 What's up you guys? So I recently had a question posed about are there any regrets that I have while taking this PA path? And so I wanted to talk to you guys about that because I think it is definitely something that you should think about in terms of like where you want to go in life and in your career and you know are you gonna seriously sit up here and regret it in the future? And so that is what this video is going to be about and you know hopefully you can gain something from it and gain a little bit of insight to kind of make your decision on if this PA path is right for you. Let's get into the video right now. What's up you guys? Sit down and welcome back to my channel. Okay so like I said we're gonna be talking about regret but it's not gonna be like doom and gloom and sadness because really and truly there is not much that I regret about taking this path to becoming a PA. And I don't know if you know you're like the type of regret that I'm gonna be talking about is what people would think or have in mind when really sitting up here and pondering like is this the career for me because I haven't really I haven't had those thoughts at all. I've never thought like oh you know like is this the career that I should be in like while in it? Prior to getting into it you know the hustle and bustle and the grind of trying to get into PA school I was like Lord is this really what you want for me? Like am I just kind of doing my own thing or is this truly what you've called me to? But while in it and ever since being in it I've never had that thought. So no no regrets there however when it comes to my path to becoming a PA there are some things that I really do regret. First and foremost is not kind of finding the path earlier. I had various different things in mind obviously you know you guys have heard my story you know that I wanted to be an OBGYN and possibly a neonatologist and that is really kind of all that I had in mind initially and that's kind of all you knew because like I told you you know being an island person like the child of an islander and an islander myself you know it's like you're not successful or you're not succeeding if you're not like a lawyer or a doctor really and truly like that's it you know like that's all they know and so when it comes to your dreams as a little kid it's like oh I have to be one or two of these things but there's so much more out there in the world and obviously now people are getting on to it I mean like look you can be like a social media personality right and people are making big bucks doing that and so being a youtuber is now like an aspiration of people and so there is so much more beyond just lawyer and doctor and so me not realizing that sooner in my path to becoming a healthcare provider I think it was definitely a regret that I had because had I've known about this wonderful beautiful profession a lot sooner I think my path would have been easier in terms of the direction because when you know like when you know your goal then you can set a clear path to it right like there's steps that you can make to and take to get to that but I took like the scenic route and so I had to kind of maneuver around some you know detours to kind of get to this path secondly the next thing that I would say that I regret is not kind of being humble in this process right I originally wanted to be an OB and you know I was a like I said I was an islander so I was an immigrant I guess you could say or an international student technically and so my with my situation I could really only apply to international schools and so I got into some international medical schools but that's really not the path that I wanted to take because I knew that it would be a little bit more difficult to like get into a residency program being in IMG but you know whatever I decided again going to those schools but I was like if I could get into the you know the med school then why would I not be able to get into a PA school and I was like sorely mistaken because again like the prerequisites were similar but not the same and especially not the same for every school when it came to like figuring out science GPA versus just like overall GPA and all of that like that was a struggle and honestly like just being competitive because it was a little bit different you know for med school my qualifications had to be like research and I did a lot of research but I didn't do a lot of patient care experience which was what they were requiring for PA school and so me popping in and being like okay well I can do this you know I got into med school so I could definitely get into PA school and be a PA that's nothing because you're just the assistant and this is me just literally not understanding what PA's do what the PA profession was all about just seeing like oh okay this is like a nice career you're still going to be able to like see patients um and make decent money and be able to help provide for your family but you're really you didn't do the research and so I was not humble in the sense that I could now like go in and be a good applicant and so for me that is also my regret just kind of not not being able to to be humble uh because I definitely got humbled like really humbled um while on this path and you know I thank god for it because it's it's brought me out and made me a better person because of it um but I would say those are really my two regrets apart from that like I love this profession you guys like I love what I'm doing now I'm having a great time I'm excited to go into work and see the babies and you know just get in there um I think there are some things that I probably would have done a little bit differently in terms of just like the path with respect to like surgery and things like that like I'm very I've always been pretty good with my hands but maybe I would have done a little bit more surgical subspecialties as my electives because that is what I was going to be doing with my career um but you know at the end of the day I think the path that I took and the path that like God had me on was the right path um so really and truly like no regrets in in that sense um this was definitely what I was meant to do and I am excited about that um but from the regrets that I've had like you know coming up to it I think those are the lessons that I've learned um from that is to be humble and and everything obviously um you know don't think you like know it all you're the best you can do this because like God will humble you behind and secondly you know truly um kind of like plan out and do your research and figure out your goal uh because when you know where you're going uh you're going to be able to better plan um the plans of the diligently to prosperity you guys hear me say that a lot uh so definitely plan diligently do your research you guys um and then you'll have very little regrets with respect to choosing your career path um your career your specialty whatever it is you're trying to get into okay so hopefully this helps um I don't know if it was the answer you were necessarily looking for but those are really my two regrets uh ultimately while in this career I don't have any regrets so did I say regrets regrets anyways but thank you so much for asking that question if you guys have any other questions for me you already know what to do leave them in the comment section below go ahead and like this video and subscribe to my channel and follow me on instagram and down the pa and on instagram and get that c university where we help you not only get into but through pa school um and you guys like I said before we do mock interviews and we do personal statements and um we do consultation 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