Dropped Out of med school after being forced into it by AP - what now?
I (24M) spent a couple years in med school straight out of undergrad, and I dropped out in November after poor performance. Now I’m lost.
I never cared too much about what I did career-wise since I pretty much just listened to AP my whole life and didn’t have any capacity to really want anything for myself. As a result, I ended up going into med school straight out of undergrad, instead of taking a gap year or two to work or get a better MCAT score, since my parents wanted to retire ASAP and that was the priority.
Fast forward 2 years, and after consistently failing/barely passing, I’m back home frantically looking for jobs/ways out of here. AM hasn’t spoken to me since I made the decision to drop out (but constantly shit talks me indirectly to my sister/dad about how useless/horrible I am). She wants me to go back, but after watching my sister (30F) go through the same bullshit of suffering through med school and hemorrhaging her future by taking crazy loans and repeating years of med school, I don’t want that for myself and would rather get out of it sooner rather than later, which I am resented for at this point.
I’m planning to take a year to do a Masters degree at Rutgers (since I live close and can commute) in Healthcare Data Analytics. I know it seems counterintuitive to go through more school to get out of this situation but it’s the best thing I can come up with given how crazy the job market is and the gap in my current resume. My ideal end game is to move to Brooklyn with a friend of mine and be NC with APs forever.
Any, and I mean ANY, advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you sm and I can’t express in words how valuable it is to be part of a community that understands my struggles like this one does. Much love 🫶🏽
EDIT - Currently doing odd jobs where I can, mainly calibrating lab equipment to try to save some money