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

Joe1294
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:34:59 +0000

Thank you everyone. You’ve really helped. I said I’d prefer a 40hr per week job, but that isn’t completely necessary. I’d work more if it meant better stress-level, pay, and happiness. And I realize that I might have to go to graduate school for my ideal career, but I’d rather not. I hear you have no life but studying while in med school. Anyways, a few questions.

1. I’ve heard PA been mentioned a few times. I’ve thought about it, but is it something that can be done with only a bachelor’s degree? I think you may be right, curmudgeon. I’m not really sure how to find out about other non-physician med careers (not doctor, nurse, etc).

2. Bio-informatics sounds like it might be interesting. Does anybody know much about job outlook, security, stress, etc? What career could I have with that major? I’m gonna have to do a little research, but I don’t want a job where I have to come with experiments to do and hope that they helped others enough for me to earn money. It would also be good to hear people’s opinions on Computer Science.

3. This is probably a stupid question, but say I go to some university and enroll in its College of Medicine. If I decide to switch majors and go with something that’s at a different college in the same university, can I do that? Or will it be much harder than switching to a different major in the College of Med?
Again, thanks everyone for your advice!