u/TraditionNeat9367

For my other stats:

• weighted GPA 4.29, unweighted 4.0
• class rank 15 out of 445,
• 1 AP soph year got 5 on AP World,
• 4 APs junior year and got 4s on all of them AP calc AB, AP chem, APUSH, AP art.
• intended major is pre-health/medicine related (bio, chem)
• i have pretty good extracurriculars like paid jobs, community service, and volunteering

now my sat is 1370. which isnt that good but i'm also from a low-income family so i read that those who practice hollistic reveiw can see that like im not rich and dont have resources for that. but i have aps and such so idk.

the schools that im questioning submitting it to have 25th percentiles of like of around 1400-1450. idk if it'll help with anything or just make it worse? so should i submit the sat?

I know there are probably lots of posts like this but i wanted to see people's opinion from those who have experience or some sort of insight into the topic.

So I'm currently a senior and will be applying to college in the US. I've known for a while that i want to work with something in the medical field/medicine-related. I honestly would probably like being a human doctor, i've looked into being an obgyn, endocrynologist, and orthopedics and that seems pretty interesting. In terms of veterinary, I've always liked animals and wanted a career where i could work with them as well. However now while applying to college, the question that pains me is obviously the cost of tuition and how long it will take for each. While becoming a vet will be about 8 years, a doctor is at least 12. From other posts I've read, people have the same struggle of whether it's worth it, because as a doctor yes you'll earn more but you'll also spend more on med school and its overall longer, while as a vet you'll earn less but will have less in loans.

So my question is, would yall reccomend becoming a doctor? Because i think i would like to but the 12+ years of studying somewhat intimidates me? Yes salary will be prob higher than a vet but im not neccessarily chasing insanely high paychecks, because, isnt tuition also gonna be more expensive in turn? I've also looked into stuff like physical therapist, where it's only 2-3 more years of post bachelor's studying so about 7 years but it does pay less. My mom says that the money shouldn't be the deciding factor but obviously it should be high enough to afford a comfortable life and she says 100,000+ is a good salary. idk how to feel about it all because honestly its so hard to plan it all out for years ahead.

but any insights or personal experience you'll share will be very appreciated <33

just for reference im applying as a biology major to unis/colleges and this is more of a question for later on becuase ik with a bio major there are a lot of options. I think i'd actually love to do an animal science major but those are kinda uncommon and won't allow for a lot of potential different further studies after bachelor's (or so i've heard on here). i'm just conflicted because i've heard a lot of vets say to not get the job and go into med instead but i also wanted to hear insight from actual premeds/human doctors or students

I know there are probably lots of posts like this but i wanted to see people's opinion from those who have experience or some sort of insight into the topic.

So I'm currently a senior and will be applying to college in the US. I've known for a while that i want to work with something in the medical field/medicine-related. I honestly would probably like being a human doctor, i've looked into being an obgyn, endocrynologist, and orthopedics and that seems pretty interesting. In terms of veterinary, I've always liked animals and wanted a career where i could work with them as well. However now while applying to college, the question that pains me is obviously the cost of tuition and how long it will take for each. While becoming a vet will be about 8 years, a doctor is at least 12. From other posts I've read, people have the same struggle of whether it's worth it, because as a doctor yes you'll earn more but you'll also spend more on med school and its overall longer, while as a vet you'll earn less but will have less in loans.

I've also heard that being a vet is problematic because you have to deal with the pet owners, which is also what a friend of mine told because her mom is a vet. But aren't you also gonna have to deal with patients as a doctor, and im sure every job has its own positives and negatives.

So my question is, would yall reccomend becoming a vet? Because i've seen people say you should only get this job if you're really passionate and enthusiastic because of the burnout and customers you have to deal with that comes with it, and to at that point go into human medicine. I wouldn't mind but i don't really want to go through 12+ years of school ( yes ik its not all just studying but still) and im not neccessarily chasing insanely high paychecks. I've also looked into stuff like physical therapist, where it's only 2-3 more years of post bachelor's studying so about 7 years but it does pay less. My mom says that the money shouldn't be the deciding factor but obviously it should be high enough to afford a comfortable life and she says 100,000+ is a good salary. idk how to feel about it all because honestly its so hard to plan it all out for years ahead.

but any insights or personal experience you'll share will be very appreciated <33

just for reference im applying as a biology major to unis/colleges and this is more of a question for later on becuase ik with a bio major there are a lot of options. I think i'd actually love to do an animal science major but those are kinda uncommon and won't allow for a lot of potentioal different further studies after bachelor's (or so i've heard on here)