Is it insane to consider med school at this point in my life?
Hi,
I need a responsible adult to either talk me off the ledge or into jumping. I'm 27, got a law degree in May, and I've been working in biglaw since September. In those 4 months I've realized law school was a terrible mistake -- I don't just deeply hate my biglaw job, I think I don't want to work in law at all, or any career that involves staring at a computer all day.
Throughout high school, my dream job was OBGYN. I basically chickened out in college because it seemed too hard at the time. I was used to excelling in everything, and getting my first B in a giant chem lecture freaked me out. My English seminar professors were nicer, and the classes were easy to excel in, so I chose that route. And then I went to law school, because it seemed like the most certain route to a well-paid and well-respected career.
I liked law school well enough -- I've always loved school -- but now I'm miserable. I think I would be marginally less miserable at a public interest legal job, but only marginally -- they have new associates at my firm do a decent amount of pro bono work, and I hate that work too. I just can't sit and stare at a computer all day. I want to help people, but law feels like such a distant and boring way to do it.
I have friends in med school, and I'm so jealous every time I hear about the things they're doing. I regret my life choices so profoundly.
I'm on track to pay off my student loans in just a few months, thanks to some big law school scholarships and living well below my means now. Is it insane to think about applying to post-bacc programs now, though?