Should I drop physics and physics lab? Could I drop them? Did I have enough time to devote to studying for them if I didn’t? What would dropping them\u00a0mean for my potential future in medicine? I wouldn’t be able to apply to medical school on time anymore.\u00a0My mind instantly filled with a ton<\/strong>\u00a0of questions that I couldn’t answer on my own. Feeling slightly panicked, I began to call friends and family for advice.<\/p>\n The more I thought about my current path, the less it seemed to make sense. Why was I was trekking through all of these ridiculously hard science classes\u00a0only in hopes of one day going to a medical school\u00a0where I would spend years on top of years learning about a ton of subjects mostly irrelevant to the field of psychiatry… only to finally practice once I got around\u00a0to\u00a0my psychiatry rotation? Not to mention the immense amount of debt I would absorb during my early years of schooling.<\/p>\n With alternative routes like master programs, PhDs, and PsyDs, there are so many alternative\u00a0paths where I could spend my time learning about the very subject that fascinates me most: psychology<\/strong>. Plus, in\u00a0graduate school, students get\u00a0paid<\/span> to conduct\u00a0research. Even if student stipends are meager at best, it beats taking on the enormous debt of medical school.<\/p>\n Why this wasn’t more apparent to me, to begin with, is a question on its own.<\/p>\n Now I’ve decided to jump ship yet again. (I laugh because I’ve literally changed my major every single year but<\/strong><\/span> if there’s anything I learned while in the Business School, it’s to avoid\u00a0the sunk cost fallacy and to\u00a0no longer invest\u00a0yourself in something after realizing it is no longer\u00a0worth investing in.)<\/p>\n Having said that, I logged onto the registration system the next day and dropped all of my classes. Yes. Every single one. Physics, organic chemistry, labs, all of it. Later that night, I logged\u00a0back on and registered for a bunch of psychology classes instead.<\/p>\n And the best part: I regret nothing<\/span>.<\/p>\n If I change my mind again at some point, I can always go back and take the last few classes I need to apply to medical school. Until then, this is my new path. I can apply to graduate school to try to become a psychologist and make better use of my time that way. I think I’ll be happier like this. With the time I would have spent studying<\/a> for my pre-med weed out classes<\/a>, I can now devote myself to other things I am interested in like\u00a0getting involved in\u00a0a psychology research lab and further developing my\u00a0hypnosis business<\/a>. I think everything about this decision\u00a0was in my best interest.<\/p>\n We will see where this year takes me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After seriously re-evaluating my life last weekend, I made some major changes to my schedule for this new academic year. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5512],"tags":[2391,2455,3982],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/psychologybanner.jpg\")
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