med school vs graduate school

who8mahrice
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:36:40 +0000

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on this site…

Anyways, my question has to do with going to medical school and becoming a doctor or going to graduate school and doing research and/or becoming a professor. Specifically, I want to study cognitive neuroscience, which graduate school would probably be a better fit I’m guessing. However, becoming a neurologist isn’t out of the question either.

I doubt I’m going to be able to get a complete, thorough answer to help me choose between the two based on this forum (no offense to you guys)…but do you guys have any advise? Especially on what I can do to determine this answer for myself?

What differences are there between medical school and graduate school besides graduating with an MD or a PHD? I’d have to do a residency or postdoctorate work…so either one takes quite a long time, right?

So yea, thanks for any help you guys can offer!