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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

No one can go through the process of becoming a doctor naturally. It is unnatural for the human body and mind to have to go through this. People who get into these kinds of professions enjoy punishing themselves. My boyfriend works 60+ hours a week, and my dad works up to 80 hours a week sometimes. You trade your life to do this... No one is going to go through this unless they absolutely love it, and have good compensation for their dedication, pain, and suffering.

That's why I laugh when people say that they enjoyed college. College is not enjoyable for the pre-med student. We don't eat and don't sleep. We do it because we want it so bad. We do want to help people, that is our main goal...but there is no use in doing this for 12 years if you aren't compensated for it. Then, we would just go be nurses or PAs or physical therapists or something along those lines instead of having to go through this...

You can't eliminate the stress because there aren't enough doctors to go around, and it takes a very special individual to become a doctor. Most are brillant and are willing to work 10x harder than most people. There aren't enough people with the qualities necessary to be one, and people certainly shouldn't be allowed to go to medical school if they don't have these qualities. That would be the only way to get more doctors out on the market, would be to allow unqualified individuals to get the degree.

I walk around like a damn zombie most of the time, can't ride my horses at all (haven't seen mine in over a month) and med school will be even worse... I have traded my horses for this.... I have traded my life for this.

I think the profession is getting the wrong end of this deal.