I am currently a nursing major, sophomore year of college, and applying to the nursing program this coming Spring. I am in this field because it's mostly my family that's forcing me to become a nurse and won't support me at all (in whatever support I need) if I change my path, which makes me feel horrible. I didn't mind at first, but now I've decided that I really want to be a physician (specifically, oncologist). They tell me that if I want to be a doctor, I should take nursing first, then go become a doctor.
I told them why that's not the smartest choice at all, despite the fact that some some people go that way, but those are usually people that wanted to be nurses first but changed their mind and wanted to go to medical school. I need more reasons why this isn't smart at all. I have that it'll be a waste of time and money to go back to school because you have to do med school pre-reqs. I told my parents this and they literally don't believe me.
What are some other reasons I could tell them, to convince them, to prove them wrong?
