Sweetie asked:
I am planning to pursue a career in medicine in the future. I want to know what I am able to do at this age that involves anything in the medical field such as volunteering or shadowing a physician.
I live in New York so if you find any volunteer opportunities in hospitals or clinics available to high school students in New York please post them below.
just study hard
Yes, try to work as maybe a volounteer nurse with Red Cross or something like that.
Also, I suggest start saving your money because medical school is big $$$
You might not know anything yet! but make sure to prepare your self mentaly just be positive and dedicate your self into it!
please don’t get distracted from guys! otherwise that will not let you consentrate.
you can do volunteer work, unless your a med student most doctors won’t let you shadow them due to privacy reasons. but you could talk to them and ask them about their job.
keep your grades up so you can do PSEO your junior year (taking college courses for free while in high school) or take some AP stuff.
talk to your high school guidance counselor they might have more ideas and know of places you can volunteer or gain experience.
talk to teachers or other people who actually know doctors or nurses. you need to talk to someone who has gone through medical school for advice
Well you have two choices. You either get very good SAT scores and maintain a high GPA in highschool or, you can go to a community college and maintain a 3.5+ GPA then transfer over any other college of your choice. A lot of people get their bachelor’s degree first and then go to medical school “Its easier for people to get accepted that way” However you still need to have a high GPA throughout your bachelors study.
One thing you can do is choose what school you will be going to for medical school.
Second, find out what classes you can take in high school to get credit for your basics in college. Such as AP English, AP Chemistry, etc. This will help you get some of those basic courses out of the way during your first couple of semesters in college. Start with that.
Volunteering is a good start.
You can also, and should, take first aid and CPR training now, and keep it up over the years. It’s great to have and can help you with getting those volunteering opportunities too!
You should look over your options for science courses at your school. Finding out what is available now, and making sure that you have your prerequisites lined up, makes good sense.
Well start volunteering in general places that will land you in a good college…
Beyond that take all the chemistry that you can find, most of your college experience will be that of a chem. major.
Simply, your college will be:
-General Chemistry 1/2
-Organic Chem 1/2
-Biology 121
-Calculus 1/2
and a few others depending on the med school
Most pre-med people I know are chem majors simply because that statistically gets you better mcat scores. Good Luck!!!
you can take anatomy an physlogy if you school offers it, chemestry, really mostly math and science classes will help you the most.
Education: You should really do well in school. never let that gpa go below 3.5. If anything it should be 3.7+ Do especially well in your math/chemistry/biology classes. when u transfer to a college this will help you a lot. Honors/A.P classes are perfect. Not only will it prepare you for college, but also medical school.
Extra Curricular Activities: Join plenty of clubs or a sport. Colleges LOVE this. But be careful make sure grades come before sports/clubs.
Volunteer: PLEASE VOLUNTEER A LOT!!!! I won’t tell you where. You need to do that research yourself! Go to volunteermatch.org they can tell you where to go. goodluck!
p.s not that i answered your could u answer mine pleeease ^_^
First of all, I would put a lot of weight on the subjects like biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics -but it doesn’t mean that other subjects aren’t important. English reading and comprehension are very important. When you go to college, go with a program for pre-med students. If you majored in biology in college, that could be very helpful later on. In order to get into a medical school, you surely will need to have a pretty good score on the MCAT. You could look into that right now. The more time you spend on preparing for it, the better.
The volunteer opportunities will be very useful for your personal statement/resume writing, although they don’t have to be strictly medical. Assisting in psychological research could be useful as well. Maybe being an assistant at a medical laboratory could work? Also, a lot of colleges have health clinics, very often they are short-staffed, so you could try to apply for an internship with them? When you go to college, you may try to be an intern for one of the pharmaceutical companies like GSK or Pfizer. That could really stand out.
Since you’re a sophomore in high school, I presume you are not 18 yet. It may be slightly hard to find internships and such, so you should wait until you’re 18, although if anything “comes across”, then you shouldn’t hesitate.
Good luck!
When you understand the purpose of volunteering then you should begin to see opportunities. The reason admission committees like to see volunteer experience is twofold: it demonstrates your compassion and exposure to a health care environment erases the romantic nonsense created by the entertainment industry. One of the things that totally irritates an AdCom is an application that claims, “I have X hours volunteering at ____ .” These people demonstrate a complete lack of compassion and a shallow approach to medicine.
If you can’t find anything available in your area, create your own opportunity. Guaranteed there is somebody living within a short radius of you who could benefit from some assistance. But don’t do it just because you think there is a ‘credit’ requirement to fulfill. If done correctly, your experience should deepen your appreciation for your fellow man, sympathy for the fragility of the body and spirit and a humility to help in any way that you can.