which degree will open more doors?

MiamiDAP
Tue, 19 May 2015 11:01:10 +0000

^ I said MORE while trying to compare the MD and MBA academics / career, while I still believe that they are quantum leap apart in everything. There is NO comparison to the stress / academics / pushing to the limits in every direction possible, emotional, mental, physical, social, intellectual, there is nothig out there that would compare to the career of the MD, NONE. And it was evident with the very first sememster of the frenman year at college.
I got my BS in business and MBA while working full time and having a family. My H. also obtained his MBA while working full time as an engineer. 2 of my managers received an MBA from U of Mich. while working full time and having family and they had to travel there for every class - 1 hour one way to drive. Many (most?) do that as many companies used to pay for the MBA and some continue doing so (incuding my employer). Working even part time is NOT possible for the medical student, unless they have a special physical trait of not needing any sleep at all.
“CPA exam is much harder and longer than the MCAT” - MCAT is the easiest of the series of the medical examinations. It is simply not comparable to the Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 of the Medical Board exams and MDs have to take it every 10 years. MCAT does not license a person to practice medicine, CPA exam opens the doors to the future accountants.

Vast majority of MBAs are NOT CEOs, CFOs,…etc. Vast majority of us just work our regular jobs, I am in IT, my H. is an engineer. There are MDs who are in charge also in addition to their normal routine care for patients, some are heads of the national organizations in addition but majority are just practicing doctors.
When I compared these 2 uncomparable fields, I compared MAJORITY, i did not compare relatively few people in charge.
Everybody has a different experience. However, be prepared for the stories from your future medical student. They will not be anywhere close to anything that you ever heard from any others. But looking back, I believe that my D. had fun and currently is trying to prepare (psychologically) for her first year of residency - 12 hour shift / 6 days a week, no Holidays, only one holiday a year hopefully of her choice, but 2 vacations - 2 weeks each. She is trying to relax as much as she can now. Everybody is saying, do not read anything, do not do anything, sleep in, relax.