Hello, I am a new AN user and a Year 12 student stuck between Monash Medicine or Law/Arts (major in psych), Law/Comm (major in behavioural commerce). Below are my reasons for wanting to pursue both careers. If you could provide some advice (particularly if you are a med/law student), that would help me out a lot! Appreciate it
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Some background info before you read the reasons: I love English and the Sciences. I am a very creative person and I love a people-based job. Most of my hobbies are creative writing, watching movies, listening to music (eg. creative-based). However, I don't like art at all! Big LOL. When I was little.... I wanted to be an actor. Then... i found out that i was doing well at school and wanted to become a doctor and my parents probably over-encouraged it. I did love science and helping people with illnesses.. I always found learning about diseases and the human body fascinating when i was young.
So i carried that ideal throughout my whole schooling life... until in year 9 when i discovered law and how i really enjoyed fighting for justice and fairness. family friends all did law in uni, they were major influences on me because obviously my parents and their parents and them met up for dinner. then i've been in and out of law and med ever since then and never really sat down and addressed it.
then.. i did psych 3/4 last year and fell in love it. i wanted to study it in uni, given the opportunity to not give up my main dreams of med or law. last year summer holidays i also researched reality of med and stuff.... the night shifts, long hours, disgusting stuff was a little off putting to me.... so i was like med/law/psych
so i decided to sit the UCAT just in case i wanted med in year 12.... no regrets right?
in a difficult situation now. should i cancel the ucat test and get a refund? or continue my ucat prep and sit it... my ucat prep has been on and off. my scores are fluctuating... im getting 90th in SJT and sometimes in VR and DM, but always 50 for QR and 60-70 for AR. (these are percentiles, not percentages).
an adv of cancelling the UCAT is that more time is spent chilling/VCE prep
a disadv of cancelling the UCAT is money gone spent on medentry, and a future possible regret of not taking it in year 12, with the guilt of my 'childhood dream' being a doctor. as u can see i've wanted to become a doctor more than a lawyer when i was young. but i was young.. some of my reasons of being a doctor might be idealised and a little shallow hahaha.
Medicine:
Rewarding helping people recover from illnesses
I like to learn about diseases
More cash money than a lawyer
Get the dr. in front of my name without a phD
High Job security
Science of the human body is fascinating
my parents and relatives will respect me more
Law:
I like to argue and prove people wrong (hehe)
I’m interested in learning about laws and fighting for justice
Clean (don’t have to look at yucky stuff)
I’m interested in medical law as a masters under my undergrad
Get to study psych at uni
NO MATHS
NO RURAL
Thanks everyone!