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StrawPipes

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Ok, I was just about to post this and then I saw someone has a post just like it stating 'What I should do?' I read through that post and mine is a little different so please nobody flame me for 'duplicating' his post.

So first a little history. I'm currently a junior majoring in Respiratory Therapy. However, I'm discovering this career is not really what I want to do anymore but I do have goals and dreams of becomming a physician or atleast a physician assistant. So maybe there is an easier route I could take to become a PA? Like maybe get a degree in athletic training? Cause I understand that most PA schools require medical experience. Moreover,

I love sciences, but I hate math. I'm looking for an average paying career field i.e 45-65 k.

I would have to say Chemistry is my favorite subject but I only have taken two classes so far. Also I've heard it's hard to find a job with a Bachelor degree in Chemistry; most employers look for Master and PhDs. I like talkin to ppl about life and feelings and shit but I don't know if I'm a fan of psychology. I did get all A's in my social science courses though. Overall I have a gpa of 3.2 so grad school could be possible.


Well that's some information about me... If you guys could just give me some career ideas and I'll do the research on them. If you need anymore information let me know I can provide it. I would really appreciate this, I don't know what I wan't to do but I know what I like..

Any help please
thanks

EDIT: Medicinal chemistry sounds interesting to me. Mainly in pain reduction synthesize ;). But seriously I'm interested in that. But from what I've researched, Medicinal chemists employers require Masters or PhD degrees. And I'm not sure if I would be able to handle grad school, or even get in if my GPA is only a 3.2.... So any ideas on careers with the above information I gave? And anymore information on medicinal chemistry? i.e. what type of grad schools? pharm schools? etc.
 
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I started out as a respiratory therapy major too!! I switched to nursing after doing some shadowing of all the different types of medical careers and got this gut feeling that nursing was the thing for me, and I love it. So I would highly suggest shadowing different kinds of careers so you can actually see what it's like in the day of whatever career you are interested in. Have you ever though of becoming a Physical Therapist? From what I read about you it seems like something you may be interested in.
 
Yes I have. And that is something I plan on looking into. However, If i'm correct Kinesiology plays a big part in Physical therapy and I am not a fan of Physics. Maybe I'm wrong about physics being a major component in PT school?

Thanks for the input

Any other suggestions?
 
Yeah Kinesiology does play a big part I do believe. What about becoming a nutritionist? A friend of mine did that and had to take a TON of chemistry classes and you said you like chem..and I believe you only need to obtain your bachelors to become a nutritionist.
 
That's not a bad idea. And would that qualify me for Physician Assistant schooling? I read most PA schools require atleast 2-4 years of experience. So if nutritionist would count that wouldn't be a bad route to take.
 
That I am not definite, I have tried looking around and can't come up with anything except that most schools like to see 2000 hours of clinical experience with patient contact before applying to a Physician Assistant school. I would think nutiritionist would be considered medical experience because you do a good deal of helping ill patients who don't have the proper diet. My friend works with a lot of patients with eating disorders and cancer patients who can't stomach most normal foods. I would call the different universities that you are looking at and talk to someone in the PA department.
 
If you can handle chem, then I don't see why you couldn't do bio. Over the years I've met a few people who have OK careers in bio.

I met a couple of marine biologists once when I was hiking one day. They were researching the population count of some marine species or another.

We got to talking and one of them said, "If you ever decide to go to college, do marine bio. All I have is a bachelor's degree and I get to hang out in the woods all day."

Man that was like 10 years ago, but that one comment he made really stood out in my mind. I eventually went to college and got my bachelor's degree, but in a different subject.

Anyhow, depending on where you live, there's a lot of biotech industry going on, and I am aware that they hire lab technicians who don't even have degrees. They get some kind of a certificate in basic bio.
 
What's a "junior majoring in Respiratory Therapy?"

Is that high school, College, University? I'm confused.

As far as liking Science but not Math, that sounds a lot like me. You're basically going to have to suck it up and learn basic algebra, sig. figs and scientific notation. Other than that, you don't really need much to pass 1st year chem. Maybe calculating -log and ln for pH values.
 
^ ^ I'm in my third year at a University; so i'm a junior in college. I recently dropped out though. I'm looking toward Clinical Laboratory Scientist as of now. If I acquire a Bachelor degree in this then I will also have a minor in Chemistry as well as a minor in Biology, which in turn makes it possible for further education in those studies down the road. Moreover, the maority of the classes I need to take for CLS are the same classes that students need to take in Med school, just not as in depth ( i.e. Parasitology, immunology, etc.). So I'm thinking as long as I can raise my gpa back to a 3.5 I could hopefully get into Medical school, or at the very least get into PA school.

Transcendence: I do enjoy Chemistry despite it being so heavily filled with Math. I just find it overall interesting as fuck. And if I'm not mistaken there is very little Math in Organic Chem ( judging by the intro to organic and biochem I took last year). And since Organic chem is relatively close to Medicinial chem, I woiuldn't mind studying and working my ass off to get into grad school for Chemistry, then specialize in one of the two. :)
 
Yeah, you basically just want to stay away from physical or analytical chemistry. Get 1st year out of the way, then do biochem and organic. Then take a 3rd year organic and maybe a lab or essay course and you can get your minor.

Hopefully a minor in chem doesn't require 1.0 credits in Physics. Some schools like to be sneaky like that.

Where I live, PA school only requires 10 credits in any subject(s), but the seats are competitive so marks do count. There's only one PA school in all of Ontario.
 
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