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Alright my junior year of high school has come to an end and I am leaning towards on becoming a doctor, specifically a psychiatrist. I have around a 3.5-3.6 gpa. On the other hand, something I really need to improve is my ACT score. I recently took the ACT my first time and I scored a 23 . I still have time to improve my ACT score by senior year. My parents think I'm a failure as a result of this low ACT score, and they're planning on sending me to a foreign medical school/college. (My parents somewhat have high expectations for me, they're Indian). They don't believe I'll survive an American college while doing pre-med. They don't believe I'll pass the MCAT and I'll end up wasting my time in college. My parents are planning to send me to foreign medical school after high school, which I think combines premed with medical school, and I won't have to take electives. I don't know how it works, but I'm not really interested going to a foreign medical school. My life would be different. It would be hard for me to get used to the place and make friends.
My plans are however: Go to a SUNY college, major in Nursing (as a safety net, if I don't get into med school) while doing premed. And hopefully I do good in college and on the MCAT'S and get into med school. I'd rather have a life as an American college student.
I'm mostly against going to a foreign college or med school, but should I listen to my parents? Or should I do premed in a SUNY college in the U.S while majoring in Nursing.
I still could improve my low ACT score, I have a little over 2 months during this summer to study for it. I've taken some AP's and honors classes, played a varsity sport, many volunteering hours, and traveled to a diff. country to help build a pharmacy in an orphanage (twice).
My plans are however: Go to a SUNY college, major in Nursing (as a safety net, if I don't get into med school) while doing premed. And hopefully I do good in college and on the MCAT'S and get into med school. I'd rather have a life as an American college student.
I'm mostly against going to a foreign college or med school, but should I listen to my parents? Or should I do premed in a SUNY college in the U.S while majoring in Nursing.
I still could improve my low ACT score, I have a little over 2 months during this summer to study for it. I've taken some AP's and honors classes, played a varsity sport, many volunteering hours, and traveled to a diff. country to help build a pharmacy in an orphanage (twice).