I've always envied doctors and I thought it would be an awesome profession but it was my common belief when I was younger that you had to be really smart to go into that profession. I've written on my blog before about the thought about going into the medical profession and how I've had many outside influences telling me it is the place I should be. I just found out that my cousin, who is somewhat smart but not that bright, is attending med school in the Cayman Islands through the University of Michigan. When I found this out I almost did a flip backwards because no offense to him but I am a lot smarter than he is and for him to be going to Med school at one of the most highly accredited universities for medicine, it must not be that hard. The only thing is that since I'm currently majoring in Finance and management at FSU I don't have all the undergraduate requirements for most of the programs. I'm not missing too much but I'm probably going to need to take a semester of anatomy and physics lab and a year of chemistry and bio labs. I figure I can probably do this in approximately one year immediately after I graduate from FSU. I'll probably just end up coming home and taking it at the local four year university because it'll be cheaper. Even though I'll be probably 22 when I start applying for med school I'll still be younger than most other people entering. The average age entering med school is around 25, which is kind of surprising.
I'm not really sure if I would go into primary care or specialize in radiology. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the university I'm attending and which programs they offer. If you specialize then you usually get paid better but at the same time you might have a hard time finding a job in particular areas. I'm sure radiology would be a lot of fun. We have a personal friend who is in this profession and he told me that he had a hard time for awhile finding a job and the one hospital he worked at for a while tried to screw him over. He ended up opening up his own diagnostic imaging center (investing over $8 million) and is know making good money, but not without proper risk. I'm going to have to do some more research, that's for sure.
Best Wishes, Josh