I regret PA school…
Hi everyone. I am about to finish my didactic year of PA school and I am coming to the realization that I should’ve gone to medical school… is anyone else in the same or has been in the same situation?
I‘ve performed well so far in my all courses. I just hate how we do not learn the depth that I would like to learn for any of our units. I am pretty young so I guess I could always go back to apply to medical school? It just sucks because I already sunk over 50k in tuition this first year, and another 50k for clinical year.
Does this feeling go away during rotations/when I am actually seeing patients? Will this feeling ever go away? What do I do? How do you know you’ve made the right decision for your career? I decided I was pre PA when I was 19 in undergrad. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA and worked extremely hard in undergrad to be a strong applicant (volunteering, leadership, PCE, etc). I was just intimidated my the residency length and financial barriers and decided it wasn’t for me. But maybe it was?
Will this always feel like the biggest mistake in my life? Literally how are you supposed to know when you’re 19?