Might leave IB For med school
I love banking but I think my heart is elsewhere. However, med school still is really competitive. (Premed) 3.9 gpa. I haven't taken the mcat yet. Do you guys think I should try this or what do I tell my bank now. (EB in Bay area). Idk not sure what I should really do so I am asking you fellow apes.
regardless, I wouldn't tell anyone at my company anything until I had a medschool offer in hand.
I disagree because I feel like it’d be insanely hard to prepare for the MCAT and take all the classes while doing IB hours. If you decide you 100% want to peruse MD then I’d quit IB and maybe do a post Bach or take the premed classes at a local college while shadowing a doctor and volunteering at a hospital.
Sure, but the minute you tell your boss you're looking for a way out, or will be spending time studying, you're going to be on the chopping block
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What do you want to do as a doctor?
I'd ask another question, why do you want to be a doctor?
Being a doctor is a noble pursuit, but it's a long path that you have to be committed to. It's also frankly a very different lifestyle. Unless you come from money all of my doctor friends, even those who were somewhat well off and have parents supporting them, lived much more frugal lives. While I was in my 20s with my friends, going on cool trips, advancing through my career etc, my friends were mostly studying and then doing rotations, and then residencies etc.
By the time I was 30, I had my MBA had a couple of different jobs, made some decent money, etc, and my doctor friends were really just starting out in their lives.
With all that said, I'm not trying to discourage you. The world needs more doctors and if you think you have the passion for it, then you should by all means pursue it. If you had a 3.9 in Premed from a decent school, your smart enough to do well on the MCAT and end up at some med school, might not be the best, but you'll get in somewhere if you apply yourself. If I were you I'd just make sure you can answer the question of why you want to be a doctor, especially if you said you're happy doing banking. Your mind is elsewhere? Not sure what that even means.
Just curious, is this EB (CVP,EVR,LAZ) in the HC group? In a similar situation so was wondering lol
Congrats on Lazard
Nice try lmao but it’s EVR/CVP
Congrats on Evercore
I wouldn’t do anything drastic until you know without a shadow of a doubt you want to be a doctor. Is there any way you could volunteer in the space to validate your ambition? Also do you cover the healthcare sector already?
Do you have the clinical hours and the ECs (research, volunteer, etc.) and feel confident you will score high on MCAT? Pretty competitive, so just make sure you cover your bases and don’t choose on whim
confident in MCAT. I would need more clinical hours. Might go to ER so I have time to study and work remote.
This site has a lot of resources.
https://forums.studentdoctor.net/forums/
what's the vibe/general atmosphere on that site compared to this one?
I'd say they are more focused on there and have less BS / trolling than on here. Overall lots of very helpful people on there.
Not worth the stress my guy.
If you're 100% sure, here is some advice.
Use your IB background to break into medical research/analytics. A friend of mine did this and took the MCAT I believe while working at his new job. Ended up going to an in-state med school and I'm sure his savings from his IB days covered all his tuition (assuming he was paying for it - from what I remember, he's from a wealthy family).
That is probably the best idea. I have some money saved but not enough for four years. If I do well on the MCAT then I may go. If not, I don't feel like becoming a DO or going Caribbean route imo. Thanks though. Ive worked in biotech before banking so I still have some good references for letter of rec, but I am not sure how much weight this holds in application process.
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