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<p>What are some jobs/paths where “success” is more guaranteed?
BDM, please don’t say things like plumber. lol</p>
<p>Hey, you want a job with higher expected income and lower risk, that’s the answer you’re gonna get.</p>
<p>4 times…he’s done some things differently. Unfortunately he hasn’t taken my most prudent advice, which is frustrating because I know how much he wants it and how good he’d be at it, but that’s another story. </p>
<p>SNM - depends on what your definition of success is. If success equals the same income and prestige as a physician then there are very few where success is significantly more guaranteed. I don’t know you, so I don’t know if you would be the type to be happy being a teacher or going into marketing or something else.</p>
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<p>I was double-gloving from the start. The smell was… meh. Livable, I’d call it.</p>
<p>You know, I was expecting the abdomen to be a hellhole of stench, but it was not bad at all. Dissection-wise it wasn’t a lot of fun, since our cadaver had massive adhesions due to old-fashioned gallbladder removal surgery. Of course, we put a lot of effort into making sure we didn’t accidentally puncture any of the digestive tract.</p>
<p>Actually opening up the stomach and intestines was gross, though. The contents looked like a bunch of rotting grass clippings, mulch, and dirt. Yum. All the same, it still doesn’t top skinning the lower extremity for grossness.</p>
<p>Gross Anatomy aside, why are people here so afraid of risk? Applying to medical school is not like jumping out of a car travelling at 30 mph, or at least, it shouldn’t be. There are a lot of things applicants can do to increase their chances of success. People on this forum have listed, explained, and talked to death the risk-reducing stuff. What it takes to get into medical school should be clear.</p>
<p>I also want to say that you can still get in even if your application isn’t “perfect,” whatever that means. I really screwed up my applications - I applied way too late and didn’t interview well - but I still made it in. I wouldn’t advise anyone to do what I did, but it’s a good example of how people get in despite whatever they screwed up in.</p>
<p>Man, if jumping out of a car at thirty was enough that I didn’t have to study for the MCAT, fill out AMCAS, or do secondaries, I’d do it in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>Would it be that dangerous? Don’t some people run at thirty for short bursts? NFL players can do 4.4 40’s, which translates to… (calculator) three minutes to a mile, or twenty miles an hour. Seriously, combined with a little bit of a somersault/roll, would it be a big deal?</p>
<p>I started out with “a car travelling at 40 mph,” but I was worried that it might be too dangerous. I thought I’d be more conservative, ease up on the gas pedal, and call it 30 mph instead.</p>