is anyone on here a doctor (MD)?

[hereandthere13]

med school students can reply as well. i know this is such a strange question to ask on here but im genuinely curious. how do u stay on top of studying and being busy with school all the time? working in STEM has always been my dream (started college off as a software engineer major but realised i hated it, especially sitting down all the time) so i'm thinking of going the med route. im just scared i wont be able to handle it, yknow since i kinda always want to kms.

im almost done with my communications degree and i've already added bio and chem to my schedule for summer semester in case i decide to go for it. unfortunately i havent taken any of those required classes since my freshman year of college so i won't be able to apply to med school until fall of next year or spring 2028 :(

 

[TokaNoOwari]

Surprisingly, there really are no textbook answers for this one. Which is honestly terrifying if you are planning to pursue med school.

The real answer is that you have to find an actual reason why you want to do it. You need a spark deep inside you that just keeps forcing you to push through the hardest days. For a lot of people, this comes from a deep desire to have a job that actually means something. The meaning usually isn't just about money or prestige or whatever other reasons people might have for going into fields like IT, Econ, or Law. Those people definitely exist in medicine, too, but they usually don't make it very far initially.

It is much more about a deep desire to do something good for the world. To help people, to cheer them up when they are in need, and to give your own life an actual purpose. Your specific purpose doesn't have to be exactly that, because it is different for everybody. But the best advice I can give you right now is to really ask yourself why. Why this specific job? It might even help to sit down and write four pages purely on why you think medicine is something that will truly fulfil you.