I'm going to highschool next year and I want to become a doctor. I have a few questions.?

Question

1) How hard is it to get into med-school?
2) I know you need a lot of science. Last year in science I had an A+ throughout the entire year. I'm taking Biology next year instead of the regular science course. What other science classes will help me? Or what other classes in general?
3)What are some med-schools out there?

Answer 1

Med schools are very difficult to get into. You ar right, you need science, BIology is good, don't forget Chemistry. Math too. Take AP classes. See if your school has a program where you can spend your Senior Year at a community College.

I know 2 young men, who spent their senior year at a community college, what would be their Freshmen year there as wekk. Are now 19 years old and both going to Cornell next year, starting as Juniors pre-med.

Doing something like this can save your parents a ton of money.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

I'm in high school. I'm not sure how hard it is to get into medical school. My mom and sister work for a medical school. You should take classes like human antomy. Talk to your councilers about what classes you should take. They will help make up a schedual that will benifit you most. I want to be a vet so when I get choices of classes I'll look at which ones will help me in the feild I want to go into most.

Do extra-cirricular activities if you can. All colleges love that kind of thing. Like I'm on diplomats, student government,and choir. I'm also going to to Keyclub . Do leadreship things and community service things. They love students who are into that. You should do an extra cirricular dealing with the arts, this shows you are cultured.

I hope it was helpful.
Kim

Answer 3

I know doctors who majored in math and religion as undergraduates, but made sure they took the math and science classes they needed for medical school. I also know quite a few people who went to college planning to go to medical school, but a few science classes made them change their minds. They went on to have successful careers in other fields.

My sister was an engineering major who got into medical school despite not having quite straight-As. In a preliminary interview with the medical school, someone told her to "work the pity factor". We grew up in Appalachia, and she had been widowed in her mid-twenties. That worked for her, and after college, medical school, a five-year-residency and a one-year fellowship, she now makes 12 times as much as I do on a teacher's salary!

For state-funded universities with medical schools, it is often easier for legal residents of that state (even the ones who have been going to college elsewhere for four years) to get in, so you may want to start there. I've linked a website to help you start looking at medical schools.

Answer 4

In order to be a doctor, you need to have very high grades in every subject, not just science. In college, you have to have straight A's in order to have any real chance of getting into med school.

Answer 5

first of all where do you live? well in texas, there's baylor university its a very good medical school. (im goin there..well aftere highschool)
and so far ive taken, biology, AP biology, pre-ap chemistry, AP environmental science.

and when we go back to school im gonna take physics but i think you need all of those courses and make sure you take AP chemistry too. im not i dont like chemistry.