What other job oppportunities are there if you wanted to become a doctor but you are not smart enough?

Answer 1

Surprisingly becoming a doctor has a lot less to do with intelligence as it does with motivation and a drive to succeed. Unless you have severe mental retardation, you are smart enough to become a doctor. If you really, really want to become a doctor you can, if you are willing to work hard as you possibly can for it. Intelligence does make it easier to become a doctor, if you aren't gifted intellectually, you will need to spend extra time studying, getting tutoring and you make take longer to get to where you want to be.

If someone you know is telling you you aren't smart enough to become a doctor don't listen to them! Einstein failed classes at school. The bitorrent method of filesharing was developed by a guy who has Autism. There are examples everywhere where people overcame their limitations because of hard work and dedication.

That all being said, there are alternatives to becoming a doctor if you decide for yourself that medical school is not where you want to go. One option is getting a DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) or DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) which are less competitive than MD programs. Another route would be nurse practitioner, a nurse who has additional training and can see patients on his or her own without supervision from a doctor (nurse practitioners are usually the people who staff drugstore health clinics and the like).