So I need to read something off of Reddit. It's from a four-fiel medical student who just didn't

match. So this question reads, currently an M-4, about to graduate, didn't match into the only

specialty I actually cared about. No backup. Would it be insane to just get off the hamster wheel

and move on with my life? After years of sacrifice, killing myself in

med school, crushing debt, the light at the end of the tunnel isn't real. These two degrees

are essentially useless now. I'm struggling to even find a research year position. Is there any

coming back from this or should I just accept this path isn't for me? So this is a tough question.

This is a multifaceted question and I'll be honest with you back in 2006. I almost asked the same thing, actually. What? Not all that, but yeah, those portions. Okay. I don't remember that, but okay. I don't tell you everything that's in my mind. Really? All right, everybody,

welcome to another episode of docs outside the box. I'm Dr. Neat joined by Dr. Renee.

We are two first generation doctors. I'm from Ghana or I'm Ghanaian American. Excuse me.

Dr. Renee is. Ayse yet?

She's from Haiti. she's from Haiti.

So today we're going to be talking about career crisis, right?

To many people who are outside of medicine, they may not understand the whole concept of not matching, applying, you know, finishing medical school and then applying to a program and how that could be such a big deal. They may not understand that.

But to us, to those who just went through this process about two weeks ago, because that's when this episode is coming out, this is a big deal, not matching, right? Feeling like, yo, I want to get

into the party and you kind of on the outside. I want to get in. And this is probably the moment

that a lot of folks who haven't matched,

they question everything. Was it worth it? What should I do? What's the next steps? And a lot of

people, it's not just I didn't match. It's a dream that might have to be deferred. So I've been

there. I've matched, but I've been in different situations where I'm like, man, I don't know how this is going to work out.

So different situation for me, Dr. Renee, what about you?

Have you been there?

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