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Hi y'all! My name Is Josh and I'm fairly new to this site, but so far it has been great and really helped me! However, I do still need some advice about my situation. At the moment I'm going into my second semester of college as a freshman. Since I completed 21 credit hours by dual enrolling, next fall I will only have to take my required number of electives to get my A.A. degree. I currently have a 4.0 GPA. My ultimate goal is to graduate from medical school before I'm 30, and I don't say this lightly. I have shadowed doctors, volunteered and I even got a $1000 dollar scholarship and attended the FSU college of Medicine Summer Institute Program for High school seniors. Since I'm at the point where I need to start taking electives that will count for my major, I began to think about what I wanted to major in. I was going to do the normal premed biology but I don't want to be stuck with a useless degree if I cant get in to med school. I began researching the BSN program at FSU and I really think that I want to become an RN first then go to medical school. I feel like this also opens up doors financially, because I can atleast try to work during the summer in med school and If I don't get into med school I can become a PA or an NP. and the Prereqs that I don't get now (physics with lab and organic chem maybe)I can work and take them before matriculating to med school. I know people say that you shouldn't become a nurse to become a doctor but I think that's unfair because this is my only shot at a degree that I can have a good career with (bright futures and FL prepaid only cover 4 years). Here are my main questions: 1. working as a full time single, male nurse, will I have the time to attend class and lab two or three days a week. for example every Tuesday and Thursday? 2. What is the base pay for a new BSN in the Tallahassee area and are capital regional and TMH hiring a lot of new grads? 3. How much money could I expect to ear in the summer working as an RN? atleast between my M1 and M2 years anyway. thanks, Josh

Hi y'all, I'm currently enrolled at my local community college and after this semester I will have all of my requirements for my AA except for my electives. I KNOW that I eventually want to become a doctor so my plan is to take as many pre reqs as I can towards counting as my electives. I have shadowed med students and doctors and I got a scholarship to attend the FSU COM summer institute program for high school students interested in becoming an MD. During this week long program, I lived in the dorms and were mentored by the med students and got to see surgeries and I even got to hold a human heart in their anatomy lab. I know what it takes to get into med school and I currently have a 4.0 GPA but two things are holding me back from getting a Bio degree. First, If something happens and I cant pass organic chem or something, I don't want to end up with a useless science degree. I can't imagine not working in healthcare. This is why I was considering earning a BSN at FSU. that way I'm guaranteed a healthcare job. Also If I cant get into med school my second option would be to become a NP. I could also still apply to PA school if I wanted. there are just so many open doors to healthcare professions with a BSN. Second, if and when I make it to medical school I'm going to have to work in the summers to help pay for living expenses, and I think that working as a nurse will not only be better pay than a min wage job but It would also give me direct application to what I'll be learning. So my main questions are 1. Is getting a Pre-med BSN (fulfillinf pre reqs along the way) a good ideaq? do med schools accept BSN nurses straight out of school? would carribean or D.O. schools be easier for nurses to get into? 2. Is it a good idea to work as an RN during summers in med school? about how much could I make in a summer in the Tallahassee area? I can only afford enough loans to take out tuition for med school. 3. Do most male nurses become NP's (just wondering) and how competitive is FNP school compared to med school? Thanks, A