because I think it would be a psychologically rewarding career for me, I think I'd be good at it, I have the interest, and yes, IT PAYS. I want to live nicely and be rewarded for all my hard work on this track. For the most part (esp. when it comes to primary care physicians), I don't think a dime of what they make isn't well-earned.
"if" lol. But we all know you'll need to slave in the military for that.
Right on, sister. I've certainly never been poor, but my family has had its fair share of money woes. Financial stress is not something I'd wish on anyone, let alone myself. I do kind of want a huge TV and cool stuff, though.the instability of poverty is what REALLY bothers me. The "not having enough money to buy useless crap" thing isn't a big deal to me at all. What I want is to have enough money to live on without having to worry about losing the roof over my head...Anyone who says this is idealistic probably has never been poor.
Agreed in general, but for someone like me who's going to be well over $400k in debt after school, $50k per year is below the poverty line. My interest payments will be at least in the $30k/year range, so I'd be bringing home about $10000, at most. I'll be forbearing my loans through residency and sending a personal letter to former-President Bush thanking him for costing me an extra $100k.the way people talk about 50k like it's poverty wages has made me literally laugh out loud more than once. I certainly want more than 50k if I'm going to spend aeons of my life in school, but I at least am able to realize what is a lot of money vs. what is not.
just curious:
would any of you guys peruse medicine if you could get paid the same as the type of doctor you want to be doing something else?
Right on, sister. I've certainly never been poor, but my family has had its fair share of money woes. Financial stress is not something I'd wish on anyone, let alone myself. I do kind of want a huge TV and cool stuff, though.
Agreed in general, but for someone like me who's going to be well over $400k in debt after school, $50k per year is below the poverty line. My interest payments will be at least in the $30k/year range, so I'd be bringing home about $10000, at most. I'll be forbearing my loans through residency and sending a personal letter to former-President Bush thanking him for costing me an extra $100k.
just curious:
would any of you guys peruse medicine if you could get paid the same as the type of doctor you want to be doing something else?
for example, i really am interested in orthopedic surgery, however, if i could get paid the same amount as an o. surgeon except work on cars all day, i would never peruse medicine...the only reason im doing medicine is because realistically, I have to have a job, and the job im most interested in requires medical school
are any of you the same?
This is much easier to say when you know that it (probably) will never be true.I'd still become a doctor if it only paid $50k/year. However the loans better be $50k instead of $200k.
Hate to be the bubble-burster, and I do know there are some great moments in medicine/doc's lives, but...I know this is a very idealistic view and you can't ignore student loans but everyone who's entering medicine (not only med school but also nursing, PA, PT etc) should take pride in the fact that we can make changes in people's lives regardless of who they are.
Agreed. Unfortunately, a lot of pre-meds are in this for the money. It doesn't mean they don't love what they do, but if there was another option that may have involved less sacrifice, competition, and debt, I'm pretty sure they would have taken another route.