<p>It seems to me that a very large portion of the kids now in high school want to break into the medical field. They say they want to become a doctor, surgeon, physician, anesthesian, etc. Others just say they want to do something in the medical field. Is this common at every high school? As a junior in high school, I'm worried about competition in the medical field when we enter college. Do you guys realize that there are so many kids that want to be in the medical field? Won't this create much competition and problems for us when we try to enter medical school?</p>
<p>some people don't know what they're talking about when they say they want to go into the medical field. for example i read somewhere on this forum that a person wants an MD in environmental science. obviously this person has no idea at all what he/she is talking about. Yes i do get a little worried about the competition, but then i think that a lot of people just say that and don't even know what it's like so they won't stay in the path.</p>
<p>I do, going into radiography(2 year).</p>
<p>yea everyone at my school wants to as well, and many of them have no idea what it takes. someone the other day said they wanted to major in 'pre-med' for their undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>I sure as hell don't...and it doesn't seem common at my school. Although most guys tend to gravitate toward the sciences and math and girls tend to gravitate toward the humanities and social sciences in their course selection. People like me (i.e. males that gravitate toward the social sciences) are exceptions at my school. :D</p>
<p>I used to want to be a doctor until I took (and failed) chemistry and then realized that I don't want to be a doctor anymore. Oh yeah, the me wanting to be a doctor thing was a result of asian parental brainwashing. "If you become a doctor you might start out at $150k. But if you major something else you might start out at $25k." </p>
<p>Of course now I know that's a lie.</p>
<p>Yeah, people wanting to go down the medical track seems to be pretty common in my school.</p>
<p>But the medical field is usually a pretty competitive one, even without the people who don't know what they're talking about.</p>
<p>i wanna go into the medical field</p>
<p>my parents are dentists, and it would make more sense to be a dentist, but they said that since they had no choice (since we're from india) to be a dentist, they had to...and are doing well i guess, but if they had a choice, they would be doctors</p>
<p>i wanna be a doctor since there are more opportunities as a doctor than as a dentist</p>
<p>actually, last year, most of the graduating seniors at my high school wanted to be teachers..more than like 55 percent (out of over 600 students)...that's a LOT of teachers..lol</p>
<p>I'm one of two or three people that want to be investment bankers. Not banker for life though...I'm planning on moving to a financier-type job at a private equity firm or something.</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that nearly half of the freshmen entering Stanford were pre-med. Last year, 362 students applied for medical school. This would include seniors, masters/grad students, and students who took time off, I believe. (The average class size is about 1650). It is clear that half the seniors are not applying for medical school.</p>
<p>Why do so many people "drop out" of being pre-med? At my school at least, the general chemistry and organic chemistry cause many people to stop being pre-med, and the biology core causes more drop-outs. Each quarter, there are fewer and fewer premeds. Some people shadow a doctor or volunteer at a health clinic and realize that medicine is not for them. Perhaps they tried research, or took a class in some other subject and fell in love... and decided that medicine was not for them.</p>
<p>So yes, there is a lot of competition for medical school, but do understand that the number of pre-meds decreases as you progress through college. I hope that people will choose to go into medicine for the right reasons.... college is the time when many will realize it's not for them.</p>
<p>I'm going into biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>It truly annoys me when so many students are in it soley for the money:
Me: "so why do you want to become a surgeon?"
Them: "uhh i think it's pretty obvious... the money!"</p>
<p>And then these are the same people that are using Law school as a backup for medical school! (for the money 'of course')
Law , Medicine? They're like different courses...</p>
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<p>Yes I DEFINATELY agree. It seems just about half of students say they want to be doctors. And not to sound racist or anything, but nearly every asian or asian indian person I have met says they want to be a doctor, probably due to parental brainwashing for the money.</p>
<p>"Yes I DEFINATELY agree. It seems just about half of students say they want to be doctors. And not to sound racist or anything, but nearly every asian or asian indian person I have met says they want to be a doctor, probably due to parental brainwashing for the money."</p>
<p>They also crave the status that accompanies being a doctor. :]</p>
<p>lawyers are better... Not only do they have less stress, most actually MAKE MORE money! Isn't everything about money these days!</p>
<p>Medicine is tough and many pre-meds are rooted out of the process. There is also the fact that the growing population is also living longer, so it will need an increasing number of physicians to supply them. The problem does lie with the medical schools though, because they have the same number of seats each year although the number of applicants increases each year.</p>
<p>Maybe they want to save lives:) It's easier to get the Dr. title then being an actual medical doctor I think.</p>
<p>There are quite a couple at my school too. I know kids that want to be good doctors, but are dual enrolled at a community college lol. Most of them make C's and B's.</p>
<p>I couldn't do it. Blood gushing, broken bones (imagine a bone sticking out of your arm), slicing open skin....no thanks. Plus, if someone died because I made one little mistake, I would probably quit immediately. I can't live knowing I killed someone.</p>
<p>^^not all doctors deal with "blood gushing, human bones, slicing open skin"... only surgeons do...</p>
<p>i think the oppurtunity will be boundless becuase although the case may be that many people want to become doctors, there are TONS of subfields to go into. i mean the medical field has so many different specialties that you could invest your time into. you dont necessarily have to become a surgeon or MD. </p>
<p>the good thing about the medical field is that you can always find a job that you are interested in. i mean there are jobs that people haven't even heard of. to say that people are becoming doctors just for the hell of it is pretty ignorant to say. i agree with the fact that the competition is becoming harder, but it doesn't rule out the fact that many people can't become doctors if they put time and effort into it.</p>
<p>of course some people go into the field just for the prideful status they will attain, and there is nothing wrong with that.</p>