Plan B?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hello Pre-Med CC,</p>

<p>I have been a reader of these forums from the day I started my college search until today when I finally decided to register. I am currently a first year student at the University of Wisconsin majoring in Biology with a minor in English, and I am doing better than I could have ever hoped for coming out of high school. I have come to set realistic goals for myself, the very best of which would include attending a medical school of some form.</p>

<p>While I feel that I can achieve this goal I am also taking into account the fact that it might not become a reality (After all 50% of students who apply to multiple med schools get rejected from all of them). I'm not being a defeatist or a pessimist, I am simply giving myself multiple roads in case one does not become passable. I assume that everyone on this board has at one point or another thought about what they would do if this happened. With this in mind I feel that it should be a healthy or normal process to come up with a reliable fall back.</p>

<p>So, what are your back ups? Try not to think of it in a negative way, at the very least you can consider it a "fallback brainstorm". </p>

<p>I for one am keeping the option of Law School open. Its nearly as appealing to me as medicine and I could still help people (Albeit in a different way). I have also been playing around with the idea of trying to become an FBI Agent, which is quite a difficult process.</p>

<p>I would love to hear your ideas and alternate ambitions.</p>

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<p>I didn’t have a real back-up plan, which ended up being pretty scary when I realized how badly I’d screwed up the admissions process. I had options - I could’ve gone to Teach for America or applied for a PhD program in nuclear chemistry, but both would required some serious scrambling and would’ve precluded me from re-applying to medical school if the waitlists didn’t work out. I didn’t want to do anything but medicine, though, so neither of those options really appealed to me.</p>

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<p>^
Sounds like a pretty stressful situation. I suppose I should be thankful that I could see myself in another field if I needed to be.</p>

<p>From how I read your post I assume that you did in fact get into med school, if you dont mind me asking how many did you get into?</p>

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<p>Last year my roommates and I actually hosted a “plan B” party where you had to dress up as your plan B choice in order to partake in the festivities. Good times. Quite a few ski bums, a couple rock stars, some farmers, several stay at home moms, etc…</p>

<p>If I hadn’t been admitted, I would have reapplied, but failing that would have gone back to school for my master’s in college student administration (or something to that effect), and then become a Director of Greek Affairs. My fraternity experience was such a good one that I’d love to be in a position to make it meaningful for others.</p>