Thinking about dropping out of med school and pursuing a career

Don't do it unless you want to be a teacher

seems unwise

i would probably have given my left nut to get into med school although now i've accepted my non-medical career track

>tfw too dumb for o-chem

>>34575051
>should I drop out of a degree that will guarantee me a high-paying job in favor of a degree that will guarantee me being homeless?

>>34575092
Linguistics professors and forensic linguists in the US get a quite nice salary and I've always enjoyed learning new languages (and I'm pretty good at it).

>>34575051
W-which do you l-love more? C-choose the o-one you have the m-m-m-most p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-passion for.

>>34575172
Then you should be fine. How far into med school are you?

>>34575986
First year.

origami

>>34576168
Then you have little penalty for dropping. Do what you want if you are more passionate for linguistics.

>>34575051
As a linguistics major who's almost finished with uni, I can say that you should only do it if you're absolutely okay with either going on to get a masters and then working as a professor or trudging around in jungles getting malaria and talking to tribals.

Personally there's no way I'm going to go for a job directly related to linguistics.

>>34575051
no you fucking dumbass. finish med school. jesus christ

>>34575051

Consider your options and talk to a counselor.

I'd definitely wrap up the year and see how you feel in another few months. Getting into medical school takes a lot of work for most people. If you're serious, then you'd be tossing away the progress you've made in favor of starting down a new and less certain track. Are you willing to pass up on guaranteed comfort to get into another field which might not live up whatever sort of myth you've made it into?

One of my close friends is wrapping up his second semester at an osteopathic program in the South. He only came to the United States nine years ago but managed to graduate from a well-respected university with honors. I know the year has been getting to him a lot, and he briefly considered trying to transfer to be closer to friends and family.

However, he decided to stay where he is because he didn't want to risk getting sideswiped by changes in curricula and expectations.

Even if you wind up as "only" a family doctor, you'd still be making $200,000 per year working mostly from 9-5. Do you feel strongly enough about linguistics to give that up?