<p>I am an entering as a freshman in UT austin and I was thinking about going into neurology but I wasn't sure then so I chose architecture but now thinking about it again. I'm thinking about getting into neurology. The problem is I don't want to wait too long when thinking about what I want to do. I like art and design and coming up with ideas but at the same time as weird as it sounds I always been wanting to learn about the brain and have become very interested in the subject of the brain. I have enjoyed watching the health channel more than the design shows I see in home and garden network. I've been interested in health almost as long as I have been interested in art its just back then I wasn't focused that much about the human body as I was about art and design. I'm now reading a book about the brain and this really made want to think about changing my plans but then I thought, I really like design. There are some downsides and fun things about both fields but I don't know what to do now. Especially my schedule, I don't want to drop the architecture course I chose just in case I find it more interesting than I thought but if I was curious about getting into neuroscience and architecture, what should I do to know what career I want to be in as far as what classes to take and stuff?</p>
<p>Architecture and Neuroscience are almost similar in education (long hours, years of education, internship, license and exams) but the downside of architecture is the starting salary and probably the demand for architectures in the future. THe downside is neurology is the long hours and I don't think have that caring or nurturing experience, I'm afraid I may not be good enough for that, I mean I'm not a cold person or anything. I like how there are many specific fields of neurology that you can get into. I don't know what to do right now.</p>
<p>I looked into neuroscience but I'm not sure if I want to spend my days doing nothing but research. I like to look at images of the brain and know what the brain looks like when theres a problem and how it functions but I don't know what what part of the neuro medical field that is good for me. I don't mind working in a hospital setting but I'm not sure about the managing patient care and stuff I'm more interested in knowing the functions of the brain and the imaging. After all like an artist, I like visuals.</p>
<p>Neurology is not a major. Majoring in neuroscience doesn’t equal a neurologist. A neurologist is someone who completed medical school and a residency in neurology.</p>
<p>Neuroscience = a scientist. Most likely you will work in a lab or teaching. Nothing related to the hospital. Also a BS in neuroscience will get you no where. Maybe a lab tech or research assistant position.</p>
<p>I know that neuroscience is a scientist and that is not what I want to do but I’m thinking about either getting into neuroimaging or neuroradiologist…and if not I’ll just back to plan 1 which is a architect but I don’t know which one will be better for me.</p>
<p>you cannot be a neuroradiologists without doing what iTransfer said. med school + residency + specialization within that residency to get into the neuro side of radiology.</p>
<p>Based on how uncertain you seem about the field, I would definitely just stick to your original plan.</p>
<p>I understand the amount of education needed to go into that field. It seems everytime I want to stick to art I keep lingering around medical stuff. I think I’m more interested in the imaging of the brain than the imaging of a building…</p>
<p>Talk to people in the field. In both neuroscience and architecture. If you can, shadow them to see what their day to day job is like (what kind of tasks they do on the job in a typical day). I think it would help to get a first-hand account of what it’s like in each of those jobs. </p>
<p>Maybe this can help you choose what direction you will take. </p>
<p>What do you have a passion for? Don’t ignore it, you’ll always wonder later down the road the “what if’s” like I did.lol. I had originally majored in biology, wanted to pursue scientific career. Yet I then decided to go for accounting degree because the financial aspects were good (job opportunities, job growth, good income, etc), I choose it all for very practical reasons. I got a job in accounting after graduation and I hated it. Every minute of it. THe work, the job, everything.lol. I should have gotten the hint when I took all the business and accounting classes in college. I never enjoyed the classes, struggled to get A’s (I was only a B average student in my core accounting classes). </p>
<p>I am now back in school majoring in biology and chemistry and love it. I have a passion and interest for science so getting the A’s is a breeze compared to when I was in accounting. It feels right, I no longer question whether I’m going the right direction or not. I know exactly what I want to do for a career now.</p>
<p>If it will help you, also make a list of your likes and dislikes, your strengths and weaknesses. Then research on the careers in each field that especially interest you, and jot down bullet points of each task or job skill you need to be successful in that career. Oh, and like I said before talk to people in the field, shadow, get experience, etc. Take it all together and really think about where you think you would be the best fit.</p>
<p>You definitely have to take into consideration your personality, how you do things, how you think because I found that it also can help you decide what kind of job would be the best fit for you. Ff you haven’t, try taking the Myers-Briggs personality test…or a similar test as well.</p>
<p>yeah i already found some up and downs on both fields but I did narrow some things down from thinking about neurology to neuroradiology because it deals with looking at images of the brain and not having to deal with caring for patients too much. As for architecture…I am a creative person but I think of doctors as science freaks and little creativity but maybe thats not true. I’ll look into that.</p>
<p>You will have to take care of patients in medical school. You have to go through 2 years of rotations in med school and they will grade you on your clinical skills. If you don’t perform well you don’t be able to make it into a competitive field like radiology. Also neuroradiology is a subspecialty of neurology. In which you will have to go through 4 long years of a neurology residency working an average of 80 hours a week with patients in which you will have to take care of. Also a lot of these patients will be abnormal. You will have to deal with lots seizures and what not. Also landing the a neuroradiology is not an easy task either. You would have to perform well in residency and be recommended by your superior.</p>
<p>I don’t recommend the medical route for you.</p>
<p>Go into architecture, neuroscience (in which you will be working in a lab doing bench research NOT a hospital) (and no you won’t be looking at images of brains), or become an radiological technologist if you like looking at images so much (its only a associates degree and pays very well)</p>
<p>I looked into neuroscience and it isn’t for me. I’m not trying to completely avoid having to deal with patients, I know that is required to be a doctor of any type. Idk I may change by the end of the semester. There was a person who in another field got into medical field who at first was thinking he would hate working with people as a physician but now the person changed and is a physician. If I am interested in a particular area in the human body and would like to study and probably specialize in that then the internships and and extra years of hard work would be worth it at the end. I have chosen an architecture course this semester to see if i would like architecture but if I’m not sure I’ll enjoy architecture by the end of the semester, then I’ll seek into neuroradiology.</p>