it is directly listed for many programs I looked at, but I was on the student doctor network forums long enough to know that even if there wasn't a minimum hours listed, you needed to be in the hundreds to be competitive. It also seems like the more competitive programs have LESS listed on their requirements page, so maybe your PA program is one of the super awesome ones.
Those are the hour requirements for PA school here, too. I briefly looked into it and then decided against it for the same reasons you did. That is just a lot of hours to devote to something just to go to school. I get that it's for the bigger picture, but that doesn't make it any more compatible with a functioning adult life. I'm so sorry this is happening, I've been trying to find words about your brother all day and I just keep coming up with "stabstabstabbitystabstab". I get that it was a bit of a business transaction in a way, and clearly you do too, but I'm sure that doesn't make it hurt any less... especially if you are still mourning the loss of this goal. It's a very weird feeling, to know that your big dream is not even a possibility. I hope you can navigate your brother's med school experience in a way that is healthy for you and doesn't dredge up too many sad feelings.
I'm so sorry, friend. He's a definite shitpig for using your pain for his gain.
And I would be throwing this in his face ALL.THE. TIME. and that's the reason he got in. He took the easy route, you applied to a REAL Medical School *apologies to all podiatrists and chiropractors*
Ugh, I know how it feels to not be able to be what you always wanted to be growing up. I imagine it would sting if one of my sisters got their architecture license tomorrow no matter how 'over it' I feel like I am and to have used you as a stepping stone is just extra hurt. Sorry and I hope something else wonderful comes up for you.
I can't quit my job to get a job to quit that job to go to PA school.
Not meant to be snarky, but why not? [/quote]
because I am already poor and in debt from student loans and med school applications, and I don't see how I can swing quitting my full time with benefits job to train to become a healthcare tech just for the POSSIBILITY, not guarantee, of getting into PA school
I didn't just "give up". I walked away with the little dignity I had left, after my academic failings and the reasons behind it were dissected. Not everyone can be anything they want when they grow up.
I'm sorry. I didn't know your whole backstory. You didn't just give up, I'm so sorry I made you feel that way. I'm an asshole
It really doesn't occur to me sometimes that there are people who might not be familiar with my entire posting history. Duh, mwos. (idea)
I can't quit my job to get a job to quit that job to go to PA school.
Not meant to be snarky, but why not?
Your quoting is wonky.
Anyway, this is a wild guess, but how about BILLS? [/quote]
Don't you know that when you have a dream, nothing else of practicality is supposed to matter? Wanna have kids? No big deal! Do that in med school! Wanna buy a house? Student loans can cover that!
Sometimes you just gotta run the cost benefit analysis, man. It's okay to let it go when it doesn't add up right.
I want to be happy for him, I really do. And I know he did what he did because admissions are cutthroat and he needed everything he could. But even now, it still kills me that I'm not going to be a doctor. I thought I was pretty much over it, but I guess not.
You can be happy for him later. Right now it's ok to acknowledge that he is a fucking douchebag. I'm so sorry.
I'm going to need bigger stairs to fit all these assholes under them.
Maybe BWOS can go under the porch.
Okay woah, I wouldn't jump to asshole.
really? fuckstick, he is kind of an asshole. once when we were kids he ate way too many green vegetables on st patrick's day and fucking threw up green everywhere like the exorcist.
really? fuckstick, he is kind of an asshole. once when we were kids he ate way too many green vegetables on st patrick's day and fucking threw up green everywhere like the exorcist.
Sorry- I'm not debating that your brother is an asshole (he does seem like one). I was talking about me
i'm sorry mary. ugh ugh, i would be so pissed and upset too.
just a q - were you applying to podiatry school? i know that's not the point of this thread, but this whole time i thought you had applied to med school (and maybe you did but please to clarify)
yes. I applied/interviewed to an MD school. his is podiatry (DPM).
His lie is super shitty. However, just to make you smile a bit, the running joke in the podiatry circle is that the admission test to podiatry school is the two finger test - does the school feel a pulse? The admission to podiatry school is the easy part, passing year 1 is the hard part. It (as you know) is completely different than MD or DO programs.
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