I live in Minnesota, does anyone know of any good schools for plastic surgery? I plan on attending the U of M

Answer 1

You do not specialize in medical school in the US. You learn about and gain clinical experience in a wide variety of specialties. You can expect to do a psychiatric rotation, for instance, and some time delivering babies.

The spring you graduate from medical school, you will apply for and hopefully be accepted to an internship or residency in your chosen specialty. Chances are, this will be in a different city from your medical school. You will work for too little money for several years there. After that, you take some exams to become board certified in your chosen specialty. You may also take a one-year fellowship at a university to specialize further and make yourself more marketable, though you will make about half again as much as you did as a resident while you are on the fellowship.

Either after the fellowship or straight after your residency, you can become an attending physician at a hospital or go into private practice. That's when you start to make serious money, but how much will depend on your specialty, and on demand and supply.