WoFlowzThey want me to stop rowing and i sorta agree with how my health and grades have been declining. A 3.2/3.3 isn’t MD/OD quality. And the season will only get busier come spring. They also don’t see a reason to pay for me to go to school and row if I just keep getting sick and punished when i miss practice to help with my grades. I have friends at other programs with wayyy different experiences.
I love the rowing even if it hasn’t been good for me. I don’t want to leave it, it’s really my only group of people on campus since it’s all i’ve done for four months here, and takes up any social or me time.
They don’t want to pay for me to go here and row, if i want to stay and not row they’re willing to pay. Unfortunately, I don’t feel Hobart is a school worth 20-30k debt
Just my two cents on med school as someone who is/was considering it as well-
it is brutal. I’ve worked with extremely smart residents. I’m talking people who can explain down to the atomic level what is going on with different disease processes and how our treatments and interventions alter those processes to normalize them just in casual conversation. Residency is difficult for the smartest people. You get less than minimum wage for 3-6 years for residency, and then a couple more years for fellowship if you go into a subspecialty. The money sounds great, but you’re waiting a good 12+ years to make that money and unless you’re in a high paying specialty, some docs take just as long to pay off their debts as other people
Sure, when you’re 30 you’ll make bank. But the mental load is insane. Not to mention having people’s lives legitimately in your hands.
I had a 3.9 in undergrad and have a 4.0 in grad school (currently in a doctorate NP program). I could do it academically. Mentally and physically I don’t think I could handle residency. And half assing residency isn’t an option. Surgical residents are some of the most mentally tough and academically gifted people I’ve ever met and residency is fucking brutal. Legit have watched them have medical emergencies stemming from the stress and exhaustion they are under. Medical residencies need an overhaul but in the meantime, it’s 100% the thing holding me back from going the MD route right now. Because I fully believe I could do it academically but residency is an absolute deal breaker for me.
That said, if you still want to go the MD route… UB is in state and has a top tier medical school.
