<p>I've decided to quit my pursuit of premed and a bio degree and instead have decided to pursue nursing. I've posted here many times and gotten useful answers but hopefully this will be one of my last ones. Now the only question that remains is whether I should withdraw at the end of semester in favor of community college or should I finish the year here. I have sophomore standing at the U of I as a freshman but their nursing school requires you to apply junior year. So please let me know.
Thanks.</p>
<p>A bit drastic, no? How about just dropping a class and quitting the James Scholar thing, which seems to be eating up much of your time and sanity. Med schools don't really give a damn whether you did an extra project in a class or two to earn the "honors" label.</p>
<p>Look more into nursing before you take the plunge. Heck, look more into pre-med before you decide to quit. Making rash decisions less than one month into your freshman year of college is not a good idea.</p>
<p>if you need to be a junior to apply then why don't you apply when you're in your junior year? why drop out?</p>
<p>btw, i hope you aren't male. male nurses are just...weird.</p>
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<p>Are you serious?</p>
<p>what's wrong with being a male nurse? Is there any discrimination? I still have the semester's end to change my decision but in face of current events, the US is so unstable that I''m scared of putting in a long term commitment. One of the biggest allures of nursing for me is that it takes so much less time to get the degree. I've seen my mom work (she's a RN) and I feel I can handle a job like that but watching my father work (he's a surgeon), its a totally different experience. I'll be helping people and society anyway, its just as molsysbio said a difference of social rank and perception and if thats present to such an extent, I'm still ok with it.</p>
<p>Wow MolSysBio on what grounds are you making that statement? I work with some male nurses and they are some of the coolest guys around.</p>
<p>Tamarind, if nursing is rather where you'd be, then good luck. Just make sure to consider what the above posters said.</p>
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Echoing the previous sentiments: have you ever spent time in a clinical setting?</p>
<p>^ yes i have. i have no problem with them as people. it's always a bit weird for me, and many other people, to be treated by a male nurse. the stigma still exists...i'm sure a lot of us have seen 'meet the fockers.' i'm sure it's a great way to pick up girls, though.</p>
<p>... ^ Wow.</p>
<p>As OP noted, nurses are much in demand these days. Nurses don't make as much money as the best paid physicians, but they do earn more than the poorest paid doctors with a lot less hassle and worry. OP, if your father is a fee for service surgeon, I'm sure there are many nights in the OR when the nurses make more than he does.</p>
<p>Being a male nurse carries little or no stigma these days.</p>
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Maybe among some laypeople, but I have never seen that stigma surface among healthcare workers of any kind.</p>
<p>A big reason why the stigma exists is probably because people like you go around saying things like that. In my opinion, it’s really close-minded.</p>