I'm a Marketing professor, and I'm not sure about the things you have heard. Yes, there are some marketers who make a lot of money, but overall, medicine definitely pays better. Also, there is much more competition for marketing, since fewer people are willing to put in the effort to become physicians. On the other hand, if you are looking for an easy life, I'm not sure either is your best bet. Both tend to be stressful.

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I went through something like what you're going through. I ended up with a worthless English degree and a lot of hard times financially. I have definitely become more realistic with my career goals. My first bit of advice is to pick something practical that you can actually get a job with. Have a back-up plan.

I'm in a nursing program right now and I'm surrounded by pre-med people, so I'm going to comment on the medical idea. First of all, I think medical school is out of the question if you have a low GPA. It's extremely competitive; even my nursing school requires a 3.8 GPA just to get in. You could go into something like physical therapy or nursing if you raise your GPA to 3.5 or so though (most nursing schools aren't quite as strict on GPA as mine). However, if you don't like science, don't go into a medical field, either, because it's really really hard and the science teachers try to weed you out. (For example, my physiology teacher told us today that 50% of his class last semester flunked. It's been this way with nearly every science class I've had so far, and I've had a LOT of them now, probably 30 hours worth at least). You won't be able to be creative, either.

Dieticians can make good pay, so I don't think that's going to be a problem. I do believe they have to take all of the science stuff, too, but that program may differ. The creativity thing will still be a problem.

I also looked into law. Law is also really really really hard to get into and very competitive. You would have to bring up the GPA and ace the LSAT. You would also need to look into some work/volunteer experiences to pad your application a bit, etc. Applying to law school is a long, tedious process. Plus, the classes can be pretty boring. However, if you were able to bring up your GPA a bit, you can actually go into law with any degree, even something like English (my original degree) or even business.

I majored in business briefly and also hated it. Blech! Since you like writing and being creative, have you looked into graphic design or technical writing? Technical writing is only an option I learned about after it was too late, but it pays pretty well. Is there a marketing/advertising option that doesn't involve all of that business crap? That could also be an option. My school has a fashion advertising/merchandising type of degree that avoids all of the accounting and management classes. You didn't mention teaching, but that would allow you to be creative also and avoid the boring numbers stuff.

I hope that helps! I'm not trying to dissuade you from anything by any means, but want you to have a realistic idea of what it's like! I always find that much more useful!

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Yes, you'd be able to find work in either Taos or the Santa Fe area although Santa Fe has the wider variety of spa services, etc.

For plastic surgery, Las Cruces is beginning to develop the field so there might be more openings and certainly there's work in Albuquerque, the biggest city.

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