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Can you have TOO many degrees?
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(12-08-2024, 11:51 PM)ifomonay Wrote: I think your family member may be right. Based on the very little information I know about you, it seems you want to be a physician (per your signature). And to that end, you're doing the biology degree which will be followed by the DO (equivalent to MD). And the other degrees you're doing, that's mainly to hedge your bets. If I am right, then what is your backup career to being a doctor? You seem to be interested in software/coding. You can try to get a part-time job doing web design etc. That's better use of your time than doing degrees that isn't aligned with your career goals. Otherwise your head is going to explode.

I originally came to degreeforum to find a cheap and easy way to get my GPA up to apply to medical school. I got rejected a few times before I learned about postbaccs and special masters programs (SMP/any master of science in hard science).  I got an MS Biomedical Science GPA of 3.8+ because it was the only one that accepted me. 

Still got rejected from medical schools because of my super low undergraduate GPA and lowish MCAT 

I stared taking a ton of online RA credits I found here. I started taking Sophias and other cheap ACE/NCCRS credits for fun. I ended up with 400+ RA/ACE/NCCRS credits. I thought,  "What the heck, might as well get a couple of degrees out of it while I'm at it"

I recently got accepted to a 5-year MS to DO program that noticed the amount of work I put in.

I believe that if you're a medical professional and you don't have a basic understanding of coding, IT, and AI, you're going to be left behind. For example, I always see doctors and nurses fall behind because they can't figure out how to use the medical charting software. Medical AI models will be a huge thing when I'm done with school. 

Getting an MBA/ML is mostly an extension of me liking business admin after the TESU ASBA and UMPI BABA (I do see myself getting into a leadership or teaching position when I'm old as shit 30-40 years after medical residency)  

It would be cool if I could transition to a remote health data analyst position or something like that but I have zero relevant work experience (other than working with medical charting systems). I do have the Google DA, PM, DM, IT, all TEEX CYB freebies, and almost done with the ASU AWS Mastery Cert/ASU Business Analytics Mastery Cert/Google UX.  





(I finished with a 3.0 after high school and a 2.2 overall GPA in my first college (5yrs) because I sucked at studying. As a teenager/in my 20s, some HS teachers/college professors/family members called me dumb, lazy, and a person who will never amount to much academically. Now as an adult, I love education and have figured out the best way I personally study)
Goals
Physician - Anesthesiology -Tech
Future
NSUMed Doctor of Osteopathic Med -DO (2026-2030)
NSUMed MS Bio(2025-2026)
Kairos MA Leadership(2025-2027)
HAU MBA(2025-2026)
In Progress
TESU AS BA(2023-2024)
TESU BA CS+Bio(2023-2024)
TESU UGCert IS+CS+OpMan+FYF(2023-2024)
UMPI BABA(2024-2025)
Completed
TESU AS Math (2023-2024)
Elms MS Biomed (2021-2023)
Elms UGCert PreHealth (2020-2021)
Monmouth U BS Chem, Minor Phys (2013-2018)
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RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by Pats20 - 12-10-2024, 11:42 AM
Can you have TOO many degrees? - by NotJoeBiden - 12-07-2024, 10:03 PM
Can you have TOO many degrees? - by NotJoeBiden - 12-08-2024, 12:04 AM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by ifomonay - 12-08-2024, 11:51 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by Captainrekt000 - 12-09-2024, 02:26 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by xspect - 12-09-2024, 05:16 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by newdegree - 12-10-2024, 01:02 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by newdegree - 12-11-2024, 04:18 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by newdegree - 12-11-2024, 05:51 PM
RE: Can you have TOO many degrees? - by newdegree - 12-11-2024, 08:33 PM

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