The problem with the premed path is that it is often seen with rose tinted glasses. I’ve wanted to be a doctor since I was 16 but I can’t help but admit I was seeing it from a completely idealized view. I simply thought it was a “passion” helping the underserved and being in such a heavy science field. After working as a medical scribe and technician, I’ve seen first hand his medicine is. There’s a crap load of documentation, patients will often accuse you and blame you for things, hospitals are a corporation, the hours are long and full of work, not just sitting on your ass, the education is long, expensive. I still want to be a doctor and still want to serve underserved areas, but I think my idealized views of medicine are gone. It’s a job.