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Should I quit nursing

So my backstory
I've always wanted to be a pediatric surgeon since I started watching greys anatomy when I was 12 years old. Ever since I have said I wanted to be a surgeon even my family says I should be one. I was going to go into biomedical biology at university bcause I am interested in it a lot and especially biology, however, I got accepted into Nursing the 4 year degree it is just taking place at college. I am now on my 5th day of class and I am depressed and don't like my classes and they are soooo hard, I have so many presentations and projects already and I can do assignments and essays but when you have to do group work or present infront of the class I get bad anxiety. I know it has only been a few days but I've done college before so I know how to time manage and I know the school so i dont know if I should leave because shouldnt I be happy in the program, I mean others in it are stressed and anxious but happy and i'm not. I think it is because I am more into biology and science than psychology and such. The only thing I like about the nursing is the anatomy class. I don't know what to do, if I should try to do the semester, if I should take a year to find myself because I don't know who I am anymore or what I want. Being a surgeon has been in my head for so long I've lost who I am. I don't want to be a nurse btw I am doing it for medical school and as a back up job. So what do I do, complete the semester, quit and take a gap year (I did pre health so basic sciences in college 1 yr already btw) or apply for Biomedical Biology at university for January?????????
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I've taken up Nursing as my PreMed course, and now am already on my 3rd year in Medschool. I hated it when I was in first yr but believe it or not it's one of the best premed courses if you're planning on taking up Medicine. It's got a lot of advantages esp dealing with real patients. Also..becoming a Surgeon isnt just about Anatomy. You'll have to learn about pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry and other stuff which are subjects taught in Nursing too.