proudfoot
I am halfway thru dental school, I finished a M.S. from the same school. I have two years left. thought about switching to PT school but I am getting more and more unsure about what to do and I honestly have no clue what will make me happy at this point, my program is an absolute bear and my life is slightly short of nightmarish at this point. I have thought about switching for a while now but have not pulled the trigger.
I am at a private school so the PT program is 3x what it is at a public school which is absurd (around 33K semester), however the cost of PT education where I am originally from is around 12K a semester as its a public school. I do not want to move back to my original state, I have thought about applying for residence in my current state and applying for the public PT school here as tuition is much lower than the private school I go to.
I really don't know if switching would automatically make me happier or not, I am not 100% sure and I guess that's why I have hesitated. I got into my current situation because I had a "grass is greener " view and became infatuated with the wrong things and feel like I have been chasing the wrong things. I can probably stomach it out to finish my degree but I am unsure if I would want to get up and go to work everyday. apparently school is nothing like actually being in the profession which I don't understand and is hard to wrap my head around. I honestly don't know if I have it in me to start completely over again with something new either. I have spent the last four years basically working around the clock studying, having to miss my family out of state, caused a long term relationship to end, have basically had to teach myself everything at my dental school (no joke/ there is minimal actual teaching that occurs and its mindboggling)/ health has taken a dive due to very high stress (see areas above).
I am honestly in a rough spot and have been for a few years and I just don't know how to get out of it or really what to do and its really starting to wear on me.
I don't know what PSLF is.
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