Premed/Med School?

Question

I'm going to be a junior in high school. I'm starting to think about what I need to do in order to get into a premed program and into med school.
Also, what are some good pediatric medicine colleges? I live in Colorado, are there any good there?

Answer 1

To get into med school you need to take all the college prerequisites that your med school requires. That probably means chemistry, biochem, organic chem, calculus, physics and bio.

So, the more prep you have in all these topics, the better off you will be in college. When you get to college chemistry a lot of the premed kids in your class will already have taken honors chem and AP chem in high school, so you will have to compete against them for the grades that the Med School admissions committee will see. Now is the time, in high school, for you to take these courses and get a really solid foundation in math and chemistry.

Once you are in college it is all about preparing for the MCAT exams. They count a lot in med school admissions. So, as soon as you get to college you have to hook up with the premed advisor and do everything she or he tells you.

Pediatrics is a medical specialty. That means you do not study it until after you graduate from med school. You first must graduate with your MD, then you do a residency for 3 - 5 years studying pediatrics.

You can't worry about whether there is a school near you. You must go wherever in the US (or even abroad) that you can get into a med school.

This is a long, hard process, but it is very rewarding in the end.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

i just graduated from high school and im going into premed and then medschool so i kinda know about it.. but there is the university of northen colorado at denver which is really good in medicine.. good luck!