Do doctors need to take AP classes??

Question

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Answer 1

I think this question works like this: To be a doctor you have to spend at least 8 years in school taking the toughest courses any colleges offer. Then you have to work incredibly hard in your residencies. You can never stop studying because the lives of your patients depend on you always knowing the latest information about drugs and disease.

So, unless you love studying really hard stuff, then you shouldn't be thinking about being a doctor. So, to see if being a doctor is the right career path for you, take all the AP courses you can. If you enjoy learning at that level, and can get As, then maybe medicine is a good career for you.

Answer 2

If AP classes are offered in your high school, you should probably take them (assuming you can do well in them). But you go to medical school after college, and those medical school are not going to look at your high school transcripts, only your college transcripts.

Taking AP classes in high school (and doing well in them) looks good to the college you will apply to, and if you get into a better college, that *might* improve your chances of getting into medical school.

I think you should take those AP classes, because they will be harder and force you to study more, teaching you good habits for when you are in college and in medical school and you will have to work *very* hard. If you learn to work hard now, working hard in college won't seem so...hard!