I recently posted on WAMC, but now I've pretty much committed to dropping out of nursing school to pursue medical school. I'll share some background then get to the question. I entered into college wanting to be a doctor but settled for nursing after withdrawing from OChem 1. Long story short, did pretty crap on biology pre-requisites but got into state nursing school which was pretty competitive (balanced out bad sciences because I am a male and did really well on the non science nursing pre requisites). I am now in my first semester of nursing school and realize that I'm gonna regret it forever if I don't go to medical school and pretty much at 22, the time is now to finish my pre-requisites (DIY Post-Bacc to fix up the science GPA), take the MCAT, and apply.
I am pretty scared that when I eventually get interviews they are gonna ask why I got into nursing school and dropped out. That's a fair question, and my honest answer is: I thought I would be happy being a nurse and pursuing FNP, found out I won't be, and so I am applying to med school. Being in my first semester, should I finish the semester and then just not return, or just withdrawal from all my classes right now?
Further, how worried should I be about the question above: why did you get into nursing school, start, and then leave?
I am pretty scared that when I eventually get interviews they are gonna ask why I got into nursing school and dropped out. That's a fair question, and my honest answer is: I thought I would be happy being a nurse and pursuing FNP, found out I won't be, and so I am applying to med school. Being in my first semester, should I finish the semester and then just not return, or just withdrawal from all my classes right now?
Further, how worried should I be about the question above: why did you get into nursing school, start, and then leave?