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Should I get my B.S of clinical radiation sciences in radiography or radiation therapy?

I start at a 4-year university next Fall and I’m planning to major in clinical radiation sciences. I’m unsure if I should get my concentration in radiography or radiation therapy. To my understanding, rad tech is a starting point that you branch off from through completing other modality programs, whereas radiation therapy is one’s only modality. How do the lifestyles differ and how easy/difficult would it be to get a job post-graduation?

Also I’m premed. I decided to choose this major so that I have a backup career if I can’t get into medical school and also to accumulate clinical experience in the gap years I plan take after I graduate. Considering this, would y’all recommend I do my concentration in radiography or radiation therapy? Thank you so much :)

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