im a sophomore in highschool and am looking towards the medical field for my future occupation. I know little about colleges and universities and some suggestions of top medical schools in the US would be great. I would like something that specializes in plastic surgery. Any tips for getting into a great school or things i could be doing now would be very helpful as well.
2007-07-05 13:08:07 · 1 answers · asked by Amanda 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
There have been hundreds of questions about getting into med school on Yahoo. You can check the archives for lots of different answers...
Basically, you have to complete your BS degree at a good college with very good grades. You have to take a lot of tough courses, but especially, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry and physics.
When you are a Jr or Sr in college you take a very tough test called the MCAT. it is vital that you do well on this test. Then you apply to med school. The admission to med school is very competitive and about half the well qualified kids who apply are turned down.
If you get into med school then you study for four years and get an MD degree. Then you must compete to get a residency where you will train with senior physicians for at least three years. In surgery it is usually five to seven years.
At the end of that time you are a plastic surgeon.
There is no shortcut to becoming a physician. In order to make it, you must be very smart, very, very hardworking and have tremendous will power.
To get many more details about this topic, check the website of the Association of American Colleges of Medicine AAMC - it is easy to search out online. They have lots of information about how the whole process works.
2007-07-05 14:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋