will i study medicine even if i am not sure whether i like it or not?

You can appear for an aptitude test to find out which career would suit you temperament and talents. What are your natural skills and what are your stregths. which career would be best for your personality type.

A former boss of mine, Professor Lesley Rees (you can look her up on the internet) wanted to be a journalist, but her adopted mother persuaded her to take up something less risky career-wise and she went into medicine. She has never regretted it. Professor Lord Winston (obs and gynae) is well known now for his TV programs. He never needed to study journalism. If you qualify in medicine, have a successful career, and have any natural aptitude for journalism, you will get opportunities for it, and I don't think training specifically in journalism will increase the number of opportunities you have for practising it. On the other hand, if you have little natural aptitude for journalism, no amount of training would have made you a competent journalist.

I am WAAYY older than you I think, and one thing I have learned in this life is that you have to do what is going to make you happy. You may make more money being a doctor, but, when you do something you're passionate about like broadcast journalism, the money will follow. If you can't work as a nurse, how in the world are you going to be a doctor?

If I wear in your shoes I would do what I like. No need to think practical since there is less chance you get a job anyway. Also you can only be good in what you like most. That is exactly why I did not became a doctor (like my dad) or a midwife (like my mother). If I wouldn't had so much allergies I would be a sculpture.

It's a difficult choice, dear. I ever face the same condition that I know I can study that field as a nurse but my heart dislike it, so I'm trying to deny my parent choice in asking studying nursing. Since I know that I will not enjoy in studying them and I'll try to break it as my protest to my parent. So, I anticipate to not do that by deny my parent choice, although I have to cry in front of them, get some anger and some bad feeling and situation at home. I accept those consequence as mine

Hi First of all i want to congratulate you for being so responsible person and good student. You had the courage to drop out your dream and follow what your parents thought that was the best for you. I agree with your parents opinion to follow medicine, is a profession which will give you good money but also the satisfaction for helping people. But i think that is best to choose what is good for you and not pressure your self with others dreams and wishes.I believe that you should make a sort of diagram about the pros and cons of the medicine and the journalism and to decide by heart maybe what will be the best for you. If i were you i would act like that: working as a nurse and taking part time courses in Journalism. After graduation i would chase my dream with Journalism. But before you do that you should now that you take a chance because journalism is not an easy profession. The good is that in case you are not succeed in Journalism you can always work as a nurse and maybe continue medicine as well.

welcome to mylot mavil! I am a medical technologist and i took that course as a stepping stone to medicine. that was never my plan at all because all i ever wanted is to be a musician! so i passed the board and here comes the part wherein i had to choose... my lab professor told me, if you are not sold out to take medicine, then dont... i have another reason in mind... i decided not to take medicine because i felt that i might only flunk it because my heart is not into it.

Dear friend, I graduated in electronics (achieved in the year 1997), but you should know that the decision was not mine. They were my parents to orient myself in that kind of matter. Now do not say I'm regret, but if I could go back, maybe to study "Computer Engineering". You still have the option, in my opinion you have to decide what is best for you, no matter what may think your parents or other persons. I understand though that is not easy.

3 years ago my father told me to be a lecturer. I was almost in, but in my heart I feel that I do not want to. I got heavy argument and debate with him. But I keep on rejecting the idea. I went to small company then move to bigger company. Thanks to God, the life start easier now (but still need extra money here :lol:) The main thing, if you want to reject your family choice, then you must have an alternative and prove it that you are able to achieve something better with your choice. But if you do not have alternative, just bury your desire and just follow the common sense. Wishing you luck with your choice.

ok you very nice girl, you accept your parent choice, that will better for you but later u given a world i dont know this, you said, (if you were in my shoes, what would you do?) if u talk about foot shoe, for that you not good girl, and your behaviour as not like good.