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Medicine is as much as calling as the ministry or a religious vocation. If you can see yourself being happy in any other career–do that other career.
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Pre-med requires jumping thru a very large number of hoops with no guarantee of success. If you hate that kind of “crap”, being a pre-med will make you miserable.
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Medicine requires a decade or more of intense study, taking on a great deal of debt and working within a very hierarchical structure for the rest of your career. If any of that makes your teeth itch–medicine is not the right career for you.
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The ROI for physicians is diminishing. Yes, most physicians earn >$150K/year, but they also have an average of $185+K in loans from med school they need to pay off (not including interest which accrues at an annual rate of ~6% from the day you set foot into med school and any undergrad loans).
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Additionally for that $150+K/year, you will be working an average of 60-80 hours/week. You will be on call or working in the clinic or hospital on nights, weekends and holidays.