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I've been lurking since around January now, and I don't want to jack someone else's thread. I guess I just needed some of your guys' encouragement as I honestly don't have a lot of support from my family since I've told them my hopes.
When I started college in 2007, I was Pre-Med. I loved the sciences in high school, but one absolutely withering and condescending biology professor my freshman year of undergrad made me lose sight of that. I only took General Biology before I switched majors, and got a B average in it the whole year. I think I was just young, immature, and didn't have the necessary study or coping skills for success at that point in my life. I ended up wandering in college, but still ended up graduating with a 3.76 GPA, a B.A. in Religious Studies, and a minor in Economics.
Since then, I've volunteered for a year as a men's dean and teacher at a boarding high school in rural Tennessee, worked several summers in the middle of Michigan at a summer camp with kids from inner city Detroit and Benton Harbor, spent time volunteering in an ER, am currently one class away from finishing an MBA (Healthcare Administration emphasis) with a 4.0 GPA, and have worked the last three years in the Human Resources departments of several large hospitals. I currently work in Employee Relations, and spend every day dealing with complex people problems that can easily result in lawsuits if not handled properly and delicately.
I just know that if I don't pursue medicine, I will regret it for the rest of my life. I admire not-for-profits like Doctor's Without Borders, and would love to do that as a provider some day. I understand that the field is full of change, and I experience that in healthcare every week at my current job. No matter how many years have gone by, I always end up returning to the idea of becoming a M.D. Most of my volunteer work and jobs post-undergrad have centered around healthcare in some capacity, and that's not an accident.
I just told my parents about it, and I can tell they don't approve. I'm 28 now, and wouldn't be finished with the MCAT and prerequisites until after I'm 30. I realize that it's not logical to go this route after I'm close to making a director role in healthcare and I'm just finishing paying off my undergraduate debt.
Can anyone relate or give any advice?
(If I have broken any rules with this post, I can remove it. Like I said, I'm a long-time lurker but a first time poster.)
When I started college in 2007, I was Pre-Med. I loved the sciences in high school, but one absolutely withering and condescending biology professor my freshman year of undergrad made me lose sight of that. I only took General Biology before I switched majors, and got a B average in it the whole year. I think I was just young, immature, and didn't have the necessary study or coping skills for success at that point in my life. I ended up wandering in college, but still ended up graduating with a 3.76 GPA, a B.A. in Religious Studies, and a minor in Economics.
Since then, I've volunteered for a year as a men's dean and teacher at a boarding high school in rural Tennessee, worked several summers in the middle of Michigan at a summer camp with kids from inner city Detroit and Benton Harbor, spent time volunteering in an ER, am currently one class away from finishing an MBA (Healthcare Administration emphasis) with a 4.0 GPA, and have worked the last three years in the Human Resources departments of several large hospitals. I currently work in Employee Relations, and spend every day dealing with complex people problems that can easily result in lawsuits if not handled properly and delicately.
I just know that if I don't pursue medicine, I will regret it for the rest of my life. I admire not-for-profits like Doctor's Without Borders, and would love to do that as a provider some day. I understand that the field is full of change, and I experience that in healthcare every week at my current job. No matter how many years have gone by, I always end up returning to the idea of becoming a M.D. Most of my volunteer work and jobs post-undergrad have centered around healthcare in some capacity, and that's not an accident.
I just told my parents about it, and I can tell they don't approve. I'm 28 now, and wouldn't be finished with the MCAT and prerequisites until after I'm 30. I realize that it's not logical to go this route after I'm close to making a director role in healthcare and I'm just finishing paying off my undergraduate debt.
Can anyone relate or give any advice?
(If I have broken any rules with this post, I can remove it. Like I said, I'm a long-time lurker but a first time poster.)