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Smooth-Mulberry4715 t1_j85d627 wrote

Did you really want to go to medical school or was it programmed into you by your parents or counselors?

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Forceuser0017 OP t1_j85vgmp wrote

Honestly, not really. I definitely dodged a bullet there. But it’s still ingrained into my self-worth and the fact that I got rejected means that I’ve essentially wasted my time and I’m at square one again, hence the moping.

However, I’m still interested in exploring healthcare because I like seeing how neuroscience (my major) can be used in benefitting people. I’m also drawn towards the idea of interacting with different people on a daily basis and the dynamic work environment healthcare may bring. But I’m still cautious in pursuing a career in it because I’ve heard of the negatives as well (insurance bs, burnout, stress, etc) so I do want space to explore it first.

As for my parents, I’m incredibly grateful in the help they gave for applications and getting me my current job and living at home, etc. But it also highlights to me how I never had the courage/motivated to really step up and make my own choices. I’m also incredibly bad at really articulating what I want to my parents. Every time we have this discussion I mumble and stammer. It doesn’t help that my dad is an really intense and impatient individual and my mom just frets and frets. And when I do say something, their counter arguments are too good and I start getting persuaded.

Yeah…… I probably really need to go and just live my life first.

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ChildrenotheWatchers t1_j878808 wrote

I am happy to hear that you like neuroscience and want to help people. I experienced a TBI at work 32 years ago, and until recently, I had no idea that there were rehabilitation therapies for the cognitive problems that I have had for so long (executive function and memory deficits).

When I was injured, I was young and naive, and my employer just tried to cover their butt. I didn't know what to do, so I just lived with my injury.

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AcceptableAccount794 t1_j866uxo wrote

I just commented on MPH, but now knowing your major, there is a great connection to public health, especially with looming public health problems that we don't know much about, such as healthy aging, alzheimers, etc. There's a lot of research about how the brain works that can be applied to cooperative agreements on best practices that go out to states.

Check out the Community Guide, just one of many starting points.

https://www.thecommunityguide.org/

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Smooth-Mulberry4715 t1_j87n6v4 wrote

I think getting out on your own is a great idea. And if you’re not really interested in medicine, but love your major - have you ever thought about a tech route? A lot of AI work requires neuroscience… The teams are quite diverse, the work is cutting edge, and AI will benefit so many people (especially in medicine) - not to mention the neuro guy is always the brainy guy in the room so he gets lots of respect and the pay in tech is phenomenal.

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