DO NOT go to MEDICAL SCHOOL (If This is You) 

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“if your dream doesnt scare you, its too small”

summary of the video 1. your family forced you to go into medicine 2. you’re impatient with people 3. you are unable to work hard 4. medicine isn’t your focus and passion

Years later, when I was on the faculty of my old Med School one of my "duties" was to be on the Admissions committee. One of the very first questions I would ask the candidate was whether or not there were medical people in their families. If there were I always probed a little deeper and on occasion would discover your #1 reason not to be a Physician. Many of those candidates would express relief that they had been "found out" and the interview would shift its focus to what it was that the individual really wanted to do with their life. The one I remember most was a young man whose whole family were Physicians. Mother, Father, 2 Brothers and 1 Sister. Talk about pressure! Within a few minutes of the start of the interview It was pretty obvious that this guys heart was not into medicine. So I asked him point blank what it was that he really wanted to do. His answer... He wanted to be an Art Historian. So the rest of the interview was basically how to confront his parents with his decision and how he could best pursue his goal. Several months later I got a letter from this young man. He was enrolled in a Masters program in Art History at one of the better Universities on the East coast. His goal was to eventually get a PhD in the subject. I hope he made it.

I cried while reading the comments. Thank you to those people who left those uplifting comments! I'm still in my 3rd year of pre-med and I am not doing so well. It's so hard to learn in an online setting. It was nice to see people saying that high grades do not determine a good clinician. Like I said, I am currently not doing well in my third year of pre-med, I almost failed 4 subjects last semester and now I feel that I'm about to fail another set of subjects. Just the thought that these schools that I plan to apply for med might think to why the heck would I even bother applying to med school with those grades. Let's also take into consideration how in my country grades are important and they treat you based on what your grades are. It really scares me.

"2. Hating peop-" Welp, bye med school

I'm in my final year of medschool and let me tell you, medicine doesn't need smart people. Don't do it because you're smart or were told you're smart. We need passionate and dedicated people, who always want what's best for their patients.

I was in a class that focused on Chemistry in my highschool, so entering a med school seemed to be an obvious route. Study hard to pass the exams to get in, then spend 7 years studying. The path was clear. Many of my seniors went that way. But I knew it wasn't for me. I lack the mental toughness to survive in med school. Even if somehow I manage to graduate, I won't be able to bear the stress of working as a doctor. I like jobs that allow me to have flexible hours of working and relaxing, and a mistake, albeit serious, won't kill anyone.

My biggest mistake in life was telling my parents I want to be a doctor when I was little. They're doing all they can to push me into medicine, but my dream is to be a professional barista and a mead brewer. I brought it up once and they scoffed. IDK if I should give up on this dream.

“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.”

Im intelligent, dedicated and passionate. My problem is procrastination.

I have no intention of going to medical school, I don’t know why I’m here. But good luck to all those applying to med school. The world definitely needs more of you guys!

My heart was always set in psychology. But it wasn't until going through a spinal cord injury relearning everything neck down and going through intense self pursuit to get better physically mentally and spiritually that I was called to be a Neuropsychiatrist. Watching my mom lose her mental sense dying from cancer really pushed me to want to be more than a psychologist as I was telling the nurses the problems that were coming simply by listening and they didn't believe me until it happened. I even warned them she would die when she did and they where mind blown because I lived in a different state. No my mom taught me to be my own health advocate so in turn I studied health because of my injury. I asked God if he truly wanted me to do it then I'll be in college. Well I'll be getting ready to apply to medical school and I graduate with a bachelor's soon. The world needs people like me as doctors who've actually lived through much pain and treatments for the last twenty years. I'm determined because I know what's needed especially for women of my ethnicity! I just know it's my mission to heal. That's it that's all and if I can't heal then at least I can be there for them as they go through.

*Asian parents have left the chat*

“Being a doctor is a special profession, for a special breed of person”. I’ve never felt so attacked and ‘unspecial’ before.

I was a 3rd year medical student when I decided to quit medicine. It was hard because of social pressure and other reasons, but now I feel relieved. Your video confirms that I made the right choice.

They say third times a charm, I have pass my step 1 finally🎉🎉 for all my repeat test takers don't give up and don't be discouraged.

If you want to pursue anything in life, you'd have to want to do it for you. Not for anyone else.

1. Parental pressure 2. Hating People 3. Allergic to Hardwork 4. Medicine is not your main focus

I felt number 4. I have an interest in other professionals which is making me stress out on deciding what career I want. I considered medicine because I like the label of being a doctor and having a high-professional job. But I don't like the idea of studying or working overtime in my career. The fact that I don't focus on medicine too much made me realize that maybe I'm not determined or dedicated enough to be a doctor. Hopefully, I will be able to find the right career for me.

I wanted to become a marine biologist my entire life, up until i lost my godmother to cancer. All of a sudden i wanted to become a doctor so i could cure cancer and stop anyone from experiencing the pain i experienced. After 4 years i’m now a sophomore in college and i’m really considering this and i don’t think it will make me happy. I made an emotional decision when i was only 15 because i was sad and angry. Now i’m 20 and i know that my godmother would want me to do what makes ME happy, and to live for myself. I’m currently on the pre med track but the pressure and the lifestyle is just too much for me i think. I’m not up and quitting just yet but i am heavily considering other career paths outside of medicine.

I don’t even wanna be a doctor why am I watching this

My problem is that I do not know what my passion is...like I honestly don't know what I want to become. I don't know what I want, I don't want to work hard

Psychedelic's definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it's just so hard to source here.

I’ve wanted to be a psychiatrist for years now; I think the only thing I would struggle with is being patient with people. I really do love helping people on their mental health journeys, not enough to be a psychologist per se, but enough to be a psychiatrist. I’ve always been highly interested in science as well, and since psychiatry is the more science oriented part of mental health, I want to do it. I want to give people medicine and the grounds to seek their own personal help, because I’ve struggled with a rare mental disorder for a long time now. I want to give people the help that I didn’t get, and help children and adults alike seek comfort within themselves and heal while also studying how the medicine itself works and showing them. I’m a hard worker as it is, and I think I could handle working many hours if I’m doing something I love. The only issue is that I’ve never been a very empathy driven person; in work environments I would rather work alone, and I don’t have a need to be social at all. I love working with peers who will be competent, but that’s the issue… not even my co-workers might be competent. I think over time I’ll have to learn to work with people who need to work harder. Of course I’ll have the patients to myself mostly in our meetings, I just hope that I go through school and my career with people who love what we do just as much as me.

I got D in my chemistry and now I’m finishing my last year to become a doctor. Just work hard and be patient if really want to be a doctor you would do what ever it take to do it

Im just so afraid that my mental health is going to be extremly bad because of the pressure in med school :/

I strongly agree with all the statements. I always dreamt of being a doctor since childhood but when I started studying medicine I got really frustrated. Because I realised I like critical thinking and creating more than memorising all those information. It was really mentally struggling for me. If you are allergic to all those memorisation for long hours its definitely not for you. I would still love to be a doctor, but unfortunately all that reading is not for me. If you want to become a doctor just because you are really intelligent think again.

This channel is a huge help for me. I’m 48 long term cna, tele tech. I applied to tech school for RN mostly due to the cost reward look. But PA sounds so great I keep going there in thinking. Being honest with myself is the most important. So seeing these vids really help THANK YOU guys!

This just confused me so much. I don’t have parental pressure but I do. They say I can be whatever I want but it would be nice if I was a doctor. I don’t hate people, but I do hate people that are disrespectful towards me. I’m not a hard worker if I don’t need to be, but when I know I need to work hard for something, I put everything into it. Medicine is not my main focus, but nothing is. Everything is dull, and all subjects are the same, I don’t favor anything! 😭

“Hating People”. Wow you just described every doctor in the hospital

Actually I'm third year in pre med and so far its been God's mercy and favour ..i always wanted to be a doctor... Growing up I realised the bills were high and so I wanted to change but my parents supported me and now I'm preparing for my Mb exam

This is my first time watching this since getting in to med school. For sure I thought that I was allergic to hard work, but I really appreciate the challenge. Probably the best part about med school is if you really love learning then studying can actually be a lot of fun! This is coming from someone who "didn't need to study" in high school and college. Such a concept doesn't exist in med school, so students who work hard for their grade, you may have more aptitude than your peers where everything came naturally.

Facts - High grades are nothing in determining a good clinician - As a doctor or nurse, dealing with patients’ families is so frustrating than dealing with patients - Your people’s person skills are the best friend in healthcare - Doctors aren’t super smart, they’ve passion and dedication. Anyone can become a doctor if you’re dedicated and passionate - What makes it challenging is the business culture in the healthcare settings, there’s rampant bullying and it’s so intentional

bro I’m majoring in engineering why am I watching this 😂

Thank you for making this video. None of those applied to me, and Ive gone into pharmacy. I work with people who are there only for the money and have no people skills. Some of them are plain rude. I work for someone who is highly intelligent but is probably the rudest person ive met. I do this because I love helping and caring for others and patients tell me all the time that they feel how much I care. Work ethic is very important, at the end of the day I know that I earned my money through hard work and its rewarding to me so much more.

Ex-doctor here. It's funny that I almost hit all 4 points (I don't HATE people but I can't deal with stressed out people or frustrated/angry people, and patients often act this way when they are in pain) For those of you who are wondering/nervous about medical school, once you get admitted to the programme medical school is really the easy part. In reality you don't need to know everything to be a good doctor, you need great people skills and common sense, the rest is experience. The hard part is actually working! The physical stress of long hours, the mental stress of working under pressure with lives on the line, the psychological stress of tough decisions, and mulling over potential mistakes late at night instead of sleeping for your early shift tomorrow... It's hard work unless you feel the passion and the calling for it.

"intelligence has less to do with being successful", this feels relieving as hell to hear. Yall really took this comment too seriously, we all know its a combo of mulitple things (including intelligence) and effort you put into being successfull.

Thank you but I'm still gonna be a doctor

I love how all of these medical mysteries have something to do with food! Thank you so much for sharing these with us

Pre-medical student here, and I am stressed, but then I am DETERMINED to be a doctor. Honestly, I have no idea how my heart keeps directing me.

‘Hating People’ Christina Yang has entered the chat -_-

My only problem is depression. I mean I always love watching and learning from medical shows. It's just the fact I'm always losing my memory and it kills my motivation on trying.

this video has popped into my screen many times, but never clicked on it coz i was afraid about the content concluding that medicine was not meant for me. But now, watched it thinking that if there is any thing i can do to improve my standards. Am so damn happy that my understanding of medical school is just the same as said in the video, and I am meant to be a doctor!!!!!!!

Thank you for this video. 🙏I agree that a person should become a medical doctor because of true passion coming from the person and not because of parental pressure or pressure from other people. Each one of us has the right to choose our own path.

I hate interacting with people let alone work with people, unfortunately everyone is expecting me to go in med school. I just want to be in our backyard and be a carrot.

I feel #3 so hard. My dumbest decision in life was accepting that med school scholarship just cause it was a nice-sounding profession. I thought "high school was easy as hell, how hard can med school be". I was wrong. and forgive me for saying but med school "dumbs" you down. I forgot so many stuff I was able to do back then, especially in maths. Math and physics were my favorite subjects given that they require more critical thinking than they do memorization. Biology was my least favorite. Med school really was a dumb decision on my part. Now I'm 1 year off graduation and board exam and I'm so scared. I don't know how I've survived for so long in this and I definitely don't know how I'm gonna pass that board exam. Being the "genius" child from kindergarten to high school, everyone is expecting me to pass. They don't know how different med school is from what I was used to, from what I've aced. They don't understand and it's not their fault, because I never would've known too if I never studied medicine. I'm so scared. I'm sorry for rambling, I was just planning to leave a short funny comment but the words just spilled and anyone I tell my fears to just tells me "don't worry, you'll pass, you're smart" but that's not what I need. Edit: HEY EVERYONE! i waited til this day before I made an edit. I took my first boards certification exam to be licensed as a physician last October and I got my results this November. I passed! I'm a board certified physician now. I still stand by everything I've said previously, but for everyone like me who has no way out too, take me as your example and proof that you can do it. Now, I'm going to rest for a few months before I decide whether to take residency or locum work. I turned 23 last August. This rest is going to be my late gift to myself. Good luck everybody! Edit2: also, tysm for everyone who has added their suggestions, wished me well, empathized, etc. Tysm :)) i come back to this comment many times hoping I can pass on my first try so i could reply earlier to you guys, and I did :)

I don't know if I would call it parental pressure but it's like I was never open to many options. I'm good at studies, I've always scored the highest in all my exams. Now I'm in last year of premed and at the end of this year, I will give the entrance exam to a medical university. The thing is, I never really knew what I wanted to do. I never had a clear idea about my career. I've always done what my parents told me because I couldn't make up my mind about what I want. They carved out the path for me before I could decide it for myself. So, I just decided to follow it. It's not bad, I can study and I like studying. I like getting new information about stuff, but not going to lie, sometimes it gets too much for me. I start to think what it would be like if I had more options to choose from, maybe I would've gone into Arts. Painting is my hobby, but I don't do it much anymore. It's like I want to do it but the stress of studying overcomes the feeling of freedom I get for a little while. Now, I want to go to a medical university because I can see a chance of me getting in. I want to achieve the best. I want to be successful. My family, friends and teachers encourage me and have great expectations from me. I've realised that I work on my own accord and I know when and how I want to do something. If anyone pushes me, I just get more lazy and don't do anything because of extra stress I get from their words. BTW, both of my parents are doctors 😅

Thank you @medicalschoolinsiders for clarifying my feelings towards medical school. 😭😭❤

I’m still going to be a doctor. No matter how hard it’s going to be. I’m going to keep pushing for it, and I hope you all do the same as well 🙏🏻❤️ Remember this, medical school will be challenging, but don’t let that scare you. As long as you keep pushing, everything will be okay. There will be times that you will want to give up, and when that happens, KEEP MOVING FORWARD! Think about when you finish medical school and become a doctor. You will be thanking yourself for the amount of dedication and effort you put into getting where you wanted to be. I hope every single one of you that chooses this career the best of luck! Good luck, everyone! 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️❤️ Update: Thanks for all the support and love!

I'm 13 and I'm in middle school my dream is to become a doctor wish me luck 🙂

im not a med student but i have respect for yall!! im always fascinated by how dedicated and hardworking you guys are. im studying business finance and mgt btw, im not that smart and hardworking but yea :)

Loved this video! I'm a great example of your second point. I phrased it , " I just don't like people that that much."

My parents always called me smart and recommended me to be a doctor because I was fairly quick to pick up on complex things, but I HATE studying. I love learning new things, but I hate studying things over and over again. Medicine fascinates me, and I love every aspect of it, but I would never be able to be a doctor.

Me failing physics, chem, bio, tech, math, and stat now is reason enought for me not to go to med school but I'm still going cuz I'm asian

Im very appreciative of your work.

May God Bless You and His Peace Be Upon You Always! Thank you for this explanation!

Me : doesn't want to be a doctor Me : gets into med school anyway RU-vid : You shouldn't get into med school Me : ..........

I am ALL OF THAT, and I knew that all along before applying, but due to severe family pressure and me being ignorant kid at 18, I applied for med school. From the first year I was depressed but not severe enough to rage or quit, and I was still getting through grades easily, until I finally graduated with very little feeling of self accomplishment and still feeling empty and depressed. Then I started residency, oh boy, this was the deal breaker for me. I got so depressed and agitated that I kept thinking about suicide ON A DAILY BASIS, I cried when I was on call in the hospital ward working on a shift of 30+ hours of non sleep, and when I finally decided to quit, my parents and MY FREAKING BROTHER had a fight with me.. saying that I'm a failure for quitting and why did I not quit earlier. But being a more assertive and mature person now, I decided to not listen to them and just decide what I feel best for me, so I'm gonna go back to school and study CS, after all, I was always a computer person and I always dreamed of being a programmer. AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW

Thanks for making this video! It is very helpful :)

I'm so happy to watch this. Med school is what I'm going to do❤

I have zero interest in being a doctor, I have no idea how I ended up here... LOL! 😩 * Edit- (5 months later) This did not age well at all 😉

in past 1year i have prevented almost 7 people from choosing medicine bcz afterall as a doctor its my duty to save lives

As a med student, i totally agree with you. With this career, your whole life has to revolve around medicine. I've seen so many people either fold under the pressure or end up seriously depressed.

Hi from Greece. I'm a nurse in the National Healthcare System. You are 100% correct...

*Desi Parents getting their knives ready*

Yeah I have social anxiety but that isn't stopping me from becoming a surgeon. Bye.

You definitely have to be good with people as a surgeon, my surgeon for a major chest surgery was so good and made the process so smooth. If he had been anyone else I don’t know if I would have gone through with the surgery

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ❤ Thank you for making this video

But I'm Asian. I have to go to med school or I am disgrace to family

I'm a psychiatrist, and I agree with most of your points but with ONE main caveat. Most people who chose to enter med school are just children and they barely know themselves. They think they're not allergic to hard work but they later learn they are. They think they're not being influenced by parental pressure but later learn they are. They think they do not dislike people but later learn they do. And they think they could make medicine their only career but later learn they have other interests. Like you said, doctors are a very special breed of people, and most of them have similiar personality traits or flaws. First, doctors tend to be a little narcissistic. They might not want to admit this but they almost always are, and there's nothing wrong with it. A little bit of narcissism is what's needed to sustain a long and arduous career. You need to be honest that you are in it for the status, for the hierarchy, for the money, and most importantly, for the need to feel WANTED. If you cannot admit this to yourself, if you think medicine is a charity and it shouldn't come with any reward whatsoever, you will eventually find yourself very disillusioned. Even doctors without borders do it for the adventure and they still get paid. If you LOVE to feel WANTED, then medicine is your career, because you are always WANTED and your pager will remind you of that every day. But if you're the type that wants to be free then it might be a little harder although it isn't a deal breaker. Second, doctors tend to be perfectionistic in what they do. Perfectionists generally think they are not good enough and thus they work very hard to prove themselves or they beat themselves up very hard. If you're a perfectionist, then medicine is your career. This is more important than the need to feel wanted because a sloppy doctor will not have a successful medical career. Finally, doctors tend to be moralistic and highly conscientious. If you're the type that likes to follow rules, morals, and ethics, then medicine is the right career for you. This is the most important trait a doctor must have. If you're an anarchist who couldn't obey authorities, you can't be a doctor. Every doctor is governed by a strict moral code and they break that code at their own peril. There is little room for innovation in medicine unless you're doing research. Medicine today is based on evidence and innovation can only be done with lab rats to start with and not with patients. If you don't like this, you can be an entrepreneur instead. The traits I mentioned ties in with the video. People who conform to parental wishes aren't usually narcissistic enough to sustain a career in medicine. People who are allergic to hard work aren't perfectionistic or moralistic enough. People who have many other interests tend to be highly innovative and creative while medicine is boring and rule-bound. And people who hate dealing with people don't have a need to feel WANTED, in fact, they hated needy people. **EDIT (FUN FACT) ** Characters from Scrubs: 1. JD = Highly narcissistic, always want to feel wanted, won't make a good chief of medicine. 2. Turk = Less narcissistic but very competitive, ie. perfectionistic, good candidate for chief of surgery. 3. Cox = Highly moralistic, highly narcissistic (but won't admit it), and highly perfectionistic, perfect candidate for chief of medicine. 4. Elliot = Highly narcissistic, always want to feel wanted, perfect for JD. 5. Kelso = Highly moralistic and rule-bound, getting old, should retire. 6. The Todd = I don't know about this one, this one is a red herring, I've never seen a doctor like that. haha 7. The Hooch = is crazy 8. Doug = Okay, you don't want to be this guy, not only does he not have the need to feel wanted, he downright fears patients. Very low self-esteem, calls father immediately hoping to please his dad when he receives a simple compliment from Cox (as a joke), knows nothing about medicine because he didn't study (i.e. not moralistic or perfectionistic), and he is a danger to patients. **EDIT (FUN FACT no. 2)** Commenter request: *Question: "I know this is a dumb one but Dr. House fascinates me cause he didn't fit in most things you named, I know he is made up but there are doctors out there like that. Even I would rebel from the system numerous times if it were for some greater good. But I still would love to be a doctor, mostly want to be a psychiatrist and it's great that I found your comment here. Also, gotta ask, do those who are very narcissistic judge patients much more?"* First, it is important to note that Dr. House is a fictional character and a doctor of his calibre do not exist in real life. A doctor can usually specialise in one or maybe two medical subspecialities but Dr. House seems to know everything from medicine, to surgery, to pathology, to microbiology, to just about every damn thing there is to know of the human body. It's unrealistic. However... Although Dr. House's abilities probably aren't real, his personality traits do exist in real life. He is not dissimilar to Dr. Cox in Scrubs in that he is the 'ALPHA' (male) of the group and being the Alpha means everyone differs to him when making tough decisions. This can create a lot of stress and so House and Cox put up a front to distance themselves from others to avoid being overwhelmed. This is normal, even I do that sometimes with medical students and junior interns (sorry...). But the degree to which Dr. House does it is probably excessive to the point of attracting litigation and complaints and that's where he falters. If House was a real doctor, he would've received complaints from patients and staff alike due to his extremely poor bedside manners and so will Dr. Cox. It is important to note that patients are people too and they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect (so do junior staff members). They may have unhealthy, unusual, and unsavoury habits but we are not to judge as doctors. But having said that, doctors have the freedom to choose who to treat and who to refuse treatment based on their moral/religious beliefs. But this does not give them the right to berate patients. The character arc for Dr. Cox over the 7 seasons of scrubs is about how he learns to open up to JD, to Jordan, to Carla, and to his son, to reveal a gentler and more tender aspect of him. This is crucial to his character development because he learns to be less judgemental and more empathetic to his patients by accepting his own vulnerabilities. The core issue with narcissists like House and Cox is in learning how to be vulnerable because narcissists generally suffer from extremely poor self-esteem and that's why they bolster their ego by putting everybody down (i.e. Donald Trump). By being vulnerable, they are opening up themselves to those who would accept them unconditionally and that's how they repair and resolve any psychological damage done in the past. I don't know if House's character actually develops much in the way of empathy because I don't follow the show very much. But it would make sense that he does. Dr. Cox was a very different person in season 1 compared to when he's in season 7 (with some exceptions of course). This goes to show that there are more important things to being a doctor than just 'KNOWING EVERYTHING'. They don't teach you that in med school and you need very good mentors in real life to guide you. I am only who I am today because I had wonderful mentors to keep me centred (although some of them have retired). A doctor without a good mentor is bound to run into problems like these and they might end up being sued, disqualified, and having to see a shrink like me. Hope this had been educational. :)

I care about people and I'm an incredibly hard worker however I've got soo many side hassles that i just can't give up on or belittle their time and i guess maybe it's a sign i stumbled across this video thank you!

I only somewhat relate to the second point. I’m not an impatient person, I just find it ironic how I want to become a doctor but don’t like interacting with people much because I’m extremely introverted and prefer keeping to myself. Also getting into med school is super competitive in the UK and idk if I have what it takes to put up with that.

I wish i had seen this video before going to med school. You have to sacrifice a lot; your artistic side, your hobbies, your dreams. Peer pressure and fear of failure are the only things that push you forward. It's quite scary at least for me and giving up isn't just an easy step 💔

All the dislikes are from parents who want their children to become Doctors no other options.

Excellent video! Family pressure and it took 20+ years to become honest with myself. Going back to school for Engineering!

helping others has always been a passion of mine especially emotionally (which is why i want to go into psychiatry!) and weirdly enough, i LOVE studying, it could be any subject idc. i think being a doctor could be perfect for me

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Wow, all these comments of people saying they regret going to med school...😅 That's kinda scary lol

I'm actually at the point in school where I need to really decide where to go, and I've picked 1 career path but was considering whether I should have become a doctor. This video helped me decide that I made a good decision in the end

I actually do have interests outside medicine !! They actually make me a much more sane and well rounded person !! I developed a lot of stress and anxiety giving exams !! I am so glad I ventured out and persued my outside interests. It is definitely okay to have interests outside medicine .

So sad this video was not uploaded 10 years ago, when I decided to enter med school. I’m a doctor now and try to be nice whit my patients and do my best, but I kwon in my heart that I made the wrong career choice. And many colleagues feel just like me, but they don't say it.

Too late I'm already in the middle of it And having exam tomorrow And I'm here questioning why I choose med school

Nursing school made me miserable but during clinical rotations, the grotesque surgeries didn’t bother me and I will find myself thinking if I should continue my studies. But all of the characteristics presented here definitely all are me 😂 thanks for video! Made me realized things and surely will save me in the future

Here it is a 5th year med student 🤚. I think this is a great video that everyone who wants to join med school should watch, but also, I can give you my personal advice. I'm not pretty good at memorizing and that was very hard for me at the beginning, also the social interaction wasn't my best point, some days I'm just tired of studying. But I can tell you that you can overcome all of this if YOU LIKE what you're learning. If you like biology, chemistry, if you are interested in learning how human body works, that will keep you in the career. So my advice is try to read some med book, med paper, something you can be interested into before trying to join the career. If you don't like these subjects, then don't even try it. Good luck to everyone!

Am I the only one who still didnt decide what I wanna become in the future 😳 why I dont have any goals😢

Who has Parents who DONT want them to do Med because of how hard it it, but you want to! ???

Thank you very much for this advices! Good job

I am everything that isn't good for this. I used to be very passionate about it. But my life's changed. And I don't want this anymore. I'm glad for this video. Thank you I've made my decision. Good luck for everyone else who are not only strong but passionate about it.

I love how people are so determined about their future. I'm not interested in anything, i go to school, i study, i do this and that. The only thing that i really enjoyed is drawing. I aware of my future going to be if i only draw. My parents are doctors, and ofc they want me to be a doctor and so do my siblings. Not only them, my teachers too. Anyway, don't mind me Good luck to all people!

When you are already a medical student but relate to 50% of the things in the video.. We just need to work hard to achieve our dreams that's it!!

Holy crap 😳!!! I had no idea you actually had to talk to the patients. 😮

Did i just not tick any of these points n getting into medicine.. thanks for laying facts right in front of me. It is hard to confront parents that this is just not something that interests me n im not keen keeping up with the pressure of consistent hard working.. life is gonna be tough for me no doubt

I was one of the top students in school, excelling both in academics and co-curricular. That too with limited input. BUT med school has drained all my passion, critical analysis, drive to rank well in my class and outside. I feel my IQ has fell down by many scores due to all the cramming and vomiting all that in exams. I am a people person, or so I thought, but medicine brings me face to face with such jerks (patients or their families) who I can't even ignore or run away from! All those dreams and expectations from this profession seem like a mirage. Request to all those thinking about goin in this profession- DO NOT WATCH MEDICAL DRAMAS ON TV! You don't get to be 'Dr. House' everyday! 😂 I have not played the piano in the last few years, been out of touch with my painting and dancing nor have I read any new novel recently. Not that I dnt have free time but I don't have the tenacity for my hobbies after the drudgery and hard work in the wards. For medicine, you have to love it wholeheartedly and more than anything else or else attending emergencies at 2 in the morning won't be easy for u. U have to give up on many things in life when u become a doctor!

I feel very passionate on helping people, and I find doctors work very fascinating and I really wanted to become a doctor since I was little. I’m just intimidated by the amount of schooling and stress.

most useful advice ive ever heard, in my life. thnx

honestly, my love for becoming a doctor died when i became a teenager. My all time dream was to become a lawyer or a fashion designer but my parents disapprove and under some circumstances i can’t fulfil my dream. my last resort is to become a doctor for other reasons like helping people but i think the whole school journey there is too stressful and i have like zero interest in chemistry.

Dont Go to med School if you hate School! Dont Go to med School if you hate people Dont go to med school if you dont like hard work. Dont go to med School if you only in it for the money The most important reason is dont go to med school if you know in your heart that you like to do something else....other than medicine.

Other people: "FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS! Don't let anything stop you!" This video:

@MedSchoolInsiders I am an NP in practice for about 12 years and I totally 100% agree with the points you brought up in this video. I worked a set of podiatrists in the past that don't love with that do and hate it when someone else has the charisma to work hard. They hate it when they have to spend extra hours studying or in clinic. Their idea was a 9-5 job 5 days a week and that is in no way represent medicine (MD/DO/NP/PA/CRNA). Its constant, you are either seeing patients in clinic, rounding, charting, or taking care of various admin tasks (such as answering multiple jellybeans in ECW from patient calls) etc.