Quote Originally Posted by accordsti
thank u for the advice, and if i do premed in college it would not be for money, i have volunteered at health fairs before and its cool, but getting paid to work on cars thats persausive
but i probably will be doing a dentistry apprenticeship with my cuz and a psychiarist one with my aunt in st.louis this summer
dentistry is tough too, as my best friend and his wife are dentists, another good friend is a dentist training to do oral surgery, and a girl i date is also a dentist.

in my mind, you have to love helping people, and not be hurt by patients and other people who aren't appreciative. if not, you can become jaded quickly (which can happen anyway), and burnout before age 40.

i tell people to consider any career before a career in healthcare, because to be in this line of work, you have to know that you know that you want it. if helping people doesn't drive you (from your post it seems like it kinda does), there's no point. if, as mehulwrx posted, someone else wants you to do this, it ain't gonna be fun, and it ain't gonna be pretty.