<p>i wanted to be a doctor up until last year when i took chem and hated it. i enjoy foregin languages and lit, and chose law as a career. however, i still feel the urge to be a doctor despite the fact that the undergraduate coursework is everything i dislike (except biology). should i grit my teeth and do it or study social sciences and go to law school?</p>
<p>If you can’t handle undergrad work, then you will die in medical school. Its much more harder, I heard undergrad is easier then med school. Yes, those courses are gonna be harder since their at a college level, and not a HS level. The best thing to do is study and work hard and try to make an A. And law school isn’t a walk in the park either.</p>
<p>If you want to go into Med school, you’ll be facing things far worse than your introductory Chem course. It’ll include inorganic chem, organic chem, biology, physics, and beyond. Both Law and Med can be difficult and demanding, but if you really hate chem and bio and such, definitely do not go into the Med path. I mean, it’s more than just the courses. Your job will be about chemistry and biology.</p>
<p>Personally I hated Chem 1 in high school. However, I later took Advanced Inorganic Chem with Lab (essentially Chem 2) and it taught me to love Chem. Introductory chem courses cover too many topics with too little depth/accuracy to really get you hooked.</p>
<p>i never said i thought law was EASY, it just called for more things that i enjoy academically. however, i am going to bite the bullete and go with pre med. after all, i do love bio and ill learn to love chem.</p>
<p>Be aware that the typical chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, and physics courses have labs which can almost double the amount of work compared to some other courses like math or economics.</p>
<p>It is likely that you can major in a social studies or humanities major and still have plenty of schedule space to take the pre-medical courses (some of which can fulfill breadth requirements). For either pre-medical or pre-law, consider your choice of major and courses based on what may be helpful as a doctor or lawyer and/or what you may like to do if you do not become a doctor or lawyer.</p>
<p>Try to shadow a doctor if you can. My sister is not very interested in Science or Math, but she loves Medicine. She’s spent almost 200 hours in the operating room, and she wants to be a doctor. She took college calc and biology with lab this year, and she said that they were very hard classes. If you like the operating room, then go for it. I think that it’ll be fine as long as you incorporate the subjects that you like into your work. For example: My sister takes a sociological approach to the medical environment, and she watches how people interact and behave when they are in that unique setting. She says that the social aspect of medicine is very special.</p>
<p>thats actually really helpful, thanx!</p>
<p>Being a doctor is nothing like undergrad bio or chem. I recommend shadowing a physician to get a better sense of what medicine is like. But, shadow them for an entire day. Many students show up for a cool 2 hour surgery and think being a doctor is the best thing is the world. They ignore all the pre-op rounding and the post-op rounding and all the note writing and the rest of the 14-hour day for the surgeon. Better yet, shadow an internal medicine doc which should be more interesting than standing in the corner of an OR for 4 hours.</p>