I'm in a dilemma. I love medicine and its been my passion since I was young I have always thought of being a doctor. When I graduated high school I was madly in love and settled going to nursing school since we decided to stay in the area, well the love fell apart and now I am an RN with associate degree from community college working at my BSN while working full time. Once complete with my BSN my next route was NP but recently I had meet up with a friend of my uncle who is just finishing his residency as a trauma surgeon and while we were talking about medicine and where I wanted to go with my future, he said that I should go to medical school. That really re-sparked my interest so I started doing research. After looking into programs across the country for med school, I don't think I have what they are looking for. The most classes that I have taken is 3 online courses while working full time and some of the programs do not consider that a qualified candidate even though I have an overall GPA of 3.8. Currently I need to continue working and will not be done with my BSN for 4 semesters so I do have time. I was considering taking 2 full semesters of classes once done with my BSN with a focus on biology courses to show that I can handle the work load and still get the grades. But I fear that even that will not be enough and it will be a waste of my time.
I know that med school is very competitive, I dont think that my background will help me. But I have the grades and I test very well, I think I would do great on the MCAT, but I fear that because I didn't go to a 4 year college right away and take full semester classes that I put myself at a big disadvantage.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Maybe someone knows someone who took a similar route as myself and they are making it? I guess I'm looking for a little inspiration and that it can be done.
I'm really unhappy with my current position right now due to compensation issues, otherwise I like being an NP. I work with docs some of whom do not take call and work no evenings or weekends so I don't think MD = always have to be on call. Your earning potential as a MD is way higher than a NP so you might want to really think about that if you've got loans, family, etc.
I agree with the poster about getting that RN first, you can start making some money while doing the pre-med prerequisites and applying. If being a MD is your dream then go for it. I am happy being a mid level, I like having people to go to for questions. So no regrets for me
This is nursing forum, most practitioners here will advise you to stay in nursing, if you will write in MD/DO forum, it will be different. Please do "shadowing ", go to MD offices and listen to your heart. Good luck.
westcoastgirl
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I'm really unhappy with my current position right now due to compensation issues, otherwise I like being an NP. I work with docs some of whom do not take call and work no evenings or weekends so I don't think MD = always have to be on call. Your earning potential as a MD is way higher than a NP so you might want to really think about that if you've got loans, family, etc.
I agree with the poster about getting that RN first, you can start making some money while doing the pre-med prerequisites and applying. If being a MD is your dream then go for it. I am happy being a mid level, I like having people to go to for questions. So no regrets for me