i'm 14 and i want to....?

Question

i have a really big passion. i wanna go into medicine. i would luv to become an ER doctor. is there ne thing that i can do know to prepare me? thnx in advance

Answer 1

During high school, try to get to a level where you can take AP Chemistry & AP Biology your junior or senior year. If you have electives, try to take as many science courses as you can, like Human Anatomy & Physiology.

Having a solid science backgorund in high school will help a lot as your enter college. While in college, you'd be pre-med, but you'd need to pick a major, like Chemistry or Biology.

Answer 2

Get into the habit of becoming a workaholic. If you study 40 hours a week, you will get all A's. Not enough. You have to be well rounded. Volunteer for emergency services if they will let someone your age try it. Look for training in that field. This will also give you a taste for ER work. You may not like it. It requires knowing the first hour of the entire field of medicine. Most ER docs like excitement, and have no patience for long term care. You have to decide if you have that sort of personality.

Answer 3

sweet, I'm 13 and I want to be in the medical field too! cool! I want to be an anesthesiologist. I bought a book about anatomy that tells EVERYTHING about the Human Body. It is an awesome book. Its at Barnes and Noble. anyway, Now whenever we are talking about stuff like anatomy in science class, everyone is amazed by what I know sometimes. when you are a junior and/or senior, take chemistry and biology classes. Make sure that you study quite a bit. Then go to a University then to a med school when you graduate from High School. That's my plan. hope I helped!
P.S. and take lots of math classes too. Those will help.

Answer 4

Take lots of science courses and especially AP classes when you get into high school. Also, join the clubs in your school that are related to science, like the science team, or "future doctors" or something similar. In the summers, you can probably get a job at a nursing home or a place where you can take care of old people, or at a nursery where they'll teach you how to handle infants. You'll also get comfortable to being in hospitals with stinky smells and see people bleeding with knives stuck in their eyeballs.

Answer 5

Well, you would have to do extremely well in school, be really really smart and be prepared to commit about 10-12 years of your life to schooling.

High school grades don't matter as much as college as much but you will want to get straight As in High school and do a lot of volunteer work also on top of that get high SAT scores to start. You need to prove to yourself and colleges that you want this really badly.

College is where you have to start buckling down and studying HARD because you want no less then a 3.8 gpa if you want to be competitive in applying to med school. It doesn't take just anybody to become a doctor, you need to work really hard. On top of that you need/should major in something sciency.

Since you're not looking that far ahead, I'd start with this: work hard and study hard. Take all the hardest classes in school and especially concentrate on chemistry, biology, math and physics coz thats what you'll be studying in college. When I mean study hard, I mean go for straight As coz you'll need the skills that you used to study in high school in college and more.

Answer 6

Science. Math. Science. Math. You need to have an A++++ in every science and math class. It'll best prepare you for college. Try to do great in school now that way you'll get into a great medical-school-feeder university when it comes time to apply. Good Luck!

Answer 7

OMG I want to be a doctor too and Im 14. Freaky. But Im doing a vocational school in high school. Its a place where you can tke classes on anything in medicine
(doctor, nurse, dentist, dental assistant, ect.)

Answer 8

Great goal. Good for you. Can you get a job or volunteer in an ER in your city? Get a job in a hospital and keep your ears & eyes open. Best of luck to you.

Answer 9

If going to medical school is intimidating because it takes so long, you could watch lots of shows like "CSI". A hospital will probably give you a job if you can honestly say you've seen every episode.

Answer 10

Very good goal you have. Just study hard keep your grades up. Take studies that you know would help such as biology and thing like it.