Hi there...
I know this isn't quite a "health" question per se, but as it has a lot to do with my mental health at the moment and I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction. I graduated from college last year with a B.A. in English, and I'm currently working on a Masters. However, now that I'm here and I'm starting to envision life as a grad student, I'm feeling kinda shaky about the career path I'm pursuing.
I started off my undergraduate career as a pre-med/English with the idea of going into public health. Pressure on women being what it is I ended up just studying English. I love literature, and always will, but now that I'm in a two year program doing it I'm starting to realize that, maybe, I made the wrong choice when I gave up the pre-med part of my program.
I guess what I've discovered is that I think I really would like to be a doctor but I'm not sure where to go from here. I don't have any of the pre-med requirements and I've already got $50,000 in loans. However, I really think this is something I would like to do. I've thought long and hard about it for years and I guess you could say I'm ready. I'm not sure of my options for how to fulfill the pre-med requirements, and as I'm currently pursuing a Humanities degree I'd like to finish, I know it will be at least another year before I can start such a program. Is it possible for me to follow this dream and where can I go to find out how to fulfill requirements? Are there summer programs of this sort? I hate feeling like my past will make me lose this. Please give me any advice, encouragement, etc. This is a hard decision and right now I'm feeling a little trapped. I know what I want to do, I just hope it isn't too late.
Signed,
K turn
