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

curmudgeon
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:21:31 +0000

What is the question? Is pre-med worth it? To you? It appears not.

I just don’t want to do health care, work all the time, or go to med school (which I’ve heard horror stories about). I don’t want an overly-stressful job where I work all the time. Is it too much to ask for a job with good hours, pay, and level of stress? I’m not asking for some magical easy-way at all. I just enjoy my freetime, hobbies, social life, etc. And I get stressed very easily (I’m in high school and community college, and I have been very stressed out at times). I’m starting to think that Pre-Med isn’t appropriate for me anymore.

I think you may be right.



really want a well-paying, non-boring job… I really want a job with security, and decent pay… I just don’t want a very stressful job where I have to work a lot of hours. It would be awesome to have a normal 40 hours-per-week job.

There are plenty of 40 hr a week jobs but I’m unaware of any that meet all your criteria in the modern economy.

Usually we have to give up something to get something but it’s good that you realize this now. Pre-med is just a few courses and for a science major, some will be required for your degree anyway.

Why not think about combining your interest in bio and CS and doing something like bio-informatics? And if you change your mind about med school, well…you’ll probably have your bases covered.