Is Pre-Med worth it? Stress/workload/hours?

MiamiDAP
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:01:14 +0000

“It would be awesome to have a normal 40 hours-per-week job”

-If this is your goal, my anecdotal evidence is that I have never ever met unemployed MD, while I have met many unemployed engineers, computer programmers, business majors, teachers and other professionals (including myself - was unemplyed 9 times for long periods, while looking for a job). Before you wish for “normal 40 hours job”, you will wish for ANY job at ANY place for ANY compensation and they will be very hard to find. Again, this is my personal experience that I have shared many times with my pre-med D. who is going to Medical School next year and is very ready to work extremely hard to avoid being in my shoes. (I say “thank you for a job” every morning that I get up from my bed and I still do not know if I have it tomorrow despite about 30 years of experience in my field). And I am so lucky to have the job that I actually love. Not everybody can say that.
Again, only you can decide if you are up for what entails to become MD.
But nurses, physician assistants…etc. are also very good alternatives with high job security. I would not call these majors exactly “easy”, they will require great efforts and commitments.