Hello all, I am currently going through a miniature crisis. I just completed my first year of DPT school and to be honest, I am underwhelmed. I want to do more, I want to be responsible for more, I want to be challenged more. I always had the thought of being a physician in the back of my mind but I started undergraduate in a pre-physical therapy track and just stuck it out and went to PT school. After my acute care clinical experience, I find myself doing separate research about medicine essentially every day that I get home from class and am way more passionate about becoming a physician than I am about becoming a PT. I can't even sleep at night ebcause of my urge to become a physician and help people to the best of my ability. I have clinical experience in outpatient and acute care settings, a 3.57 undergraduate GPA and a know a few doctors personally that I have been talking to.
The problem here is logistics. I still need to take biochem/Ochem and study for the MCAT but I have no time to do this with the rigorous DPT schedule. I am already tens of thousands of dollars in debt from undergraduate and my first year of PT school so I cant just risk dropping out and taking a chance with medical school. It seems that the only feasible way to pursue a career in medicine is to graduate PT school, and then work as a PT whilst completing the pre-reqs and studying for the MCAT. The only problem with this is that it would be a huge money sink to continue PT school for two more years and a essentially a waste of my time. Is anyone in a similar situation or have any advice? I am beyond grateful for any tips/advice.
The problem here is logistics. I still need to take biochem/Ochem and study for the MCAT but I have no time to do this with the rigorous DPT schedule. I am already tens of thousands of dollars in debt from undergraduate and my first year of PT school so I cant just risk dropping out and taking a chance with medical school. It seems that the only feasible way to pursue a career in medicine is to graduate PT school, and then work as a PT whilst completing the pre-reqs and studying for the MCAT. The only problem with this is that it would be a huge money sink to continue PT school for two more years and a essentially a waste of my time. Is anyone in a similar situation or have any advice? I am beyond grateful for any tips/advice.