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What is your college/university program?
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My focus is medical and rehabilitative sciences, with emphasis in neuro- and electrophysiology, molecular medicine and cancer research.
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What is your intended career path?
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I'm applying for my Masters in the fields listed above. My plan is to do a combination of research and clinical work, or get my Masters degree then go to medical school, although with everything considered, the first plan is the one I'm focusing more on.
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How/why did you pick the program and career path you did?
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I always got high marks in high-school for sciences, especially chemistry, math and biology, so I wanted to work in the medical field. I applied to the chemical and physical sciences program, then transferred after my first year to the health/life sciences program. After doing several courses in physiology and neuropsychology, I found neuroscience, neurophysiology and electrophysiology to be extremely interesting and understood it quicker than most of the other students. I was interested in biophysics but my physics background was shaky so I found interest in molecular medicine and cell physiology, which is one of the areas where I'm currently doing research.
I did a major in psychology because I initially wanted to be a criminal profiler after watching so many episodes of Criminal Minds. I did a course in forensic psychology and several socio-law courses but didn't find them as interesting as the medical sciences courses.
If I were you, I'd stick to the field you like the best, forensic psychology and law. Once you have you degree and if you choose to do a Masters or PhD, you want to explore a field you actually like because it will become enjoyable. Even in my third year, I found the physiological courses very interesting and was actually eager to go to lectures and labs, even if it meant doing a ridiculously long lab report that I fumed and cursed over.