i am torn between going to med school and going to yale school of drama?

Question

my parents will love me to go to med school but I would love to be a satge actor or film actor and playwright

Answer 1

If you want to be an actor or write plays, go for it. But be realistic about it. Have you acted in many productions before or are you just assuming that you would excel as an actor? Have you done much writing or only written what you were assigned in school and nothing more? If you haven't spent much time on stage or written very much, try it out first. Try out for community theatre or write a short play. If you still have the drive to go to school for drama, then do it!

As for doing what your parents want you to do, realize that you don't always have to please them. I've had many friends who have studied what their parents wanted them to and been miserable. Ideally, our parents love us and really just want us to be happy. Their expectations are often just a projection of what they think is in our best interest and will make us happy. While they may be upset with you in the short term, that is only temporary. Any regrets or resentment you form because you let yourself be pressured into something you didn't want will last much longer.

Good luck with your decision!

Answer 2

This is a tough one, because the two options you are mentioning are completely different between them. You need to have a serious talk with yourself and perhaps your teachers at school and find the answer to these questions:
1. What do you really want to do? Do you really want to be an actor? Because many young people admire actors and love theatre and cinema, and they all pass from the phase they want to become actors, but they are not all made to be actors. I have passed from that stage too, and I still love theatre and play as an amateur, but deep down I always knew I had a more scientific brain+artistic trend, so I became an architect.
2. What can you do? I mean, do you have talent as an actor or as playwrite? Do you have a litterary talent? What do others say about you? On the other hand, would you be a good doctor? Are you good at scientific subjects? Can you do a lot of serious studying? Are you interested in discovering and curing diseases? I, for example, would be able to study medicine, but I don't like looking at diseases etc., I prefer buildings!
3. Finally, you must decide what you are interested in and good at, not your parents, and not even the frivolous young part of your mind at the moment (No offense, we've all been there and it is good). Do you have a lot of time ahead of you to decide? If you have a couple of years, I am sure you'll reach the right decision. If you must decide now, start thinking and asking people who do these professions. They are both hard to succeed at! Good luck!

Answer 3

The smartest woman in the world, Marilyn vos Savant, answered a very very similar question once.

She said go to medical school, and do what you love after work. She said people are very often sorry later when they do what they love for a living. The term "starving artist" comes to mind. Anyway, that was her advice.

You know, you have to pick a job that will last you for 50 years. Why not do the medical degree, work for 10 years full tiime as a doctor, then go to part time and do your acting thing? You will always have a great income you can fall back on bieng a doctor, and you can do the acting then. Look at Michael Crichton (an MD turned writer), Robin Cook (ditto), John Grisham (a lawyer turned writer). People get professional degrees and then switch to something else after 10 years in their profession. Or do the acting right after medical school and before residency. Or right after you graduate from your residency, at the same time that you are working (part-time) as a physician.

Does it have to be one or the other?

Besides, what if you spend a few years and are unsuccessful as an actor, like a lot of other people are? Very few can make much of a living at acting. Do the prudent thing and go to medical school and do your acting around that.

Answer 4

listen to your heart, not what everyone else wants you to do. Do what you want to do