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Sup /fit/,
I'm 27 and have an associates degree in political science. I was going to finish my degree at Central Michigan but I've become very disillusioned with the program and dislike the school.
At 27, do you think it would be at all feasible to transfer and start a Human Biology major, possibly becoming a physical therapist or maybe even a physician assistant?
I maybe becoming slightly delusional, and would like some advice on the feasibility of a 27 year old becoming a medical professional before running over the idea with my wife.
>> Anonymous
my friends dad was a gym coach at 35 then all of a sudden he decided he wanted to be a doctor, so he went into med school while taking care of a wife and 4 kids

youre only 27 so do whatever you want faggot
>> Anonymous
Looking at A Pie chart OP, about 40% who are contacted for interviews to get into med school are under 20, 30 % are 20-22, 25% are 23-26, and 20% are over 26, I know it doesnt add up to 100% but its four different graphs, GO FOR IT
>> Anonymous
Just finish whatever and get a CSCS cert, as a strength coach the knowledge that you learn transfers over very well to physical therapy. Actually, that's the trend in the industry right now, a lot of the S&C coachs are learning the preventative and rehabilitive processes that physical therapists pioneered. You'll make more money too
>> Anonymous
PA is a pretty fuckwin career. It is also quite competitive.

Have you considered nursing? ADN in 2.5 years. They need more guys in it. You can go BSN after you get your ADN, and your employer will likely pay for it.

www.allnurses.com. lurk here.
>> Anonymous
you see all those ads for nursing school on TV because those schools make a boatload of money off of you in tuition and student loan interest.

get a job in a lab or clinic or nursing home and see how you handle:
1) totally gross experiences everyday
2) dealing with patients and medical professionals (attitudes)
3) the paperwork & laws
4) not getting sick yourself

also, when healthcare reform comes to the US it may not be such a lucrative job anymore. Being a doctor used to = $money, but after HMOs doctors do OK but not so much.

mortuaries often need employees. crime scene cleanup too. both of those pay well. Like $25/hour.

politics pays waaay better than medicine though. tons of perks. connections. almost zero liability. being a lawyer (medical law?) pays even better.

if you get elected to anything, even once, some political offices hold benefits for life.
>> Anonymous
>>472036
Most people become RNs through CC or Universities. Nursing colleges are a thing of the past, comparatively. You are likely talking about CNA and LPN colleges.

The gross stuff is life. Life is gross. Nobody starts any medical profession enjoying shit piss and blood. After a while, you get used to it.

Anyways, any healthcare reform will be a benefit to the industry, not a hindrance.

36 hours a week, and just under 80K per year is not a bad life.
>> Anonymous
Depending on how close OP is too finishing his degree, I would finish it, THEN change courses, if it's just a year or so, it might be worthwhile just to nab it to help fund your 2nd major.
>> Anonymous
>>472060
>>472060
this
>> Anonymous
I'm kinda shocked at all the constructive advice I'm getting.
My sister was pushing me to get into hard science. She has a degree in biological chemistry, so I called her first to ask about getting into a medical career. She suggested nursing, but I don't think I would enjoy being a "nurse." I thought about becoming a paramedic. Pays less than a nurse, but I would be safer in my masculinity. I was hoping for something less intense though. I don't want to accidentally kill someone, that's what attracts me to physical therapy.
>> Anonymous
>>472060
I have most of my core requirements done, but I would still need two years of university credits to graduate with any degree.
I'm just tired of political science. I once planed on going to law school, but nothing about it makes sense to me anymore. Political science is just a bunch of academics philosophizing about their preconceived worldviews, while occasionally a psychologist will come into the discussion and push the field in a different direction. The field itself hasn't advanced at all on it's own, and all it's greatest theories were borrowed from economics and psychology. They do very little to influence what they're supposedly studying, and exist solely to propagate the myth that they're a legitimate branch of academia.
The world doesn't need more lawyers or political scientists.
>> Anonymous
>>472076Pays less than a nurse, but I would be safer in my masculinity

About half, actually. Paramedics generally love their jobs, but they are really not paid enough for what they do in my opinion.


Not defending or butthurt, we get this all the time. Lots of us guys get into trauma/ER nursing, emergency flight nursing, OR, etc. In the ER, it is about 50/50 guys and gals in most hospitals. Flight nursing is almost 100% guys. You wife would like 80k a year more than 40k, I would bet my life on it.

The face of nursing is changing. I am in the ICU. It is a great job. Very technical. I am considering going back to school to get my CRNA (cert. reg. nurse anesthesia). They START at 125K per year.

Anywho, off my soap box. Check with your academic adviser. I doubt if completing your major in poli-sci would be a benefit to you, and certainly not with any health major.. You can shift over without losing much time to a better program, or another school.
>> Anonymous
>>472108
Enjoy being a bitch.
>> Anonymous
Hey /fit/, OP here again.
Just got back from lurking allnurses.com. Besides not being too impressed with their userbase, two things have stuck in my mind about nursing. First is needles and catheters. Never been too thrilled about getting stuck myself, think it would take a while to get used to inflicting it on someone else. Number two is bathing old women. I personally wouldn't have a problem with it, people are people and we all need to bathe once in a while, but the idea that some geriatric old woman is going to make my job difficult just because she thinks I want to see where Teddy Roosevelt used to keep his cigars would probably make me loose it.
Granted the idea of being a flight nurse or working in an ER would be right up there with my fantasies of being a paramedic or Corpsman, but again, I don't think I could deal with the stress.
Anyone know anything about medical technology? It sounds interesting, and seems to have much of the same biology tract as the pre-professional programs.
>> Anonymous
>>472523
OP

i was once in your shoes, although mine were far nicer.

i spent the 1st 3 yrs of uni doing Poly Sci, CIA-bound (got pre-law as well...) then totally switched to the medical field, and then got post certs, notably my namesake then specific cardiac rehab related certs for my actual work. doing ACLS this december, so i'll be surrounded by nurselings.

this all sounds well and good, but you seem MENTALLY SOFT and i doubt you'd even hack a proper nursing degree.

wtf, jr college to get an ASSOCIATES in PS??? lol...

people here are wasting their time on you. and unless you were a SUPERSTAR in HS in hard sciences, there's no way you'll pull off the required pre-med courses a decade and a half removed from any general education in math, phys, ORGO II, etc.
>> Anonymous
nursefagbiotch here
>>472523
Well, if you can't hack catheters and sticks or old ladies, forget entirely anything to do with the medical profession, nursing, med tech, PA or anything, really.
>>473180
I guess I tend to agree with your sentiments. Organic Chem really seems to weed out the academically weak. Good for me I scored an A+ in it.

>>472279Enjoy being a bitch.
I do. I am a $40 an hour bitch, who works with doctors and other professionals. Enjoy your fast food job.
>> Anonymous
Really fucking interesting thread /fit/.

I was/am in a similar position to OP - got my degree in Chemistry, decided I hated it, went out to the world of work, and now, 4 years later, I'm pretty sick to the back teeth of how empty and meaningless most jobs really are, and I'm debating going back to med school next year at the grand old age of 27.

Problems include: girlfriend who'll be wanting a family pretty soon, the fucking credit crisis, where giving up my pretty damn well paid job would probably mean the last time I see any decent amount of money for the next 7 years or so, moving house - I'd have to go to Barcelona - not really a problem for me, but the girlfriend has a decent job in our shitty little town too...

ahhhhh fuck.

I dunno.