Ok, fair enough. Although I will say that switching paths even after becoming a doctor/lawyer isn't that rare and plenty of people do it. Half of the people in my family who were doctors now do something else entirely. As for law, I'm a few years out of law school and a few of my classmates have already quit the law and a ton of attrition (although still a minority percent) out of biglaw/law is by choice. I just think it's a waste of time to spend 10 years of your life on something if you aren't 100% committed to it. And another reason why I think most people who go to professional school probably shouldn't have gone in the first place (they just get stuck in it because they already put so much time in, owe debt, etc., which is why they stick it out). If you're a rich kid (and there are many, many rich kids in both medicine and law), then whatever. If you're not, then it's a big commitment.PoopyPants wrote:I was an OR nurse for 8 years and also a private first assist/nurse for 2 of them. I intended on joining the Navy and using the STA-21 program to go to medical school. Without getting too into it, I had a personal experience with a JAG attorney that got me looking more into law, and I eventually decided I would go in that direction instead, JAG or otherwise.krads153 wrote:Are you the nurse? Why aren't you going to med school instead?PoopyPants wrote:Should have just stopped there.krads153 wrote:Just my opinion, albeit I don't practice medicine.
ETA: if I had already started medical school, I wouldn't have switched paths.
But yes, if OP isn't going into deep debt for med school, it's worth sticking it out until rotations at least.