smart to be a Nurse? " You may not mean that but it comes off as that> way.>> I see two paths>> 1. Finish nursing school, work for a year as a nurse taking the MCAT at> that time, never telling anyone you want to go to medical school along the> way ( this will sa..."> smart to be a Nurse? " You may not mean that but it comes off as that> way.>> I see two paths>> 1. Finish nursing school, work for a year as a nurse taking the MCAT at> that time, never telling anyone you want to go to medical school along the> way ( this will sa..." /> smart to be a Nurse? " You may not mean that but it comes off as that> way.>> I see two paths>> 1. Finish nursing school, work for a year as a nurse taking the MCAT at> that time, never telling anyone you want to go to medical school along the> way ( this will sa..." />

I'm in nursing school and already want to switch...

by dannyjones (Posted Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:23 am) CaribMD wrote:> One thought, you may be intelligent but what makes you think your " Too> smart to be a Nurse? " You may not mean that but it comes off as that> way.>> I see two paths>> 1. Finish nursing school, work for a year as a nurse taking the MCAT at> that time, never telling anyone you want to go to medical school along the> way ( this will sabotage you trust me), yes take the added courses when you> can now as well. Advantage? Experience, growth and knowledge. All you will> need is volunteer hours at anything.>> 2. Drop out of nursing school now and pursue medicine, you either go all> the way or not all in this.> Reason? There is a lot of people who are as desperate to be Nurses as> Doctors, its not a second choice career.>> I'm an RN of 21 years I went to medical school after 16 years as an RN with> a few years before that working in the Field. I wanted to do something else> after a long time and commitment.>> If you drop now its ok> If you drop right after ( without at least a year of work) its jumping ship> and not being committed.>> Also you need to understand the chances of you getting accepted at that> medical school there are about or less then 30% you will need to apply to> at least 10 others.>> [quote]So I decided a couple weeks ago when my instructor snapped at me>" I don't want to physiology of it! If you want to get into the> patho-physiology of this, then maybe you should have applied for Med> school! " that...
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