jesse_james
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My decision......wow.... I guess I didn't think it would be demanded of me! :) Well, just to give some background, I'm 20 years old, I have 50 college credit hours under my belt, and I am an EMT-Basic currently enrolled in a Paramedic course. I've grown up around medicine (father was a DVM), and my experience in emergency medicine has really spiked my interest, leading me to consider becoming a RN with the possibility of studying medicine further down the road. I don't want to say that I'm making a concrete decision to become a doctor based on one forum thread. Nevertheless, the advice I have gotten from you all has pointed me in one definite direction. Based on your comments, I have concluded that, if I want to become a doctor, it's best to make a concentrated effort for that goal, rather than becoming a nurse first. As one poster pointed out, MCAT scores for Health Sciences majors are among the lowest, and as several noted, spots on nursing school waiting lists are limited. My only hesitation is that my previous area of study was in the humanities, and although I've always excelled academically, math and science has admittedly been my weak spot. So now, I turn my inquisitions towards determining whether I could survive college calculus, chemistry, physics, and biology. Thank you all for your help. I've always been a big fan of nurses since I was in the hospital as a kid with a collapsed lung. The nurses were great. And I don't even remember seeing a doctor.......
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Excellent, excellent replies. Thank you all so much for giving your advice and opinions. Although at times conflicting, this guidance is exactly what I need going forwards. Great forum, great members, and great advice. Thank you all.
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Obviously a nurse would have to go back to school and get a bachelor's degree (if they don't already have one) before applying to med school. Would a nurse be better equipped to handle pre-med undergraduate course work, and would a RN score better on the MCAT and have a leg up in the med school application process?