Trillotrix
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Hi everyone, I've been thinking of starting work into transitioning my career early on into medical school and was hoping to get some advice.
Background
T10 School, 21 years old
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.75
Minor: Biology, Science GPA: 3.80
Currently working at a financial instution.
Why I'm considering the change: I went into engineering because that's what the rest of my family has done. To be honest, I've always been miserable with all my internships and as a result, I decided to take the first offer that came that paid the best, also, perhaps doing a non-engineering job may be a nice change. That obviously didn't happen and I've been struggling with enjoying any of the work I do at all.
I have had a friend taking the UCSD post bacc program and it's caused me to do some serious reevaluating. I took my minor in biology because I love bio and they were some of the only classes I enjoyed at school. Additionally, I've always enjoyed customer facing retail roles compared to any of my cubicle based corporate internships that I've done in college. Although generic, I genuinely enjoy the idea of helping people out in my career rather than crunching numbers all day.
To be honest, I genuinely regret not considering changing my major or career path throughout college. I definitely tunnel visioned into doing well in classes and landing internships, and just believed I would be happy at the end of it all but I ended up being kind of miserable. I've only begun work for about half a year and my family believes I should give the path I've chosen a chance for a year or two and I definitely agree. However, while I continue my full time job, I want to prepare myself for this potential career change.
I've gone to some events and plan on continuing to volunteer at a local blindness prevention society in my area. I also hope on finding a hospital willing to take me on as a volunteer Friday evenings and weekends where after some time, I was hoping to ask doctors there to shadow in order for me to identify if I do want to continue investing in this path. However, I'm not sure where to go from here.
How should I finish my med school pre-requisites? It doesn't seem possible for me to do so while I work, so I think I should likely do so a year or two later in an official post-bacc or DIY -post bacc. However, I'm not entirely sure about which is better for me? Should I even consider night school at a community college? Should I consider studying the MCAT a little early on? Doing a few hours a week of review could help me stay fresh for when I do continue my post-bacc. I would love some input on what I should be working on while working full time for perhaps another year or so. Thank you so much.
Background
T10 School, 21 years old
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.75
Minor: Biology, Science GPA: 3.80
Currently working at a financial instution.
Why I'm considering the change: I went into engineering because that's what the rest of my family has done. To be honest, I've always been miserable with all my internships and as a result, I decided to take the first offer that came that paid the best, also, perhaps doing a non-engineering job may be a nice change. That obviously didn't happen and I've been struggling with enjoying any of the work I do at all.
I have had a friend taking the UCSD post bacc program and it's caused me to do some serious reevaluating. I took my minor in biology because I love bio and they were some of the only classes I enjoyed at school. Additionally, I've always enjoyed customer facing retail roles compared to any of my cubicle based corporate internships that I've done in college. Although generic, I genuinely enjoy the idea of helping people out in my career rather than crunching numbers all day.
To be honest, I genuinely regret not considering changing my major or career path throughout college. I definitely tunnel visioned into doing well in classes and landing internships, and just believed I would be happy at the end of it all but I ended up being kind of miserable. I've only begun work for about half a year and my family believes I should give the path I've chosen a chance for a year or two and I definitely agree. However, while I continue my full time job, I want to prepare myself for this potential career change.
I've gone to some events and plan on continuing to volunteer at a local blindness prevention society in my area. I also hope on finding a hospital willing to take me on as a volunteer Friday evenings and weekends where after some time, I was hoping to ask doctors there to shadow in order for me to identify if I do want to continue investing in this path. However, I'm not sure where to go from here.
How should I finish my med school pre-requisites? It doesn't seem possible for me to do so while I work, so I think I should likely do so a year or two later in an official post-bacc or DIY -post bacc. However, I'm not entirely sure about which is better for me? Should I even consider night school at a community college? Should I consider studying the MCAT a little early on? Doing a few hours a week of review could help me stay fresh for when I do continue my post-bacc. I would love some input on what I should be working on while working full time for perhaps another year or so. Thank you so much.